Passport to the Pub: the missing advice 13 June, 2006
The Social Issues Research Centre’s Passport to the Pub reveals the exotic ritual and tacit knowledge in the everyday acts we pub-loving Brits take for granted.
It’s an amazing and thorough piece of work (the researchers claim observations in 800 pubs, consultations with over 500 publicans and bar staff, and interviews with over 1000 pubgoers), but they missed the most crucial bit of advice for anyone (tourist or otherwise) looking for a decent pub:
if the roof’s flat, don’t go in.
(All I’m saying is I’ve followed this credo, handed down by my forefathers, and I’m still here to tell the tale.)