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  • The Red Lion (British Drinking Culture Documentary) | Real Stories
    The Red Lion is based on a very simple idea - take the most common name for a pub (The Red Lion) and then take the people who drink in the 600 pubs across the UK with that name to throw light on our drinking habits. What emerges is a unique portrait of Britain as a nation of drinkers - a documentary that, part hilariously, part disturbingly shows just how deeply booze and the boozer are woven into the warp and weft of British society and culture.
    From the tipsy eighty year old widows to the 15-pints-a-day landlord. From the lonely singleton divorcee to the raucous student members of the university netball team, men and women, groups and individuals, young and old - we all use the pub and alcohol in our different ways. Is Britain as a nation in the grip of a serious drink problem? Or are we just having a little bit of fun - regularly?

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  • @rcurtis7583
    @rcurtis7583 Před 2 lety +223

    That pub landlord who drinks 15 pints a day, 7 days a week - 'I don't drink a lot'. The most British thing I've ever heard. Love it.

    • @mmaas117
      @mmaas117 Před 2 lety +6

      lol that's like 45 drinks a day

    • @mmaas117
      @mmaas117 Před 2 lety +1

      @AdamA2327 isn't a pint like 3 beers?

    • @rossbennett5449
      @rossbennett5449 Před 2 lety +15

      @@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

    • @superruca
      @superruca Před rokem +2

      @@mmaas117 no 😂

    • @user-mt6hr4qf9n
      @user-mt6hr4qf9n Před rokem +1

      He's disgusting

  • @samanthafitzgerel4460
    @samanthafitzgerel4460 Před 6 lety +293

    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!!!

  • @oliviamartini9700
    @oliviamartini9700 Před 2 lety +51

    "So, Mondays are your day off."
    "Yes...well, that's when I drink alone."

  • @tinastagg6258
    @tinastagg6258 Před 3 lety +130

    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.

    • @cambs0181
      @cambs0181 Před 2 lety +4

      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!

    • @le__graveuronyoutube
      @le__graveuronyoutube Před rokem +5

      Yes agreed! I also like how people of all ages enjoy!

    • @CARLIN4737
      @CARLIN4737 Před 9 měsíci +8

      id rather do just that. netflix. cup of tea and tomatoes on toast. nowt wrong with that.

    • @oneill765
      @oneill765 Před 6 měsíci +4

      Why would you assume that's the alternative to going to a pub?

  • @pureskill123
    @pureskill123 Před 6 lety +692

    "You were so drunk last night"
    This is the epitomy of modern British conversation folks, trust me.

  • @samtraygis1337
    @samtraygis1337 Před 3 lety +155

    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

    • @samtraygis1337
      @samtraygis1337 Před 3 lety +4

      @The Dude thank you. I didn't commit. I went one month no drinking. Then I drank beers again . Very disappointed in myself

    • @aye3678
      @aye3678 Před 3 lety +2

      I'm proud of you pal. You got this!

    • @Talisman09
      @Talisman09 Před 3 lety +8

      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

    • @elastronaute1198
      @elastronaute1198 Před 3 lety +1

      me too I have quit.

    • @BoleDaPole
      @BoleDaPole Před 3 lety

      Just drink more to get over the headache

  • @riclee9504
    @riclee9504 Před 3 lety +71

    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 :(

    • @samoday2992
      @samoday2992 Před 3 lety +9

      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.

    • @jackedkerouac4414
      @jackedkerouac4414 Před 2 lety +9

      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

    • @maidinulster
      @maidinulster Před 2 lety +4

      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

    • @riclee9504
      @riclee9504 Před 2 lety +4

      @@maidinulster Keep it up Roberta. You got this!

    • @jargonellie6630
      @jargonellie6630 Před 2 lety +2

      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.

  • @chesterwilberforce9832
    @chesterwilberforce9832 Před 3 lety +37

    "I just want to get pissed and vomit my paycheck in the alley outside at 1 am, then pray for a merciful death the next day." said no one ever.

    • @bigsteve6729
      @bigsteve6729 Před 3 lety +3

      Pretty much all of them on there said that what are you waffling about

    • @BootsORiley
      @BootsORiley Před 2 lety

      This is exactly what the first group of slags said in so many words you dolt

  • @amaddness
    @amaddness Před 6 lety +915

    I've never heard anyone say that they live for the day after drinking, that the hangover makes it all worth it...... ummmm ok

    • @sahotaquack1
      @sahotaquack1 Před 5 lety +74

      I take it you're not British?

    • @fractalign
      @fractalign Před 5 lety +26

      Do they fry up a big dish greasy slop for breakfast ! That adds to the masochism !

    • @trueamerica911
      @trueamerica911 Před 5 lety +64

      She is brain damaged...

