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Simon Collinson

Higher education teacher

Jun 22, 2026

30:02
How do you see the role of community pubs changing? What are you seeing? Do you think that it's always been this way or are we seeing things adapting? Simon, what are you guys?
30:14
Yeah, I think it is.
30:15
I think it's, I'm hoping it's going to come full circle.
30:18
I think what has happened is, I think, you know, sort of, I don't know, even sort of, you know, 20 years ago, it felt like 20, it's probably 30 years ago, you're in this situation where, you know, coming back to what I said before, you know, every cross-section of people would come into the pub and have, you know, and usually have a couple of pints.
30:32
And you'd end up with lots of different people using them, lots of, you know, just popping in.
30:36
And I think what has happened over the last 20, 30 years is I think people have taken it for granted that, And then I think people have gotten out of the habit to the point where they just feel that pubs are now full of people, generally young lads in shiny shirts watching football, and not very friendly environments to be in.
30:53
And I think that's what everybody thinks a pub is.

8 MINS LATER

38:38
so i mean simon what about you do you do you think it's changing are we are we are we moving away from that image

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