Observations

Right guys, just been to a few pubs this week (experiencing) and last night I went to Brockley Barge, Wetherspoons. I ended up drinking with one of the manager who is a friend of the friend. He lives above the Barge in a flat and only people who work for Wetherspoons are allowed to live there. I found this mad. On top of this the rent is only £35 per week! It just goes to show the perks of working for a big chain such as Wetherspoons.

Also that magazine we picked up from Wetherspoons last week has gone walkabouts, but i'll pick another one up. Basically a lot of relevant stuff in there. For example on the front cover there's 6 white, working class males. But I think this misrepresents many of their chain pubs, in Brockley Barge I have seen businessmen in suits having meetings, and the same can be said for the Wetherspoons near Trafalgar Square. Also, many of their customers are not white males, it's drawing all types of customers in regardless of skin tone/class.

I know it's a late idea, but we could say a small bit on the importance of live music to the pubs business and how interested the customers are at open mic nights for example. All around New Cross there are open mic nights every night of the week, so they are clearly an important part of the pub culture. Not only is it good for business but it also helps performers, it's beneficial to both.