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1 week ago | beerinsider.com | Glynn Davis

David Wood, business development consultant, FRP Advisory1. Earliest Memory of a PubIt would have been somewhere near Tenby in South Wales, circa 1969. I’d have been about 13, and on a family holiday. Stood outside with half a pint of shandy and a packet of crisps. I can vaguely recall the smell of stale beer and smoke. What happened next was my father falling out of a small dinghy into Tenby Harbour, as we planned to embark on a bit of sea fishing.

2 weeks ago | beerinsider.com | Glynn Davis

When the shuttered Four Sisters pub reopened as The Pocket in Islington with an expansive beer list, I made the short tube trip south for a visit during its opening week. During this early evening jaunt when the pub was particularly quiet, I enquired how things were going to the couple of 20-something’s serving behind the bar, which extended into a general chat about pubs and beer.

3 weeks ago | beerinsider.com | Glynn Davis

Mark Crowther, chairman of Portobello Pub co. and The Pub People Company1. Earliest memory of a pub you can recall? Although I grew up in Cambridge my parents would regularly take us on holiday around the UK. As a child I remember taking the sea tractor across to Burgh Island in south Devon where we sat outside the Pilchard Inn, probably with a Corona (Lemonade not the beer!) or a Panda Pop accompanied by a bag of Golden Wonder Ringo’s.

1 month ago | beerinsider.com | Glynn Davis

When the smoking ban came into force in 2007, one of the biggest impacts was the widespread move by pub operators to introduce food into pubs that had previously never ventured further into the realm of selling solids than offering crisps and peanuts. It was a revolutionary period that made the once smoky, boozy environments much more attractive to women and families, and the food undoubtedly proved a revenue-boosting boon for those venues able to add kitchens and recruit capable chefs.

1 month ago | beerinsider.com | Glynn Davis

Adam Mayers, managing director, Hydes1. Earliest memory of a pub you can recall? My earliest memory of a pub is visiting the Wellington on Tranch road in Pontypool. Known under the nickname the “Sally” and now renamed as that. I remember drinking Coke from a glass bottle and may have even had chicken and chips in a basket, although given that it’s over 45 years ago and I was very young I may be wrong.