Oh yes, folk pubs are going, and many other pubs too - but the position is complex and while Nosmo King and the breathbag and beer price rises do not help I thinkt her eins more in play. The bloody Licensing Act is a definite villain.

I am well aware that pubic transport goes (slowly and expensively) from where you aren't to where you don't want to be only at times you don't want to go.