Is the English Pub disappearing? In recent years twenty percent have closed or been converted to other use. Some blame it on the smoking ban - others on new ownership and real estate values. Some villages are trying to preserve their "local" as "an asset of community value." Noel Coward was once asked to write a song that was quintessentially English and he penned the following about his favorite pub "The Rose & Crown":
"Saturday night at the Rose & Crown is quite the place to be -
soldiers and sailors - tinkers and tailors - out on the town for a bit of a spree - if you're tired of life with your husband or wife - and the kids are getting you down - things will all come right on Saturday night - at the Rose & Crown."
tjs
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/17/business/international/saving-an-endangered-british-species-the-pub.html?hp
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