    • @heatherfromcheshire7392
      @heatherfromcheshire7392 Před 5 lety +49

      @@sahotaquack1 You must know a lot of losers. I don't know anyone who thinks or acts like this.

    • @sahotaquack1
      @sahotaquack1 Před 5 lety +12

      @@heatherfromcheshire7392 or you're the loser perhaps?

  • @connorferrand527
    @connorferrand527 Před 4 lety +160

    Best piece of advice I’ve found when it comes to drinking is “Be careful what you get good at.”

    • @stevenwood1320
      @stevenwood1320 Před 3 lety

      Knew you were a wanker. Wanker.

    • @Onlinesully
      @Onlinesully Před 2 lety +1

      You are so right.
      I hear people say
      oh he’s a great drinker
      he’s well able for it
      He would drink her under the table
      he’s well used to it
      Etc

    • @maidinulster
      @maidinulster Před 2 lety

      That’s the best way I’ve heard it put

  • @kimhandley4416
    @kimhandley4416 Před 7 měsíci +18

    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' ❤

    • @GhastlyCretin
      @GhastlyCretin Před 6 měsíci +2

      Lol. One of the best theme tunes ever imo. Up there with the Golden Girls one 😂

  • @waynester71
    @waynester71 Před 4 lety +244

    I drank too much in my 20s.. early 30s.. 48 now and very rarely drink. I just hate how I feel the following day.. don’t miss it.

    • @nzmarco
      @nzmarco Před 4 lety +2

      @josh langley Josh is joshin.

    • @zenden6584
      @zenden6584 Před 3 lety +11

      Good for you nothing good comes from getting pissed .

    • @GodKing804
      @GodKing804 Před 3 lety +8

      Smoke (eat/ consume) weed everyday

    • @crooton2258
      @crooton2258 Před 3 lety +5

      no hang over with weed

    • @GodKing804
      @GodKing804 Před 3 lety

      @@crooton2258you haven't done enough weed

  • @DecepticonLBC
    @DecepticonLBC Před 5 lety +103

    "Get the most drunk" means whoever is laid out on the street with puke all over them in the end of the night. I'll pass on that.

  • @Nautilus1972
    @Nautilus1972 Před 6 lety +622

    9 years sober and just sorry I wasted my brains and 20 years on alcohol.

    • @wezrichards7231
      @wezrichards7231 Před 5 lety +64

      Six years here, that and quitting smoking were the best decisions I've ever made.

    • @22ergie
      @22ergie Před 5 lety +23

      @@wezrichards7231 Kudos to you, but then why watch such a video? As a reminder of what you don't miss? Just curious...

    • @mattbergseid9196
      @mattbergseid9196 Před 4 lety +12

      @@22ergie 12years here and Real Stories video are intertaining. nothing to fear from ones about drinking.

    • @VelcroKittie
      @VelcroKittie Před 4 lety +33

      @@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.

    • @damienholland8103
      @damienholland8103 Před 4 lety +14

      3 years here. Went too far, myself.

  • @stevenmorris2293
    @stevenmorris2293 Před 2 lety +9

    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 .

  • @dustyrhodes8077
    @dustyrhodes8077 Před 3 lety +63

    The Romans wrote about how the Britons drank to excess so nothing has changed.

    • @JK_Clark
      @JK_Clark Před 2 lety +1

      As will the aliens when they finally visit.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Před rokem +1

      Britain is not even in the top ten in Europe, and considerably lower than Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, Belgium and even Portugal.

    • @cruiser6260
      @cruiser6260 Před 11 měsíci

      @@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?

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Před 11 měsíci

      @@cruiser6260
      What is the new 'face of Britain'? Britain is still nearly 90% white.

    • @chucky2316
      @chucky2316 Před 9 měsíci

      @@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

  • @stuartpaul9995
    @stuartpaul9995 Před 5 lety +486

    What kind of society have you created when half of the population feels a need to drink itself into oblivion to avoid it.

    • @topopops
      @topopops Před 5 lety +24

      Stuart Paul one of the greatest in the world.. have you ever been to any Easter European country mate?

    • @petegiant
      @petegiant Před 4 lety +26

      @@PpaulliusS Ironic that you use the English language to express such disdain

    • @mjlucey-zm7wp
      @mjlucey-zm7wp Před 4 lety +7

      @@petegiant Its just an unfortunate affliction we were born with.

    • @mohammedfahad3564
      @mohammedfahad3564 Před 4 lety +2

      m.j. lucey ur not forced to. Just dnt type it and learn ur own cancerous langauge

    • @mjlucey-zm7wp
      @mjlucey-zm7wp Před 4 lety +4

      @@mohammedfahad3564 Duuuuuh. boiiii.

  • @lburns7952
    @lburns7952 Před 6 lety +151

    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.

