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Please note, due to the high demand tomorrow night for the England game. Card machines may tend to slow down or crash an...
16/06/2026

Please note, due to the high demand tomorrow night for the England game. Card machines may tend to slow down or crash and need to be rebooted!
Remember cash is king, using it will ensure faster service!!

🐎🐎 We will be opening at the earlier time of 2pm Tuesday 16th June for Royal Ascot. Come and watch the races on our larg...
15/06/2026

🐎🐎 We will be opening at the earlier time of 2pm Tuesday 16th June for Royal Ascot. Come and watch the races on our large screens 🐎🐎

⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Let’s get behind the lads and cheer them on. We will be playing England songs in the run up to the game to get...
15/06/2026

⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Let’s get behind the lads and cheer them on. We will be playing England songs in the run up to the game to get you in the mood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️

11/06/2026

⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stokers have the best atmosphere for the footy, loud speakers blasting out England songs before each game 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️

⚽️ watch the opening ceremony and first game tonight with us…
Mexico v South Africa ko at 8PM

Does anyone know who’s replaced our sign??
09/06/2026

Does anyone know who’s replaced our sign??

Part 2
07/06/2026

Part 2

📣 PUBS ARE SO EXPENSIVE: PART 2! 📣

Following on from part 1 post…

A number of people still queried “why pubs are so expensive”…

And a follower, Kyle Michael, has kindly allowed me to share his post below to explain things a little more!

So here goes…

🤔 What is so hard for some to understand?

🤷‍♂️ Pubs are NOT expensive, the perception of cost is being distorted by the lack of disposable income, not the price!

🏛️ Blame that on government, not the publican who has cut and cut and cut his profit to keep going!

⚖️ Let’s compare beer prices to wages!

Prices used below are the average in April each year, together with the minimum wage at the same time.

Year Pint Min wage %

1998 1.87 3.00 62.3
2000 1.99 3.60 55.2
2005 2.41 4.85 49.6
2010 2.94 5.93 49.6
2015 3.44 6.40 53.7
2020 3.72 8.72 42.6 **
2023 4.56 10.41 43.8
2024 4.77 11.44 41.6
2025 5.17 12.21 41.6

** pubs shut in April 2020 so used July figure, but VAT had been reduced so pint price was artificially lower.

📣 If pubs had stayed with the same % as in 1998, an average pint would now be £7.73!

🚨 YEP: SEVEN POUND SEVENTY THREE! 🚨

👌 Time to adjust your minds and expectations and keep things real, or you simply won't have any pubs left.

Sources:
ONS for Beer Prices https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/timeseries/czms/mm23

Business Info for Min wage
https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/national-minimum-wage-previous-rates

So what do you think? Are pubs being greedy? Or is it the government? Let me know below! 👇👇👇

Tonight from 8:30
07/06/2026

Tonight from 8:30

About right!!!
07/06/2026

About right!!!

Right.
Apparently, pubs are “too expensive.” 😬🥵💰

I hear it every day. 🤯

Usually from someone clutching a £6 artisan coffee, scrolling TikTok on a £1,200 phone, while explaining how £6 for a pint is daylight robbery. 💎

But sure. The pub is the problem. 👌

Let me explain this slowly…

You’re not paying £6 for “beer”! 🍺

You’re paying for an experience, for a community, for…

💸 The heating being on before you arrive.
💸 The lights staying on after you leave.
💸 The loos being scrubbed (you’re welcome).
💸 The glasses being washed.
💸 The staff being paid.
💸 The licences. The insurance. The rates. The tax.
💸 The little bite the card machine takes every single time you tap.
💸 And the fact that when the cellar floods at 11pm on a Tuesday… it’s me in wellies.

You’re not just buying a drink. 🍷

You’re renting a space to exist in public without being moved on. To socialise. To make friends. To feel welcome. To belong. ❤️

Go and sit in the middle of ASDA for three hours debating VAR and see how long that lasts. Try getting banter from a self-checkout. 😅

Pubs aren’t competing with supermarket booze. 🛒

We’re competing with the idea that community should be free. 🏘️❤️

And here’s the bit I find fascinating…

The same people who mourn “the death of the British pub” are the ones who treat us like overpriced off-licences. 🍾

We don’t sell beer. 🍺

We sell:
👉 First dates that turned into marriages.
👉 Wakes where the real stories came out.
👉 “Ok, just one” that became the best night of the year.
👉 Somewhere to decompress when the world’s had enough of you and you’ve had enough of the world.

We sell a place to not be alone. 🫂

If you want cheap: stay on your sofa with a four-pack of lukewarm cans 🛋️🥵🍻

But PLEASE don’t confuse low cost with value! 🤷‍♂️

Anyway, I’ll be over here - overcharging for heating, chairs, and human interaction. 🔥🪑🤗

Tag a mate who needs to stop being a tight-arse and buy a round! You know the one. 😂👇

It’s scotch egg day. First batch ready from 1pm.
05/06/2026

It’s scotch egg day. First batch ready from 1pm.

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Gipsy Patch Lane
Bristol
BS348LU

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