tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542521298906723397.post6135225266411799474..comments2019-09-01T17:27:07.621+01:00Comments on Curmudgeon's "Opening Times" Columns: August 2010Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542521298906723397.post-4234969366186414832011-07-02T22:32:47.485+01:002011-07-02T22:32:47.485+01:00I recently visited a pub where a large TV screen h...I recently visited a pub where a large TV screen had been erected right next to the bar on the "lounge" side, with the result that a group of boisterous "vault" customers were standing round the bar watching it. Nothing against them, but it does nothing for the general atmosphere and makes it hard to get served.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542521298906723397.post-29908433094609697102010-08-12T14:54:28.336+01:002010-08-12T14:54:28.336+01:00How does that work now when half the customers are...<i>How does that work now when half the customers are in the outside drinking area?</i><br /><br />And in plain sight for any passing PCSO, not to mention CCTV? Not a problem in crime-prevention terms.Philhttp://gapingsilence.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542521298906723397.post-88560159160998986972010-08-12T13:23:11.710+01:002010-08-12T13:23:11.710+01:00"vetoing any that didn't have a clear lin..."vetoing any that didn't have a clear line of sight from one side of the pub to the other."<br /><br />How does that work now when half the customers are in the outside drinking area?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542521298906723397.post-74062741376261726142010-08-11T17:12:49.973+01:002010-08-11T17:12:49.973+01:00I remember reading a few years ago that Plod had s...I remember reading a few years ago that Plod had started looking over the floor-plans of all new pubs and bars in Manchester, and vetoing any that didn't have a clear line of sight from one side of the pub to the other. This could explain a lot!<br /><br />I wouldn't want to go back to pubs like the old Trafalgar in Manchester - a warren of booths and side-rooms - but a bit more compartmentalisation certainly doesn't go amiss. How many pubs these days have a snug, or a separate back room?Philhttp://gapingsilence.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542521298906723397.post-76616542534423204872010-08-10T21:47:57.636+01:002010-08-10T21:47:57.636+01:00You fail to mention the obvious reason why pubs wo...You fail to mention the obvious reason why pubs would benefit from "Setting aside separate sections of a pub for different groups of clientele."<br /><br />Elephant in the RoomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com