"then...down to The Wagon and 'Orses...half a pint...that's all we can afford...a good oldarguement about Mr. Gladstone, then a song, and that's it for the night men..."

that's what pubs were all about at one time...that quote is from a fairly well known book..about...England, a particular part of England.I'll take me fiddle, or guitar into a pub with me, but I'd probably get looked at strangely or get told to leave, and that's what it's all about isn't it?