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In many countries, drinking establishments are considered places. unattractive and even undesirable. There is nothing in it surprising since there is nothing good from a bunch of drunk citizens should not be expected. However, in some states everything is different – for example in the UK to local pubs are very kind and respectful. So a few these institutions have recently received the status of historical monuments, which is an absolutely unprecedented event.
To historical monuments were officially ranked immediately nineteen pubs of the United Kingdom open between the First and World War II. English drinking establishments were taken under guardianship – this means that they will be kept at all costs. So, the Horace’s Tavern bar in north London in recent years has come to decline, and the owner of the establishment said that the pub was probably will have to close if there are no more customers. In the present moment, local officials are looking for sponsors who could invest their money in the modernization of the pub and its advertising.
In the eighties of the last century, drinking establishments of the Misty Albion experienced a real boom: in England alone worked over seventy thousand pubs. Now there is no time like that beer establishments beloved by residents and visitors of the country lose popularity.
This happens for several reasons. One of them is full smoking ban in all public places in the UK. In addition, trips to British bars have become too expensive. pleasure. It’s much more profitable to buy alcohol today, including beer, in supermarkets and drink at home. Used to be big the price difference between drinking alcohol in local bars and its there wasn’t a purchase in the store, but more and more tightened tax laws force owners of such establishments constantly raise prices. By the way, a similar process is observed in many European countries, including Russia.
That’s why, in order for the oldest and most famous pubs Britain did not disappear, and it was decided to turn them into historical monuments. So they will now become something like Big Ben or, say, Tower Bridge, maybe a little more modest …
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