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littleme said:
@Mudgie Can you tell me when the Butlers bell opened in stafford? I remember it as apres & Yates....but which year did it become butlers bell, and when we're the cells installed?
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Carole said:
I think the opening night was 17th January 2012, but I’m sure someone will correct me if I’m wrong.
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Carole said:
Interesting article about The Butlers Bell

The Butlers Bell Stafford - J D Wetherspoon

The Butlers Bell Stafford
www.jdwetherspoon.com www.jdwetherspoon.com
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Has anyone actually ever seen @Mudgie and @Carole together in a room at the same time?
 
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Noah

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I think that the "cells" and prison door were introduced as part of Wetherspoon's refurbishment, so of 2012 date.
 
Thehooperman

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This is really bad news for those of us that drink in the non Stonegate pubs in Stafford!!

It may drive the clientele of the Yard, Coach and Horses, the Grapes, etc to seek cheaper beers in the decent pubs in town. Hopefully if they do, they will return to their original pub after the unhappy hour increase has passed.

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Mudgie

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Thehooperman said:
This is really bad news for those of us that drink in the non Stonegate pubs in Stafford!!

It may drive the clientele of the Yard, Coach and Horses, the Grapes, etc to seek cheaper beers in the decent pubs in town. Hopefully if they do, they will return to their original pub after the unhappy hour increase has passed.

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As I commented elsewhere :

My three most recent Stonegate pints were
Friday 4th August approx 12.20pm, Pheasant, Newport, Wadworths 6X, £2.15
Friday 4th August approx 3pm, Yard, Stafford, Sharps Doom Bar, £2.05
Thursday 24th August approx 3.30pm, Crown, Rugeley, Draught Bass, £2.45
I wouldn’t object to paying 20p more at busier times of the day, especially as all three pints were in good condition probably helped by the pub’s limited range .

I should add that I've used neither the Coach and Horses nor the Grapes this year.
 
Noah

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It seems to be "up to" 20p a pint extra after 7pm and for longer periods at weekends. Don't know if it is automatic at these times or if it depends on the number of customers actually in the pub. Supposed to cover extra costs such as more bar staff and door staff needed at these times - but aren't they making more money at these busy times? Dynamic or surge pricing, started with cabs, threatened with gas & electricity, where next? Grocery prices vary with the length of the queue at checkouts?
 
Mudgie

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Noah said:
It seems to be "up to" 20p a pint extra after 7pm and for longer periods at weekends. Don't know if it is automatic at these times or if it depends on the number of customers actually in the pub. Supposed to cover extra costs such as more bar staff and door staff needed at these times - but aren't they making more money at these busy times? Dynamic or surge pricing, started with cabs, threatened with gas & electricity, where next? Grocery prices vary with the length of the queue at checkouts?
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"Started with cabs" or with trains. There have been Cheap Day Returns, now Off-Peak Returns, for as long as I can remember.
Or it started with accommodation, cheaper outside the school summer holiday. I've just paid £36 for a room midweek that would have been £148.50 at the weekend.
 
Gramaisc

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Thehooperman said:
This is really bad news for those of us that drink in the non Stonegate pubs in Stafford!!

It may drive the clientele of the Yard, Coach and Horses, the Grapes, etc to seek cheaper beers in the decent pubs in town. Hopefully if they do, they will return to their original pub after the unhappy hour increase has passed.

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Perhaps they could advertise this system as "Sad Hour prices"..?
 
Mudgie

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Thehooperman said:
This is really bad news for those of us that drink in the non Stonegate pubs in Stafford!!

It may drive the clientele of the Yard, Coach and Horses, the Grapes, etc to seek cheaper beers in the decent pubs in town. Hopefully if they do, they will return to their original pub after the unhappy hour increase has passed.

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I've since learnt that it only applies to the managed pubs - the Yard - and not the Craft Union ones - Coach and Horses, Grapes, Luck Penny.
 
Mudgie

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Thehooperman said:
Currently sitting in the White Horse in Derby enjoying pints of Draught Bass and Harvest Pale.

We usually have a few in the Brunswick and the Alexandra but the beer in this pub is good and my friend is hungry and she doesn't drink real ales 🤣

I feel a curry coming on 🤔🤔🤔🤔
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It's 49 years ago that I first used the Alexandra, then a Shipstone's pub.
 
Thehooperman

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Posted here so that @Mudgie doesn't get told off for talking pubs.

Mudgie said "Only ninety minutes last Wednesday lunchtime, refreshed on the way in the Skinners Arms, Mabels Tavern and the Somers Town Coffee House".

McGlynns and Lord John Russell are good pubs not too far away from where you're talking about too.
 
Mudgie

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Thehooperman said:
Posted here so that @Mudgie doesn't get told off for talking pubs.

Mudgie said "Only ninety minutes last Wednesday lunchtime, refreshed on the way in the Skinners Arms, Mabels Tavern and the Somers Town Coffee House".

McGlynns and Lord John Russell are good pubs not too far away from where you're talking about too.
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Thanks.
I might try them next time I'm that way, though I doubt if it'll be this year.
 
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