Most English Pubs these days have all the same features: a huge TV-Screen displaying
soccer, a variety of fizzy, tasteless
lagers like
Carling Black Label or
Stella Artois and an
Australian behind the counter. If you have trouble understanding your
friends because of the loud TV, the rest of the
conversation will be drowned by the
senseless and
vulgar cloned
trashy house soundtrack.Unfortunately English Pub - Culture has obviously taking a turn for the worst recently.
Not so the Windmill Inn in Ormskirk, Lancashire: A tiny pub located in the ground floor of an old Windmill (hence the name) this pub shows that there are still places you can go without being bombarded by the So Solid Crew.
A central bar serves two halves of the pub (Bar left, Lounge right] with the bar the more casual of the place.
Real ales and classic bitters like Tetleys are being served and the landlord is pretty much in control: I once saw him bar 5 drunken students after being boorish and annoying and as they went out they apologized to each guest personally.
Ahh, civilization...
The Windmill Inn,
Wigan Road,
Ormskirk, Lancashire
UK