@@mmaas117 a standard pint in the UK is 2.3 units so that landlord is having 34.5 units a day, 7 days a week. He drinks in a day what I drink in a week
I love how dear old Wilf has been adopted by the pub and how everyone looks after him. Better than staying at home with only the telly and a slice of tomato on toast.
As soon as the management or brewery work out they can make more money turning the place into an eatery, Wild will be sat outside in the garden while kids run around screaming inside!
Loved this documentary so so much. I am not a pub person myself, but I do have a drink with my dad in his local pub and it warms my heart. When he goes in and knows everyone as they have been going there for 40 + years and it's just so heart warming. Like the cheers series theme tune - 'You wanna go where everybody knows your name' ❤
My hangovers have gotten to the point where I am completely useless and the headaches are terrible. One and a half week no drinking. I dont want to waste another day due to alcohol
If you're like me then the idea of abstaining completely from booze due to not being able to trust yourself is worse than having the problem of drinking too much. I'd recommend that you strictly limit your intake to an amount that won't horrify you the next day. I believe that total abstinence and "AA" are not for everybody, and that some of us have to wise up and learn self discipline
6 months sober and I feel amazing. Drinking was killing me. It worked for years though before it turned on me. If you can drink in moderation more power to you. I just cant :(
Same . I don’t drink often but when I do I get rat arsed . There is simply no off button so I’m either stone cold sober (99%of the time ) or I’m absolutely smashed (1%) and there is absolutely nothing in between.
Moderation is like a beautiful temptress. She'll seduce and lure me but if I pursue her she'll destroy me. Better to stay sober. Besides I don't want to be that guy anymore - a guy who breaks promises to himself
Same here, only of it 1 month but without going into it in depth, I feel the health benefits which at the end of the day, our health is our wealth, but well done
Ric Lee - 6 months sober is great, I was never a big drinker but I stopped completely after my alcoholic Dad died of ruptured varices and liver disease. Worst death you could imagine… He spewed up/choked on and lost his entire blood volume and it was horrifying, I wouldn’t wish that on anyone and it’s more common than people think. 😢 Did you manage to stay sober? If people went and visited their nearest hospital liver ward, they would stop drinking alcohol too - trust me… Best of luck to you mate.
My dad was a pub owner and a functioning alcoholic. After watching him die a horrible death of cirrhosis of the liver, I knew I had to get my drinking under control. I wouldn’t wish that experience on my worst enemy!!!
I have left the UK a while ago now and this documentary brought back memories. I went through a teenage binge phase, plus drank quite a lot at University. As the years went on this trailed away. I still liked a pint and a half in my local every Saturday afternoon. For a while now I hardly drink now I have left the UK. The Pub has been a central part of British culture for centuries. This film is really excellent as it does show how important the pub still is in British culture. If you look at the international stats the UK is not especially high compared with other countries. Binge drinking again, seems to have been around for a long time though. A very good programme, thanks for downloading this.
I really liked Reg. There's something very sweet about him! He seems like the type that would give the shirt off his back. Literally. I hope he finds a nice lady to settle down with.
@@22ergie I think it's a very normal, healthy and human thing to remind yourself of what you escaped from. It's a bit like going back and revising over old educational material. The brain is a muscle that needs to constantly be worked and stimulated. I quit drinking quite a while ago, but I find it of great value to go back and listen to people who are caught in the loop you were in. It gives you perspective.
The two elderly friends are awesome. If you want a drink with a friend, have fun ladies. The youngsters binge drinking is a little worrying, to be honest. Bad habits catch up to you, kids.
Don't see why it's much different between them, they're all binge drinking. I don't think it's that bad on either side, but just because they're older doesn't make it any better in comparison.
It's strange how my perception and attitude toward drinking has changed over the years. When I was the same age roughly as the girls' netball team and guys' rugby team I'd have been very much like them, didn't see much harm in it and it was all a bit of a laugh really. But since I quit drinking 11 years ago, seeing this just reminds me of how much money, time, energy and my own health I wasted in drinking. My biggest fear that helped get me to stop that was I'd end up being a lonely old drunk having done little or nothing with my life.