    • @vannjunkin8041
      @vannjunkin8041 Před 3 lety +4

      I wonder if he got the lady from Americar

    • @cardinality1975
      @cardinality1975 Před 3 lety +6

      I agree the guy seems extremely personable and enjoyable to be around, hope he is doing well

    • @EmilWestrum
      @EmilWestrum Před 3 lety +6

      He is the guy that I would gladly help with whatever if he called. And I would love an evening at the pub with him, seems such a nice fellow

    • @Talisman09
      @Talisman09 Před 3 lety +7

      He was pissed!

    • @BodaciousWickerman
      @BodaciousWickerman Před 3 lety +1

      @@Talisman09 So what's your point?

  • @gregoryambres1897
    @gregoryambres1897 Před 2 lety +28

    When I heard what Reg said, my heart went out to him. Such a precious fellow. How should he be lonely, with so many women in the world wanting a nice, handsome man?!

    • @noorimeldaelle3403
      @noorimeldaelle3403 Před rokem +5

      Hello Gregory i am from Singapore i am coming 41 this year in August. Yes i totally agree with u but maybe Reg got a certain kind of criteria i am not saying that he is choosy but probably he is looking for a woman who can truly accept him as he is. For example me i want a guy who truly can accept me as i am.

  • @Lifeguruonafence
    @Lifeguruonafence Před 4 lety +49

    RIP Rob, the guy was a local legend used to smoke behind the bar and not charge me for drinks lol

  • @sjc4
    @sjc4 Před 6 lety +313

    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.

    • @gggshah5531
      @gggshah5531 Před 3 lety +13

      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.

    • @olly_evans
      @olly_evans Před 3 lety +3

      The ladies drink everyday lots of wine and rum and coke. They're by far worse, unconscious alcoholics.

    • @Talisman09
      @Talisman09 Před 3 lety +1

      @@olly_evans haha, they weren't even drunk

    • @wendycarter5718
      @wendycarter5718 Před 3 lety +3

      Both bobs were journalists ?? probably the booziest profession known to man !!! Wives are carrying on the tradition in their absence !

    • @randomcomputer7248
      @randomcomputer7248 Před 2 lety +6

      @@gggshah5531 Those ladies are actually drinking quite alot. They could well get into serious health issues

  • @veronicajude
    @veronicajude Před 6 lety +302

    The best friends who are widows... I love them! They lost their "Bobs" but they have each other and they are lovely.

    • @Rangifulla
      @Rangifulla Před 6 lety +12

      There's nothing lovely about a drunk woman.

    • @saarrrcamscms226
      @saarrrcamscms226 Před 6 lety +50

      Rangifulla and nothing respectable about a mouthy man

    • @Jane-yg3vz
      @Jane-yg3vz Před 6 lety +16

      The other one will be lost when the first one dies.

    • @veronicajude
      @veronicajude Před 6 lety +26

      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!

    • @lorilove1651
      @lorilove1651 Před 6 lety +11

      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!

  • @Chris-lz1fs
    @Chris-lz1fs Před 4 lety +58

    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.

    • @arranodoherty4372
      @arranodoherty4372 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Going out couple of times s week doesn't mean that

    • @NotfromDateline
      @NotfromDateline Před 9 měsíci +2

      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.

    • @SDW3-6-9
      @SDW3-6-9 Před 5 měsíci +2

      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...."

  • @threethrushes
    @threethrushes Před 2 lety +22

    Fun fact: The Red Lion is the name of the pub in Orwell's book, Animal Farm.

    • @cambs0181
      @cambs0181 Před 2 lety +2

      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.

  • @EffemeyJon
    @EffemeyJon Před 5 lety +18

    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.

  • @HelenEk7
    @HelenEk7 Před 6 lety +37

    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..

    • @anneroy4560
      @anneroy4560 Před 6 měsíci +1

      and here in the UK we have neighbours ...

  • @Crimepaysaskapolitician
    @Crimepaysaskapolitician Před 11 měsíci +12

    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.

  • @thirteentimes365
    @thirteentimes365 Před 3 lety +19

    Fair play to Joan and Irene. I hope they're still enjoying plenty of wine and rum to this day, and many more to come.

  • @Doctorandergraun
    @Doctorandergraun Před 5 lety +242

    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 :):)

    • @hwr2590
      @hwr2590 Před 3 lety +15

      Same , I can't wait to return to the UK.

    • @jambutty2218
      @jambutty2218 Před 3 lety +3

      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 .

    • @bccochrane1
      @bccochrane1 Před 3 lety +2

      Love you too! Glad you had a good time :)

    • @gavinstarling8737
      @gavinstarling8737 Před 3 lety +2

      Me too. Moved to Australia and now NZ but I've always missed the great British pub culture

    • @jambutty2218
      @jambutty2218 Před 2 lety +1

      @Michael Valensi never get them right , past caring . Lol

  • @FlyFlicks
    @FlyFlicks Před 5 lety +567

    If this documentary was about any other drug we would be vilifying these people.

