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stuart noble wrote:

Perhaps you've not noticed the numbers of pubs that have close since
the smoking ban? And of those that haven't, the numbers who have
provided heated spaces outside for smokers? One such did so by
removing the kid's play area...

I have noticed that certain parts of London that used to be vibrant are
now littered with empty gastro pubs. Bloody depressing to the casual
observer

A rare event round here. A pub close to Clapham Junction - The Plough -
closed some time ago and was demolished. The site sat empty for some time.
Then building work commenced, and I assumed it was just more flats - like
the cinema and electrical wholesaler opposite were converted into. But
although there are flats, there's also a new pub.

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