Pub closures 2025

[baggiebloke]

The Wheelie Thirsty in Ow Dill. Dried up.

Sounds obvious, but that was The Fixed Wheel brewery place wasn’t it, on the corner in the old Midlank Bank building?

Sure was.

[greetsgreenbaggie]

In my local a pint is £4.30, if I call after work and have 2 pints a night, that's over £40 a week without weekend drinking! Tis a lost of money to piss up the wall.

[KRO]

The Wheelie Thirsty in Ow Dill. Dried up.

Sounds obvious, but that was The Fixed Wheel brewery place wasn’t it, on the corner in the old Midlank Bank building?

Sure was.

I’ve never been in so I shouldn’t be shocked. A shocking lack of pubs down there. On Halesowen Road alone there’s been The Castle, The Cooksey, The Vic, Old Hill Labour Club, Sams, The George, The Gate Hangs Well, Haden Hill Rose and Crownall go in the last 35 years.

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Struggle to get a pint for less than £7 in brum city centre.  Fuck that for a regular occurrence.

Keep away from Old Joint Stock and the like and it’s cheaper. I can get a pint of Guinness for £3.90 round here but in Digbeth it’s anything from £4.80 to about £6. 
Crazy difference in price though

[man in the corner shop]

On behalf of the recently retired KKK, I would just like to say that this is all the fault of RACHEL THIEVES.

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Our little village has had lots close over the years, especially since covid hit. There used to be about 9 or 10 in the mile or so walk from one end to the other, now there are 3. Average price for a pint down here is now close to a fiver. Easier and cheaper to get the 3 bottles of Morretti for 6 quid from Tescos.

Drinking at home from a can or bottle is nowhere near the same experience. A good pint on draught is one of life's pleasures. Whilst there are some good beers in bottles and cans, and I do enjoy the odd drink at home, it's never the same. 

I'd rather pay £5 a pint, or more, for a pint in a good pub, than have a few cans for the same price, whilst touching myself and looking at Alex Mowatt pictures on the sofa at home.

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[Derek Hardballs]

It’s way too expensive to drink two or three nights a week, go to Brum, catch a taxi back etc. Also it’s not 1995 and hedonism is not top of the agenda for people.

[Duffers]

It’s way too expensive to drink two or three nights a week, go to Brum, catch a taxi back etc. Also it’s not 1995 and hedonism is not top of the agenda for people.

I’m lucky if I go out to drink two or three nights a quarter.

[Midget In A Pinstripe Suit]

It’s way too expensive to drink two or three nights a week, go to Brum, catch a taxi back etc. Also it’s not 1995 and hedonism is not top of the agenda for people.

Less people are borderline alcoholics these days as well.

[man in the corner shop]

Not in our house Midge. Hic.

[baggiebloke]

Most people I know have an alcohol addiction. For many, a bottle of wine every night, and a few are everyday pub dwellers.

[Derek Hardballs]

Most people I know have an alcohol addiction. For many, a bottle of wine every night, and a few are everyday pub dwellers.

If the AA meetings help then thats great.