I've recently been reading a book called Victorian Pubs by Mark Girouard, which as the book suggests is about pubs of the Victorian era covering topics such as the architecture, interior design and the economics of pubs during this period of time.
Whilst looking at the history of pubs during this era I stumbled on a section which touched on the people of certain demographics visiting certain drinking establishments.
Girouard explains that during the time people who had professions in manual labour and people who were omnibus drivers tended to drink in public bars. Women and those who were sought to exchange goods for cash generally drank in private bars, whilst shopkeepers, bookies and clerks often drank in saloon bars. The drink of choice within these bars were also different to one another, for example mild ale was the favourite drink in public bars, whilst saloons and private bars tended to prefer stout and bitter.
I thought this may be of some interest to the project and the Section to which Hannah and I are focusing on as it highlights historically the different types of people who drank and socialized in different types of pubs, possibly creating communities of a contrasting nature between them.
The book also went on to mention the changing laws and attitudes regarding children in pubs in the Victorian era, for example publicans not being allowed to serve children under sixteen spirits as of 1839 or beer to children under the age of thirteen from 1886 onward. Perhaps this could be a point to mention in the video, just for some historic contextualization along with some possible other information as the attitudes within certain pubs regarding children is dependent on the type of community to which the pub affiliates.
If anyone else has some other points just let me know.
Whilst looking at the history of pubs during this era I stumbled on a section which touched on the people of certain demographics visiting certain drinking establishments.
Girouard explains that during the time people who had professions in manual labour and people who were omnibus drivers tended to drink in public bars. Women and those who were sought to exchange goods for cash generally drank in private bars, whilst shopkeepers, bookies and clerks often drank in saloon bars. The drink of choice within these bars were also different to one another, for example mild ale was the favourite drink in public bars, whilst saloons and private bars tended to prefer stout and bitter.
I thought this may be of some interest to the project and the Section to which Hannah and I are focusing on as it highlights historically the different types of people who drank and socialized in different types of pubs, possibly creating communities of a contrasting nature between them.
The book also went on to mention the changing laws and attitudes regarding children in pubs in the Victorian era, for example publicans not being allowed to serve children under sixteen spirits as of 1839 or beer to children under the age of thirteen from 1886 onward. Perhaps this could be a point to mention in the video, just for some historic contextualization along with some possible other information as the attitudes within certain pubs regarding children is dependent on the type of community to which the pub affiliates.
If anyone else has some other points just let me know.
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