Are pubs still important for the community?

In its weekly voxpop, the Advertiser found out what people think about the everyday pub and if it is still an important part of the community.

Transcript

00:00It's part of a life, innit? It's a British institution.

00:12Yeah, I live on my own, so the only company I get is when I come out to the pub.

00:20And we've got to keep moving. We've got to do everything we can to keep going.

00:24Don't want to be flats. No, no, no. We don't need that.

00:28It's very important to the community. It, you know, it's places where people can go and meet, go and relax, have a good time.

00:41So John Jardine, they do the poppy appeal here, and they used to be very good to us.

00:49So the pubs that we use have literally turned into restaurants.

00:55And that is good, as far as I'm concerned, because there was too much drinking taking place in normal pubs.

01:05And I've grown up through that.

01:07So those that are closing down, a lot of them are turning to restaurants.

01:14So that's my opinion.

01:17Some pubs are important for the community, family pubs.

01:22Pubs that allow children, but not all pubs, I don't think, are necessary for the community.

01:29I'm from Birmingham, but I live in Bleasby, so not too far from here.