    • @banjopete
      @banjopete Před 4 lety +5

      Fly Flicks , at least we’re not as boring as dopers.

    • @bmxshow
      @bmxshow Před 4 lety +3

      yup

    • @jackbudgen8858
      @jackbudgen8858 Před 4 lety +19

      I’d rather drop a couple pills than drink alcohol that costs over a fiver a pop

    • @avpr1574
      @avpr1574 Před 4 lety +5

      spot on

    • @reneroux2391
      @reneroux2391 Před 4 lety +3

      @@jackbudgen8858 be careful pills kill
      (Alcohol does too)

  • @ericlord1796
    @ericlord1796 Před 2 lety +46

    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
      @shanejaredberezowski5467 Před 2 lety +6

      Exactly!!! These days people think if you gave a drink you’re doing something destructive, but it’s better than sitting at home watching tv.

    • @Meltedcheese567
      @Meltedcheese567 Před rokem +8

      @@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.

    • @cruiser6260
      @cruiser6260 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@shanejaredberezowski5467 or watching others drinking on utube!
      That wifi is bad for you and the monthly expenses..

    • @wayinfront1
      @wayinfront1 Před 3 měsíci

      @@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.

  • @garryharriman7349
    @garryharriman7349 Před 2 lety +62

    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.🇺🇸🇬🇧

    • @Meltedcheese567
      @Meltedcheese567 Před rokem +5

      Sounds like you missed the part where basing culture around alcohol is not a great thing lol

    • @debbiesunlight7047
      @debbiesunlight7047 Před rokem

      @@Meltedcheese567lol 😂 she did too. Lol

    • @cruiser6260
      @cruiser6260 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Put together with care not to show the girls lying in the gutter or ask about fights and lost licences or brain cells

    • @Nightdiver20
      @Nightdiver20 Před 10 měsíci +7

      @@Meltedcheese567 I'm guessing your sanctimony makes quite a few people want a drink

    • @danh555
      @danh555 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@Meltedcheese567better than basing it around a religion 👍

  • @davidrubiomartin
    @davidrubiomartin Před 6 lety +308

    I don't even drink, why am I watching this?

    • @maryc.8602
      @maryc.8602 Před 6 lety +31

      I know, neither do I, and I'm watching this, like I'd watch a car wreck or something :-P

    • @christinebatt6277
      @christinebatt6277 Před 6 lety +5

      David Martin Rubio I'm asking myself that same question

    • @grnpeepers2683
      @grnpeepers2683 Před 6 lety +25

      David Martin Rubio So you can see what you're not missing?

    • @vindheimar2631
      @vindheimar2631 Před 6 lety +4

      Ha ha ha same here

    • @whatshisname3304
      @whatshisname3304 Před 6 lety +1

      i miss it

  • @mastorbatrix
    @mastorbatrix Před 6 lety +111

    I enjoyed this low-key documentary. I found the people seemed for the most part pleasant.

    • @learntonganwithandrew
      @learntonganwithandrew Před 4 lety

      What makes it low - key?

    • @derby1263
      @derby1263 Před 4 lety +2

      Well metaphorically speaking how much lower can you get than this.

    • @Chironex_Fleckeri
      @Chironex_Fleckeri Před 4 lety

      @@derby1263 OOf

    • @Chironex_Fleckeri
      @Chironex_Fleckeri Před 4 lety +11

      @@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.

    • @davidhocde007
      @davidhocde007 Před 3 lety

      Hi, if you understand French, try "strip tease"...

  • @binflynn1
    @binflynn1 Před 4 lety +36

    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....

    • @alonzomosley7
      @alonzomosley7 Před 4 lety +2

      Exactly the pub I went to it has not changed in 20 years It really sad so glad don't go now

    • @Adam-gb9gf
      @Adam-gb9gf Před 3 lety +1

      That’s so true

    • @tylerduncan4096
      @tylerduncan4096 Před 3 lety

      @paul Flynn mr clean ni good for you for not drinking and choosing family as well!

    • @billsamuls7620
      @billsamuls7620 Před 3 lety +1

      GOOD ON YOU

  • @rachelhannan5949
    @rachelhannan5949 Před 4 lety +33

    Why am I watching this? and why can’t I stop watching?! 😂

    • @Reree-gz5bg
      @Reree-gz5bg Před 3 lety

      I am rewatching this cuz I watched awhile back supposedly 🖤🤍🖤🤍

  • @gagagoose2878
    @gagagoose2878 Před 3 lety +61

    When you’re elderly and retired, you get to drink as much as you want, it’s the young people who are playing with fire. My son died at 50 of cirrhosis. It’s a horrible death! Someone said “if I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.” True wisdom

    • @cl5470
      @cl5470 Před 3 lety +14

      @@danthompson5797 the point is that by the time you're 80, cancer or a stroke are going to get you long before the alcohol, so it doesn't matter as much. The trick is to live long enough first.