I completely concur. It's unfortunate that for some, alcohol seems to be their only refuge. The irony lies in the belief that they are grounded in reality and connected, when in truth, they're not. Regrettably, this connection is often just a facade, a byproduct of alcohol consumption.
Pink Floyd's classic song Time's lyrics haunt most of these stories "and then one day you find, 10 years got behind you , no one told you when to run...."
Missing the UK so much while watching this doc. I lived in Bristol for almost 3y and half and I miss it everyday, although I wanted to come back to Spain cos of my family but... Still loved the experience and brits are the best, loved the humor, kind spirit, culture and vibes from Bristol and the people there. To all my managers, colleagues and friends made there working as a waitress, shop assistant and then Personal Shopper, I love you guys :):)
Glad you enjoyed yourself. I’ve had some good times with folk from Bristol . I’m from East Lancashire but From London up to Glasgow ,Lowestoft, Penzance people will treat you good and have a laugh with you. If your sound with them .
Yes, but that is how they felt when they lost their Bobs and now they have each other, it reminds me to love the ones in my life now while I can. And she was right, at their age let them have their drinks, they handle better than young people I see in pubs all of the time!
veronica jude I absolutely agree with you! Life is just too short & we have to realize every single day not to take anyone in our lives for granted. Regrets can be so hard to live with. I wish those sweet widows much happiness in their lives & I see nothing wrong at all with them enjoying themselves, especially at their ages!
When I grew up , the pub was the social networking hub for the village . Pre internet / texting days. A lot of business was done in there. If you needed a tradesman , you would talk to him in the pub about your job and fix a price . We would leave the building site at lunch time for a pie and a pint . Meet the lads on Friday nights there, girlfriends, neighbors , darts, pool, music, pub outings. Those were the days . Brilliant !! When I came to the US , I met a few people who said they couldn’t have a drink as they were alcoholics. That was very strange to me coming from the pub culture, that they couldn’t just come and have a pint and a chat .
@@lyndoncmp5751 so you're saying the places without the high immigration of the UK have heavy drinkers. Notice there were none of the new face of Britain in the bar?
@@cruiser6260 you won't find them in there because they have no intention or interest in the host countrys culture, they don't even try our food, weirdos I found in the main ,only here because it facilitates a life they can't get in their 3rd world home
This is a very moving documentary put togehter with love and care. Pubs in the UK really are fundamental in preserving a sense of collective commuity and belonging. The people featured all had their life stories to convey. I was particulallry drawn to the love and companionship shown between the 2 widows and the retired banker. I have lived in North America since 2008 and, after watching this, realize how much I both love and miss the UK.🇺🇸🇬🇧
@@Nightdiver20 I’m guessing you’re a loser with no life. You work your factory job just to go out and piss it away on a Saturday night. Carry on being a loser though. It’s not my concern.
Great documentary! Explains the British culture well. To an outsider the most different thing is that when the pub is closed down people don't meet anymore. In other words - they are not used to visiting each their neighbors..
The name actually originates from the war of roses. Areas supporting the Lancastrians would name their pub the red lion, Yorkists The White Lion. As the Lancastrians won, you don't really see The White Lion as a pub name.
@@learntonganwithandrew Because it's not overproduced. It's also casual conversation. They're just interested in their drinking habits and in a sense their lives. It's like small talk.
I was a tavern goer and drunk for half my life. From the little I remember I had a splendid time. I quit drinking after three decades. It was the best thing I ever did.
Iam so glad I’ve stopped wasting my life in a place where no one will change in twenty years time , and I was able to hold on to my relationship with my family, thank god....
@@BootsORiley yeah, done abit of building work for him over the years, I'd turn up on a Monday morning at 7.30am and he'd have a drink on the go already, but really lovley guy. Had the red lion in stodmarsh, Kent
Lived in Morecambe back in the early 80s... the English country pub had an ambience that we Americans struggle to re-create. One place had a lovely boxer (dog) named William who loved the salt & vinegar crisps. I do miss that.
The British pub is the greatest community centre on earth every type of person from every walk of life . Getting on with life and enjoying each others company . I miss it so much as i now live abroad and does not exist where i am now . France .
