Coronavirus - return to the pub

Will you be going to a pub on the 4th July

  • No

    Votes: 28 84.8%
  • Definitely

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • Probably

    Votes: 3 9.1%
  • Maybe

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    33

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
That must have been 2016 . I read about the surprise party for @Gramaisc , that I hadn't been invited to , whilst sitting on a balcony in Majorca. I was most upset at the time that I didn't even know about it!
(Hoping I was just an over-sight when the meet-up was being arranged, rather than intentionally missed off the guest list ....)




Count me in the next one pleeeease ;)
I hope @Carole and I do too!
It was 4 years ago now!
As I recall, there was only so many that could be included in the pm, Colossal did apologise in the post afterwards, once they had got Grams out of the way of any tinternet.
It was a lovely evening, be nice if it could be repeated xx
 

Lucy

Well-Known Forumite
Wasn't a dig @Glam, just a reminder for next time. Mind you, we won't be able to gather together for years at this rrate.
 

Carole

Well-Known Forumite
My son runs a pub in Leicester, part of the Black Country Ales Group.

I saw my son yesterday and he said that even though his pub was expecting to open in 10 days time he still didn’t know how it was going to work.

A vague 45 page document from the Government.

Brewery will be visiting this week to advise.

His pub is in the centre of Leicester and on 4th July, Leicester are playing at home, which would usually be a good day for him.

He’s now heard that pubs probably can’t show football matches anyway because of people crowding round a screen.
 
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Carole

Well-Known Forumite
Also he also has to consider the clientele that used to just pop into the pub for company, and sit alone at the table all afternoon. Often others would call in and sit and share the table.

That’s not going to work now with social distancing but from a business point of view: how is that going to work if people want to sit quietly on their own?
 
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Noah

Well-Known Forumite
Bird in Hand is re-opening and in the early hours of this morning he posted this on his facebook page -

"Hi Folks , we are in the middle of organising the pub to the safe guide lines from the government. Due to all that is changing we are operating with a table booking system , and table service . To avoid disappointment please book your tables . With slots of an hour , so if you wanted 12-1.30 you need to book 12-2pm . Please note there will be sanitising stations upon entry, and details will need to be recorded. Look forward to seeing you on the 4th July "

https://www.facebook.com/thebirdinhandstafford

Shrew is also opening on the 4th but no details yet. I think a lot of pubs are going down similar lines to the Bird.
 

Carole

Well-Known Forumite
Bird in Hand is re-opening and in the early hours of this morning he posted this on his facebook page -

"Hi Folks , we are in the middle of organising the pub to the safe guide lines from the government. Due to all that is changing we are operating with a table booking system , and table service . To avoid disappointment please book your tables . With slots of an hour , so if you wanted 12-1.30 you need to book 12-2pm . Please note there will be sanitising stations upon entry, and details will need to be recorded. Look forward to seeing you on the 4th July "

https://www.facebook.com/thebirdinhandstafford

Shrew is also opening on the 4th but no details yet. I think a lot of pubs are going down similar lines to the Bird.

Yes my son was saying that he will probably have to do a table booking system but he feels sorry for some of his regular customers who won’t know about it. Older gentleman who aren’t online or don’t do Facebook. He might keep a few tables back for walk ins.
 

Noah

Well-Known Forumite
Yes my son was saying that he will probably have to do a table booking system but he feels sorry for some of his regular customers who won’t know about it. Older gentleman who aren’t online or don’t do Facebook. He might keep a few tables back for walk ins.

I know Wetherspoons aren't doing table bookings but once they reach designated capacity they will have someone on they door asking people to queue. They are also doing table service and asking people wherever possible to use their app to order, although there will be a couple of till points (order then go straight to your table to await drinks). Can't see some regular Wetherspoon's customers coping with this.
 

Mudgie

Well-Known Forumite
My son runs a pub in Leicester, part of the Black Country Ales Group.

I saw my son yesterday and he said that even though his pub was expecting to open in 10 days time he still didn’t know how it was going to work.

A vague 45 page document from the Government.

Brewery will be visiting this week to advise.

His pub is in the centre of Leicester and on 4th July, Leicester are playing at home, which would usually be a good day for him.

He’s now heard that pubs probably can’t show football matches anyway because of people crowding round a screen.
Carole,
Is that the King's Head that I used when in Leicester three years ago ?
 

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
Yes my son was saying that he will probably have to do a table booking system but he feels sorry for some of his regular customers who won’t know about it. Older gentleman who aren’t online or don’t do Facebook. He might keep a few tables back for walk ins.
Might not happen if they lock Leicester down again as they seem to be threatening.
 

Lucy

Well-Known Forumite
Looks like that Leicester are going to delay the easing for a fortnight. Probably the right thing to do.
 

staffordjas

Well-Known Forumite
I've just been in The Bod to buy hubbys birthday present (Doing take-out payment by card only at the moment)

Opening 4th July for drink/eat in, but will be doing pre-bookings only , time slots for 1hr 45 mins maximum with 15 minutes gap inbetween bookings.
 

Carole

Well-Known Forumite
Son was in two minds about the pubs opening anyway.
He was looking forward to getting back to work and seeing people again but he personally thought that it was too soon to ease lockdown.

It was annoying though that the Government had those figures weeks ago but waited until all the pubs had reordered stock before telling them that they couldn’t open.
Those figures appear to be skewed now anyway.
 

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
All figures are always skewed, everything is always open to interpretation. Everything is designed to hide the truth, whatever the truth actually is. Everyone who comments on anything always has an agenda, which further distorts reality in order to push that agenda forward.

You can't trust politicians, obviously but neither can you necessarily trust the scientists.

You can't trust the press, whether you read the Daily Mail or the Guardian or anything in between. They manipulate the figures they are given by others, who have an agenda, to suit their own agenda.

And if you trust ANYTHING you read on social media than you're an utter fool.
 
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