    • @leahmoonbeamflower333
      @leahmoonbeamflower333 Před 2 lety +2

      @@danthompson5797 exactly. Poison is still poison in “ moderation “. It doesn’t matter the age, alcohol is evil and can get anyone at any time. It’s the devils pee. It’s simply not good.

    • @jargonellie6630
      @jargonellie6630 Před 2 lety +11

      @@cl5470 alcohol causes both cancer and strokes, in fact, there are 60 different diseases that are caused by alcohol and older people don’t tolerate it better than young people - quite the reverse as their internal organs are older, more worn out and they don’t repair or recuperate anywhere near as quickly as younger folk do…

    • @randomcomputer7248
      @randomcomputer7248 Před 2 lety +1

      @@danthompson5797 Not entirely

    • @Meltedcheese567
      @Meltedcheese567 Před rokem +5

      @@cl5470 Alcohol increases your risk of an ugly death at any age. People are in such denial about how dangerous booze really is.

  • @wizkid2000
    @wizkid2000 Před 6 lety +32

    Poor Reggie, he's like "She started putting hearts on her letters... So I guess you could say it's getting kinda serious!"

  • @tinman8311
    @tinman8311 Před 4 lety +19

    Robert passed away awhile ago due alcoholism. RIP. Lovley bloke

    • @BootsORiley
      @BootsORiley Před 2 lety

      Was that the barkeep who was drinking on the job?

    • @tinman8311
      @tinman8311 Před 2 lety +1

      @@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

    • @BootsORiley
      @BootsORiley Před 2 lety +3

      @@tinman8311 ahhhh, that’s most unfortunate. Seemed like such an eccentric, lovable guy. RIP Robert of Kent

  • @seriussamIam
    @seriussamIam Před 3 lety +59

    Okay, this was recommended to me in 2020. Considering the state of the world, I'd love to visit a Red Lion right now.

  • @JD-xw3tj
    @JD-xw3tj Před 5 lety +141

    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.

    • @AZ-kr6ff
      @AZ-kr6ff Před 4 lety +2

      @@rcguy7258
      Its pretty stupid to drink only for the taste.

    • @prepperjonpnw6482
      @prepperjonpnw6482 Před 3 lety +7

      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.

    • @heybejaybe809
      @heybejaybe809 Před 2 lety +3

      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.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Před rokem +3

      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.

    • @bcarvalho666
      @bcarvalho666 Před rokem +4

      @@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 :)

  • @lyndoncmp5751
    @lyndoncmp5751 Před rokem +5

    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.

  • @Arfabiscuit
    @Arfabiscuit Před 9 měsíci +3

    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 .

  • @oldfan1963
    @oldfan1963 Před 3 lety +9

    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.

    • @babyshambler
      @babyshambler Před 2 lety +2

      I never met William, but, what a good boy.

  • @jony1495
    @jony1495 Před 6 lety +24

    15:30 Monday is my day off. It's nice to sit with my feet up and have a glass of wine by my own.
    *I thought she was talking about drinking LOL*

    • @bobstamcmahon7948
      @bobstamcmahon7948 Před 4 lety

      Haha

    • @britlindy
      @britlindy Před 3 lety +4

      Classic! Absolutely brilliant! Good for her! I hope when I’m in my eighties I can enjoy drinking wine every day!

  • @stevehale3443
    @stevehale3443 Před 10 měsíci +5

    What a beautifull story. Lovely characters and cleverly produced.

  • @pennybuskin9105
    @pennybuskin9105 Před 9 měsíci +7

    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 . . .

  • @johnnycalifornia9790
    @johnnycalifornia9790 Před 2 lety +7

    "Avoiding drinking on the job is obviously not a principle you have embraced", she says to the continuously drunk landlord. Love the English understatement!

  • @aclem8246
    @aclem8246 Před 6 lety +153

    Awfully expensive to be in the pub every night.

    • @topopops
      @topopops Před 5 lety

      ? True

    • @phoenixalbastru3706
      @phoenixalbastru3706 Před 4 lety +2

      A Clem i for one I would rather spend my money other wise!

    • @nzmarco
      @nzmarco Před 4 lety +2

      50 pounds a week? I spend about 180 a week. Good times.

    • @lindabrown732
      @lindabrown732 Před 4 lety +36

      My dad went to the pub six nights a week. We never had any money at home. We had holes in our shoes, socks held up by elastic, and spam for dinner. Men that drink and leave their families in poverty are a very vile part of British culture.

