On 30/08/2011 16:23, Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
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

What does "vibrant" mean?


Full to the rafters with people enjoying a drink but not likely to be
leaving by ambulance. What I'd call normal drinkers