Walsall locals react to possible increase in drinks prices in Wetherspoons

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Walsall locals have today revealed their favourite things about Wetherspoons, and how much is too much for a pint following news of a price-increase which could soon come into play.

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00:00My name's Sanna Bridgewater and I live in Walsall up the road, I live with my cats and my partner.

00:08I've thought of Webby Spoons, the pub, I really like it there, I love going there for a meal

00:14and just having a cocktail with my friends and my partner. I like having the refillable drinks as

00:20well, and I like having just like a catch up with people really, you always see the regulars in

00:28there which is really nice. I would give the service a 10 out of 10 because the staff are

00:34really nice and really easy to talk to as well, and they're always helpful. I would give the

00:40drinks definitely a 10 because the cocktails are really nice and I would give the food,

00:51I'd probably say about an 8, sometimes it's just my preference, sometimes I just don't like

00:56a certain food or wherever, I just don't fancy it, but apart from that I just like Webby Spoons.

01:01I would say what can be improved is the toilet, the cleanliness of the toilet,

01:08just downstairs, the toilets are fine upstairs, just downstairs, that's it.

01:12I think what would be a reasonable increase is probably like, even if it's like,

01:18even 50p I wouldn't mind because I'd still go there, I'd still go there. What would put me off

01:22is, I'd say yeah, if it was like a five hour or like four pound, I don't really drink much

01:27end points anyway, but if the cocktails were a bit more then I probably would.

01:31My name's James, I'm a philosophy student and I'm very interested in natural law

01:36and that kind of thing. I'm from Ridgely in Staffordshire and

01:43I'm sorry, oh, I'll be 27 next year. I love this building because it's like an old Freemason

01:48Lodge and so you really get a lot of that energy when you come in here. The staff are like

01:52excellent, I'm real friendly, I'm real professional and I love that smoking area a bit. I've seemed to,

01:58over the past four years, I've always had some very, very nice sort of, met some really,

02:04really fascinating people from all walks of life really, particularly interested in sort of the

02:11coal miners and the ex-coalies that we meet in here. We always have some really wonderful

02:16chats about that. I have to spend a lot of my time in the big garden and that's always the kind

02:20of place where, you know, you tend to find less regimented groups out there and stuff, you know,

02:27and if you sort of, you know, having the old chat and that, you always find the most fascinating

02:31stories. You never know who you're going to meet and it's a great little, it's a great little hub

02:36really, I think. Yeah, I'm happy that they've managed to maintain those prices and it has

02:40provided us with, I suppose, in a sort of, in an age where like a lot of the sort of other

02:48community hubs have sort of lost their sort of stead, it's managed to maintain sort of a positive

02:55place for people to affordably go and find their social work. I think if, I can't speak for

03:01everyone in the world's experiences of when they go to Spain, but I feel like any pub in general,

03:07it's kind of like, as long as the prices aren't going like the sort of, as we see in other ones,

03:13it's kind of like, the atmosphere is kind of like what you sort of stick with in certain

03:21places and that kind of thing, do you know what I mean? I'm Pamela Roberts and I'm from Darliston

03:28and my age is 66. The things I like about Wetherspoons, it is good for the money,

03:36the food is absolutely spot on and you can get even a drink when you're eating, which sometimes

03:43we can't afford when we go elsewhere, so I love Wetherspoons. The thing that could be improved is

03:49like the families can go in at ease with like pushchairs or wheelchairs and stuff like that,

03:56I find that very... Ease of access. Yes, ease of access. My thoughts on drink prices, on the increase,

04:05I don't think it's going to be very much anyway with Wetherspoons because they are

04:09good for their money and family, like I say, family treats out. If a pint cost me four quid,

04:18I wouldn't be going. My name's Craig, I'm 28 years old and I'm from Walthamstow. The reasons I like

04:24Wetherspoons are because it's easy to meet up with mates, great food, great atmosphere and

04:30obviously cheap there. I think it would be weird to go to a town without a Wetherspoons.

04:35The only negative thing about Wetherspoons is you can get a people that drink too much because

04:40it's so cheap and then they want to start a fight with everybody. I think I'd still come to

04:44Wetherspoons because it's still going to be cheaper than most of the pubs I use anyway.

04:47The original increase in Wetherspoons, seeing as it's so cheap, I'd be happy paying it for 10, 20 quid.

04:53My name's Wayne Dobson, I'm 39 years old and from Walsall. What I like about Wetherspoons is the

04:59quietness and the relaxed, laid back atmosphere. It's nice to sit outside and have a drink even

05:08though it's cold at the current moment in time. The atmosphere is great, the service is brilliant,

05:13top notch. I'd say it's probably the second best in Walsall. I don't mind the increase but it's a

05:19case of where you've got to sit, that hits my back pocket at the end of the day. Some people work,

05:27some people don't. At the end of the day, 20p doesn't sound like much but at the end of the day,

05:35that 20p builds up over a long term.

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