    • @richardbickell400
      @richardbickell400 Před 4 lety

      I know where do they get it

  • @jkl799
    @jkl799 Před 6 lety +240

    Those little old ladies are adorable

    • @PMMagro
      @PMMagro Před 6 lety +10

      I'd like to buy them a bottle of champagne :-)

    • @bodhitree8700
      @bodhitree8700 Před 5 lety +15

      Drinking 7 days a week. Not good

    • @bensavage4575
      @bensavage4575 Před 5 lety +4

      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.

    • @whatshisname3304
      @whatshisname3304 Před 5 lety +1

      @@bensavage4575 like old ladies everywhere. just because they would n.t go out with you. unrequited love. its a sad world.

    • @bensavage4575
      @bensavage4575 Před 5 lety

      @@whatshisname3304 You mean like old ladies like you. Oh dear. Bonsoir moron.

  • @Indoman_71
    @Indoman_71 Před 2 lety +3

    I toured the UK four times with this band and everytime we'd meet at Wetherspoons in Victoria Station after hopping off the Gatwick Express. So nice to enjoy the ale and be in London. Great memories Great Britain!

  • @utharkruna1116
    @utharkruna1116 Před 2 lety +2

    Love how they show a Stella Artois / wife beater ad.

  • @loiscassels8966
    @loiscassels8966 Před 4 lety +49

    That shows how great those “friendships” were. Once alcohol is out of the picture, they are non-existent.

    • @rml4289
      @rml4289 Před 3 lety +2

      Yeah exactly

    • @matthewhigson1232
      @matthewhigson1232 Před 2 lety

      That's what I like, don't want people too close, loose fun friendships with no expectations

  • @fanom1
    @fanom1 Před 5 lety +48

    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!

    • @Thenosferatu1900
      @Thenosferatu1900 Před 4 lety +3

      My Brother is an alcoholic also. Its so destructive. I hate people who always drink too much.

    • @alwhyte6533
      @alwhyte6533 Před 4 lety +4

      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.

    • @Onlinesully
      @Onlinesully Před 2 lety +2

      @@alwhyte6533
      Well done to you

  • @sammburu2922
    @sammburu2922 Před 7 měsíci +3

    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.

  • @arnarne
    @arnarne Před 2 lety +15

    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.

  • @maryharvey6909
    @maryharvey6909 Před 6 lety +73

    In America, we are missing the, Family style pub. A lot of us only have socializing at work.

    • @halfarashertierney5710
      @halfarashertierney5710 Před 6 lety +1

      mary,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thevbrexit brit pubs serve warm tepid beer

    • @hsdsaunders
      @hsdsaunders Před 5 lety +12

      @@halfarashertierney5710 that's the real ales larger and cider is served very cold and many brands have an extra cold option too

    • @catatonicable
      @catatonicable Před 4 lety +8

      @@halfarashertierney5710 You don't understand real ale...

    • @samoday2992
      @samoday2992 Před 3 lety

      Yep I live in America now and miss the pubs so much . Your right there is very little socialising outside of work .

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Před rokem

      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.

  • @annabananabones08
    @annabananabones08 Před 6 lety +93

    I want a shirt that says, "Well, I don't know, do I Reg? " I'm still cackling. I also want those adorable 80 year old ladies to adopt me

    • @sopascat7
      @sopascat7 Před 6 lety +2

      ... Reg is a doll. Such a bubbly personality - fun :)

    • @krichard2346
      @krichard2346 Před 6 lety

      Hahahahaha...just as I read your comment he said it :D

    • @thatellipsisguy8984
      @thatellipsisguy8984 Před 5 lety

      No way, 'Reg the hedge' for me!

  • @goldenretriever6261
    @goldenretriever6261 Před 3 lety +16

    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.

  • @TheSilvercue
    @TheSilvercue Před 7 měsíci +3

    There is nothing more wonderful than an old English pub.

  • @MariAmmaSar
    @MariAmmaSar Před 3 lety +11

    I lost my cousin brother to alcohol - his liver gave up when he was about 58. Wish he was still here.

  • @Gollumfili
    @Gollumfili Před 3 lety +34

    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!

    • @hoppingmadmooney5823
      @hoppingmadmooney5823 Před 3 lety

      Good on you gaz did it myself and loved every minute of it best days of my life .

    • @billwilliams328
      @billwilliams328 Před 3 lety +3

      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!

  • @witchybusiness5570
    @witchybusiness5570 Před 3 lety +5

    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

    • @FannyShmellar
      @FannyShmellar Před 3 lety +2

      Was it not off putting for customers him being blind drunk all the time ? It’s sad watching him tbh

  • @christopherpotter7204
    @christopherpotter7204 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Living in London for 3 months took about 3 years off of my life. So. Much. Booze.

  • @jaxxiet5851
    @jaxxiet5851 Před 5 lety +42

    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.

    • @alwhyte6533
      @alwhyte6533 Před 4 lety +4

      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.

    • @user-xy6ey7fc6f
      @user-xy6ey7fc6f Před 4 lety +5

      Life is short, no one can go on being miserable forever.