You guys should do a sequel..see how many of these young ladies are raging alcoholics, have spent a few stints in rehab, or are single mothers. You know, for science.
Socialising is healthy, the problem here is that so many think being social and drinking are two inseparable things. With the abundance of pubs and drinking culture in the UK I don't blame them for thinking that way, I feel that there are too many pubs over here and that if we had less then people would be more inclined to gravitate to other activities which still let them make friends and have fun but without the liver damage and hangovers.
And there in lies the problem. There just isn’t a lot of things for people to do especially in the smaller places. Of course the weather doesn’t help lol. What they need are community centres where they can gather and do things like darts, billiards, cards, etc etc.
The pandemic highlighted this especially. Now where I live so many old and young people are going hiking, paddleboarding, wild swimming, going to the gym etc. The winter is the problem. We're more of a global culture now too, and drinking isn't seen in the same way.
Heybejeybe Winter? What winter? This isn't Siberia or even Norway. Our winters in England never stops me from hiking, cycling, camping etc. It's mostly mild and manageable.
@@prepperjonpnw6482 I live in a very small village in Portugal (also a big drinking culture here), have literally nothing to do here, so I invented things to do, I stop drinking 3 years ago. That is just one more excuse for people you don't want to stop, that it's nothing to do, you have a brain, be creative. No wanting to stop is a choice, no need for excuses. Also socialize from time to time, but I assure, rather be alone forever than having another sip of any alcholic drink. Best regards :)
Half a rasher Warm beer is never served in pubs. Even real ale is cool or at worse room temperature. It is never warm. And most real ales are stronger than piss water pilsners.
I’m American and I found the closest thing to a real Irish pub that my wife and I frequent every week. It has music, laughter, and we’ve made a couple of regular friends. We bring our friends and our kids in for a drink or eats. Long live the PUB!
@@shanejaredberezowski5467 These days people are in such denial about how bad booze really is...it's sad to build your social life around a CNS depressant. But hey, we all have our vices.
@@Meltedcheese567 I've never drunk too much alcohol, but I do like to have a little drink now and again in an English country or seaside pub. Never have more than half a pint. The ales are so delicious now, and the pub interiors and often also the pub gardens are lovely. The atmosphere is usually so relaxing, convivial and enjoyable. There are dozens of fantastic pubs within 10 miles of where I live in East Kent, though sad to say there were others that have sadly now closed. The pub really is essential to the nation's life and sanity. There should be much more government effort to preserve our pubs.
My first 6yrs were spent in the pub! My dad had the red lion in Burnham, slough. I have wonderful memories of the people who were really part of an extended or sub family. If I could turn back time . . .
Different strokes, for different folks.. A bit different from my country, Norway. Part from having a drinking culture as well. But here mostly in the weekends.. I think it looks pretty cozy. Instead of sitting home alone. It's like a community house, where you can come and hang out with friends and people you know. Or just be among people. Eat, drink or not drink. I don't understand all the hate comments. They were not all drinking and not all of them were drunk. And if they were, so what? It's totally up to them. People are so fast to judge others.
Jennifer Hill the funny thing is that the Americans don't always take care of eachother when they go out. Also for the most part they dont start drinking until they go off for college a they drink to the brink of alcohol poisoning regularly. Throwing up every night and so on.
I'm American and I get it, it's not the quantity of years of existence here on the planet but the quality, I saw a lot of happy people getting together having genuine fun! cheers.
Just because those people look happy doesn't mean they are. The drinking culture in the UK is so all-encompassing that many feel socially pressured into drinking and attending such pubs regularly in order to have some they call "friends." You can clearly see that one of the girls in the netball team is quite uncomfortable with downing that pint by her body language alone but peer pressure compels her. It's a toxic culture.
I always hear fun and laughter coming out of pubs. I never do with coffee shops. Every time I go into a coffee shop with someone who wants a coffee everyone seems quiet, boring, reserved and miserable. Its like a bloody library. Give me pubs every time.
