tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post113279217586373798..comments2023-10-02T15:26:38.866+01:00Comments on Nog's Blog - I blog therefore I am: Hic!Nogbadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838817425838931554noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post-1132927280921793362005-11-25T14:01:00.000+00:002005-11-25T14:01:00.000+00:00Funnily enough I started writing about that earlie...Funnily enough I started writing about that earlier GW! Isn't it wonderful? I really think I want to move into research :-)Nogbadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838817425838931554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post-1132926933874070062005-11-25T13:55:00.000+00:002005-11-25T13:55:00.000+00:00News just in! (from Manchester of all places!) How...<A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4468884.stm" REL="nofollow">News just in! (from Manchester of all places!)</A> How do you get to do this kind of research?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post-1132926119720128452005-11-25T13:41:00.000+00:002005-11-25T13:41:00.000+00:00Our local independent brewery applied for all thei...Our local independent brewery applied for all their tenants licences, as they own all the pubs in town, and in our local paper they report that this makes them accountable for 20% of the new extended licences in England!Buggles Balham High Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125960985736834277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post-1132883284608290142005-11-25T01:48:00.000+00:002005-11-25T01:48:00.000+00:00Mouse - That's where I come from! Listen to the Ma...Mouse - That's where I come from! Listen to the Martin Platt character and you are pretty close to how I speak!Nogbadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838817425838931554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post-1132867472522634792005-11-24T21:24:00.000+00:002005-11-24T21:24:00.000+00:00This reminds me of Coronation Street. My mother wa...This reminds me of Coronation Street. My mother watches that show religiously. The characters are always in the pub drinking. For breakfast, lunch AND dinner. How any of them manage to function during the day is beyond me. LOLEchomousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940320361755051172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post-1132851145944493472005-11-24T16:52:00.000+00:002005-11-24T16:52:00.000+00:00GW - Our local weekly paper (there isn't enough ne...GW - Our local weekly paper (there isn't enough news in Kent to support a daily paper) has helpfully listed all the pubs in the area which have varied the licensed hours. Interestingly The Mermaid is listed but arguably all they've done is tied the license to the current hours :-)Nogbadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838817425838931554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post-1132850956354665892005-11-24T16:49:00.000+00:002005-11-24T16:49:00.000+00:00Someone from the pub trade was talking about this ...Someone from the pub trade was talking about this earlier. He claimed that 70% of the booze sold in this country is purchased for "home" (or street corner?) consumption.Nogbadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838817425838931554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post-1132825606471625992005-11-24T09:46:00.000+00:002005-11-24T09:46:00.000+00:00I can imagine the hordes of drunken zombies after ...I can imagine the hordes of drunken zombies after chucking out time rampaging across the country in search of these 24-hour premises.<BR/>The horror!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post-1132796932593100462005-11-24T01:48:00.000+00:002005-11-24T01:48:00.000+00:00The small print in these news stories is interesti...The small print in these news stories is interesting - only 359 pubs & clubs have actually applied for 24 hour licences (& most clubs already had extended licences anyway). The remainder are retail outlets.<BR/>Slight touch of hysteria in some of the reporting, methinks.bluefluffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12102277194196043816noreply@blogger.com