    • @Michael-bf1dt
      @Michael-bf1dt Před 3 lety +1

      Hi honey how are you. Greetings from Ireland 😘😀

    • @CARLIN4737
      @CARLIN4737 Před 9 měsíci +1

      cannot argue with that.

    • @DX-d
      @DX-d Před 8 měsíci

      @@Michael-bf1dtscammer

  • @virtuitousvampire9371
    @virtuitousvampire9371 Před 6 lety +8

    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.

  • @vlloyd46
    @vlloyd46 Před 2 lety +5

    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!!!

  • @carmenl163
    @carmenl163 Před 8 měsíci +3

    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.

  • @SoLongMarianne_
    @SoLongMarianne_ Před 6 lety +154

    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.

    • @JeninGermany
      @JeninGermany Před 6 lety +37

      Most of the hate is probably coming from Americans who live in a black and white, puritanical world with warning signs on EVERYTHING.

    • @LadyASolveg
      @LadyASolveg Před 6 lety +14

      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.

    • @marcobaraco3000
      @marcobaraco3000 Před 5 lety +14

      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.

    • @Ryan-dk7mm
      @Ryan-dk7mm Před 5 lety +17

      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.

    • @samanthalewin4397
      @samanthalewin4397 Před 5 lety +1

      Jennifer Hill
      Americans have crap beer as well. Possibility jealousy.

  • @kpm3983
    @kpm3983 Před 6 lety +4

    The best pleasant documentary!! Wish I had a time like that

  • @dv_vid
    @dv_vid Před 2 lety +1

    Absolutely knackered.

  • @mervynnel9267
    @mervynnel9267 Před rokem +2

    I truly enjoyed watching it. Thank you.

  • @bossman9548
    @bossman9548 Před 6 lety +12

    i love the two old ladies. bless them

    • @Reree-gz5bg
      @Reree-gz5bg Před 3 lety

      Me too. Made the entire documentary 🎀🖤

  • @MichaelSalo
    @MichaelSalo Před 10 měsíci +10

    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?

    • @derekarnold3665
      @derekarnold3665 Před 8 měsíci +3

      The English pub is an intuition and will hopefully remain so.

  • @amyyoung2804
    @amyyoung2804 Před 3 lety +21

    Those pub crawl girls have an unusual philosophy regarding having a good time and drinking. Hangovers are a cruel message.

    • @amyblack1052
      @amyblack1052 Před 2 lety

      Please God Help Me..I drink by myself...

  • @jiji1946
    @jiji1946 Před 6 měsíci +1

    14:12 "it was after the Bobs died" soooo English! made me LOL

  • @Mim-mg3rk
    @Mim-mg3rk Před 6 lety +23

    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.

    • @redfo3009
      @redfo3009 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Me too! 😄

    • @weirdo1083
      @weirdo1083 Před 4 měsíci +1

      ​@@redfo3009 Its a disgusting culture.

  • @georgeparsons7144
    @georgeparsons7144 Před 4 lety +20

    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.

  • @TDK054
    @TDK054 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for sharing this documentary. Good stuff 🙂👍

  • @ordinaryman7376
    @ordinaryman7376 Před 2 lety +2

    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.

  • @superruca
    @superruca Před rokem +5

    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.

  • @Lamenteinglesa
    @Lamenteinglesa Před 5 lety +65

    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.

    • @bmxshow
      @bmxshow Před 4 lety +12

      Very well said. I'm a sober alcoholic with 5 yrs free of alcohol. Until I became alcohol-free I didn't understand how toxic the booze was to my body

    • @Robylazarus
      @Robylazarus Před 4 lety +7

      What a clear perspective!. Well said.

    • @bmxshow
      @bmxshow Před 4 lety +3

      @MrKayaker69 yup

    • @marksmith8732
      @marksmith8732 Před 4 lety +4

      its been that way in the uk since adam was a lad

    • @gilesjackson9996
      @gilesjackson9996 Před 4 lety +7

      Quite true ,the vast majority use booze to overcome social anxiety ,

  • @Diginegi
    @Diginegi Před 4 lety +18

    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.

    • @rosiegiesler4705
      @rosiegiesler4705 Před 2 lety

      Completely agree

    • @randomcomputer7248
      @randomcomputer7248 Před 2 lety +1

      Mainly in the young

    • @rosiegiesler4705
      @rosiegiesler4705 Před 2 lety +1

      @@randomcomputer7248 no it has become so much more common that the British community and that included everyone goes out to get drunk when they drink.

    • @randomcomputer7248
      @randomcomputer7248 Před 2 lety +1

      @@rosiegiesler4705 Wrong

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Před rokem

      Rosie
      I absolutely NEVER see older people out in nice rural or country pubs getting drunk. It is very much a young person thing in town and city pubs.