I had the absolute best time being off my pickle from my mid teens up to my late 20s. I have still carried on drinking after that, but not to the same extent all the time, and not nearly as often. The hangovers definitely become much harder to handle, and gone are the days of 'sleeping' on a friends floor or settee, or staying up all night haha. Would I change any of that? Nah, wouldn't change any if it!
Yeah that's why I think people are judging the young girls too harshly, they're at university for God's sake let them have their 3 years of freedom & fun!
"Avoiding drinking on the job is obviously not a principle you have embraced", she says to the continuously drunk landlord. Love the English understatement!
i was a regular in Roberts Red Lion - he was an absolute Peach but an alcoholic and he is now dead i think i heard anyway,... he used to call me Dollly - a Dolly birdy memories of good times RIP Robert x
I'm a pub girl. You meet nice, down to earth people. Nice regulars. That was the worst thing for me during lockdown. No bloody pub!!!! I love grabbing a good seat, (for people watching). A few sherbets, pork scratchings & talking rubbish for a couple of hours. Great therapy!!!
Thankfully alcohol plays no part in my life...do not drink....my father was an alcoholic..so I saw up close and personally the destruction alcohol can bring!
My best friend lost his Dad to it a couple of years back, and I can see him going down the same path. It hurts so much to see it happening, that slow rot. I stopped drinking alcohol 5 and a bit years back and it's the single best thing I've ever done. I binge drank and it was really destructive. I feel so much better for not doing it. I can't be around drunk people now, can't stand the smell of alcohol on someones breath. Makes me feel sick.
This is why 1 out of 3 emergency room visits in the UK are related to alcohol. And why people are dying as young as 30 because of alcohol abuse (I just saw a documentary about this subject). I love the pub culture though. Some people just take it too far.
I so miss the British pubs! I lived and worked in England for many year's and really loved the pubs and the atmosphere in them. I used to go to the really old pub's because they are so beautiful. I now live in Sweden. There are some beautiful pubs here too made in traditional British style but they just lack the atmosphere. Pubs are a fairly new thing here and I think that's what makes the difference. People here don't have the experience from going to the pub for generations as they have in Britain.
I have worked as a barman for many years (I choose not to drink and I don't feel neither better nor worse than the rest for it)One of the problems is that it has become so normal (everyone does it all the time), that people don't even give it a thought, and if you don't do it (or do it very seldom) then it will be a reason for the majority to believe that you had problems with alcohol in the past, or something is 'wrong' with you, or people may look at you with a sense of suspicion. The long term consecuences can be devastating....cancer that manifests without previous warning, and then the affected person only got a couple of weeks left to live and it's already too late to solve it (I've seen this one very often). Kidney, liver or pancreas malfunction which makes life miserable...To me alcohol has become something most people don't consider too much (and in a way that could be dangerous). It is the perfect (and many times only) lubricant for doing something as natural as socialising with others (be it friends or strangers), or the perfect lubricant to flirt with someone. As a Scottish friend of mine told me once, 'the average British lacks confidence deep down, so in order to overcome this, alcohol is the answer'. Is it true? I don't really know....but the statement is clearly worth a thought...specially if we are unable to do perfectly natural things without having a drink.
I have mixed reactions to this. I love the idea of a cozy gathering place for the local community. A place to meet old friends and make new ones. What I don't like is the alcohol abuse. Is it possible to have pub life without the alcohol?
My neighbour is from Britain that had to get away from her drunk British husband (after 10 years) by moving here to Canada. Her husband is constantly broke and drunk. She told me Her friends' husband (when she was is Britain) drowned in a stream in her town because they come from the pub and fall in when walking home drunk. A common occurrence in their town. It's quite strange to her that Canadians aren't drunk like this all the time.
here is the way i see if you start drugs and become and addict you were stupid for starting drugs. if you start drinking you were stupid for becoming an alcohlic. for some reason its expected by 21 or 18 depending where you live that you drink and if you dont you need to start. and if you dont drink for whatever reason you typically have a hard time being accepted in the world. and again if you do drink and become addicted everyone acts like its your fault for becoming addicted. i do not think i am alcohlic i think am an extremely lucky and foutrunite person i did become an alcholic and i can not fully explain or understand why i am not and i am thankful i am not.
