At the age of 32, I have enjoyed drinking at my local pub for around 15 years. The staff are always friendly, the drinks are always cheap but I always craved something more than the atmosphere of ‘The Local’. I tried the clubs which where great, in my teens. The taverns which always felt a little too old for me and then the fancy lounges around town, but something never quite felt the same. I came to realise that nothing will ever compare to your local pub for drinking and socialising.

The pub is the heart of any Northern community. The pub is where the guys gather on a Saturday afternoon to watch the game. Where the huge families go when no one can be bothered cooking the Sunday roast. Where the local teens meet up for that initial, cheap, first drink before hitting the town. The pub is the place where communities gather on a Monday night for that all important ‘Quiz Night’. The familiar
faces and welcoming atmosphere are the basis of a great pub and the reason generations after generations keep coming back.

The pub is the place where after a long, hard days work that first pint or large glass of wine melt the stresses of the day away. The pub is the place where you can meet up with neighbours to moan about the new residents of ‘Number 29′.  The place that has the huge function room in the back holding the memories of your niece’s christening and that great 21st, you’ll never forget. The local pub remembers when you were just a child, sitting on your dad’s knee drinking an orange juice, through a straw. The beer garden in the back where you had your first, illegal alcoholic drink and your first, legal one. 

A pub is not only its four walls, its pumps, its couches, a great pub is a home from home. The place where you’re at home, a place where you begin the night and then finish it. Where you and your family grow up creating memories you love and  ones you would rather forget. The want is in everyone for a place of enjoyment and bliss. A place where you can walk out in tears, not of sadness but of laughter remembering all the past memories with neighbours and relatives.  Each pub becomes embedding into the minds of its attendance because its the place that holds their memories, friends and families.

I couldn’t think of any better reason to come back to my local pub. The fancy cocktails and bright lights are great once and a while but my local pub is where I can go in my ‘scruffs’, with a £10 note and not worry about the taxi fare home. Where I can come out richer than when I went in after winning the quiz. Where I end up drunk after just five drinks. The pub is the place that relaxes you but entertains you at the same time.

With awesome grub, cheap drinking, live entertainment and friendly atmosphere why wouldn’t you want to find your pub?  Find your pub on a pub directory online or in the telephone book.

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