  • @markandrews6054
    @markandrews6054 Před 3 lety +9

    Lovely way to wake up watching this this morning. Could almost be fooled into believing life is normal.

  • @ianrobson9601
    @ianrobson9601 Před 6 lety +10

    Nice documentary . I use to live in my local until they introduced the smoking ban, being in a smoke filled pub was part and parcel of pub life. The thing is there was always the Bar or the Lounge to drink in and in a lot of old traditional pubs the bar was actually called The Smoke Bar or Smoking Lounge so if you didn't like smoke you knew not to drink in there

  • @PoissonVisageStudios
    @PoissonVisageStudios Před 6 lety +52

    It's actually a form of torture watching this when you've run out of beer in the gaff.

  • @AD-jg3dn
    @AD-jg3dn Před 2 lety +5

    2 years sober here, I drink more tea and coffee now though lol

  • @yougotit9693
    @yougotit9693 Před 3 lety +11

    the fact that mates can have a great time and laugh together and enjoy each other i feel outweighs the fact that they are "alcoholics"

    • @christi2993
      @christi2993 Před 3 lety

      For real?

    • @bigsteve6729
      @bigsteve6729 Před 3 lety

      You've never met an alcoholic then

    • @yougotit9693
      @yougotit9693 Před 3 lety +1

      @@bigsteve6729 idk man if you are sober, cant enjoy life, but can have fun after a couple beers with a few friends , why not ?

    • @yougotit9693
      @yougotit9693 Před 3 lety +1

      @@bigsteve6729 i am one lmao

  • @HudsonAO8TQ1
    @HudsonAO8TQ1 Před 3 lety +28

    Reg seems like a genuinely nice bloke, admits he's getting old and lonely. Should be Reg the Ledge.

    • @jamiejosh96
      @jamiejosh96 Před 2 lety +1

      Used to be like reg, I think it’s clear to see that people like reg are depressed and stuck in a cycle of loneliness or social drinking.

  • @rockbay79
    @rockbay79 Před 3 lety +15

    English people are so friendly and intelligent. :) I love the way they use the words "proper" and "mate". Just adorable.

    • @bigsteve6729
      @bigsteve6729 Před 3 lety +9

      You've proper never been here have you mate

  • @samthepoet107
    @samthepoet107 Před 3 lety +2

    On one of my tours majority of the tourists were British. One was from Australia. Every night they would drink. And would leave one bar then go to another. This documentary brings back memories of them.

  • @juliomartinho7216
    @juliomartinho7216 Před 2 lety +2

    Watching this vídeo brings me old memorys for the time i lived in the UK. My pub was the Admiral Lord Rodney in Colne Lancashire. Miss my mates....

  • @rsn7847
    @rsn7847 Před rokem +5

    And then they wonder why no country abroad wants them as tourists …

  • @chrysanthemum3065
    @chrysanthemum3065 Před 10 měsíci +5

    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. 🙏🏻💚

    • @rkalkes
      @rkalkes Před 9 měsíci

      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.

  • @user-su1rb4zs2y
    @user-su1rb4zs2y Před 3 lety +6

    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.😉

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Před rokem +4

      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.

  • @prepperjonpnw6482
    @prepperjonpnw6482 Před 3 lety +7

    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.

    • @BluesBoy-ij2rb
      @BluesBoy-ij2rb Před 2 lety +2

      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

  • @blindbookworm8019
    @blindbookworm8019 Před 3 lety +5

    Ridge seems kind of fun. I love when he talked about the conversations with himself haha. :-) :-) :-) :-)

  • @AngloHuscarl
    @AngloHuscarl Před 5 lety +9

    God bless and RIP Robert, perhaps one of the last classic Landlords.

    • @AliAlz90
      @AliAlz90 Před 4 lety

      aww ad to hear he died :(

    • @randomcomputer7248
      @randomcomputer7248 Před 2 lety

      @@AliAlz90 15 pints a day will do that ! Sadly he probably had a very uncomfortable death

  • @rockbay79
    @rockbay79 Před 3 lety +3

    The Soccer Team lads remind me when I was a young single man in the military. We worked very hard during the week and then on the weekends we would all get wasted. Back then, it was really fun and a hang-over was no big deal. Yes, I guess we wasted our time, but it was fun and provided a way to bond. To this day, at age 59, I still look back on those younger days very fondly.

  • @samsonwilkinson8090
    @samsonwilkinson8090 Před 4 lety +8

    I spent many of my younger years on the continent. When I returned to England and saw how much people drank I couldn't believe it.

    • @worldtipper
      @worldtipper Před 4 lety

      If you came to America, you wouldn't see much difference.

    • @samsonwilkinson8090
      @samsonwilkinson8090 Před 4 lety

      @@worldtipper Didn't see much drunkeness in the States at all.