Being Eastern European living in the UK for 17 years..I love Britain, British people, British nature, British humour, attitude between colleagues at work, National Trust.. but still can't get used to drinking culture and Sorry British food.😉
1. Eastern Europe has a worse drinking cultural and a higher alcohol consumption and alcohol death rate. 2. There is food from all over the world in Britain. You must have a limited diet.
I love this. I love british culture. I love Brits, they are educated and most of all funny. I was born in a wrong part of the world. Brits,be proud of what you are.
Adorable how? Adorably sad, "It's eastenders tonight...". Countries being taken advantage of, people out on the streets and the people is very very drunk.
Thanks for the reminder as to why I'm SO grateful I haven't had to take a drink in 37 years, one day at a time. I couldn't even get through the first 10 minutes of this video. A sickening trip down Memory Lane. But you guys enjoy your pounding headaches, nausea, puking, waking up with butt ugly people, DUI charges, phoning in sick to work, making an absolute buffoon of yourself, etc. I started my drinking career in Canada. With LOTS of Brits. I thought this kind of drinking was normal. Love you guys to pieces. English/Scottish/Irish is my heritage. Heavy drinker? Alcoholic? We only have to report to ourselves. I for one want nothing to do anymore with boozers. Best of luck to all. Please don't drink and drive. 🙏🏻💚
Very well said. I haven't had a drink in 4 years. It almost killed me multiple times. 2 DUI and I don't miss the alcohol. I miss the fun times but life is better without booze.
Canadian here, went to my grandmothers funeral in England and after the funeral the family went to the pub for the rest of the day...that would never happen in Canada.
Everywhere in Europe people drink a lot, probably too much. The difference is that in most places getting drunk (or wasted) is a side effect and in UK usual it's the whole point.
It's utterly British. We have local cafés here in the Netherlands (although the classic ones are shutting down as well), but that's not like a pub. I feel fortunate to have been to many pubs in England and Ireland as a younger woman.
I have to say I wish there was a local pub where I live. I’m over 50 retired my wife has passed and my son is married with two children. My friends have either moved away or died and I’m all alone now. I try to spend as much time with my grandchildren as I can but I still have long periods of being alone. I guess what I’m really looking for is an excuse to spend time with others.
You dont need an excuse to be with others .......find a hobby,..join a club, church, volunteer someplace, part time job to get out of house and see people,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,no reason to be lonely if you dont want to be !!!!!!...................Erik
Stopped drinking over 1 year ago and have no desire to ever start again. Quit smoking too. You don't need alcohol to be able to socialize. Lots of people don't drink.
I use to regularly visit the boozer, but quit drink a couple of years ago. The quantity of my social life has gotten smaller but the quality of my social life has increased. Most people I drank with were not proper friends, they were just people I chatted to when we were drunk and drinking. My friends were the ones who stayed in touch after I went sober and were prepared to go and hang out with me in coffee shops and go do activities which didn't involve pubs.
PUB="Public House", a place to meet, drink, play darts, checkers, watch football matches, etc, enjoy other's' company, nothing wrong with that! Long Live the PUB!
Knowing an alcoholic and two who died OF alcoholism, this is really sad. There's nothing you can do to help someone drinking their life away. They have to stop or slow down themselves. So frustrating.
Sadly, I've seen a friend lose his Dad to booze, and I am scared he's heading the same way. Alcohol is so easily obtainable and so socially acceptable. I stopped almost five years ago, but all of my friends drink and they think that I'm 'spoiling' the atmosphere because I don't get pissed up. It's saddening, really.
Britain would not be Britain without pubs. They are an essential part of our culture and hopefully will carry on being so. No-one has too get absolutely smashed if they don't want to.
Well said Katty Rather pubs than horrible coffee shops where people are getting their caffeine fixes and shoving cakes in their mouths. I NEVER hear any fun and laughter coming out of coffee shops.
Watching this during lockdown. Yearning for the pubs to reopen and as they were, without all this redtape. Local pubs are a huge part of British culture. I've met many neighbours I call friends, whom otherwise may have stayed strangers. A vital resource for the community...Just look at Wilf.
