rasen78

I've been in pubs in the UK that do that

Perthbum

No you haven't where lass?

Perthbum

Please refer to post 610 Pollyana

rasen78

The odd country pub where we were the only customers. I used to work in a pub where I would close up early cos no-one came in. In the back-end of nowhere. Locals would only come in at the weekend. During the week we were reliant on passing trade, however, no-one wanted to drive cos of the drink-drive laws etc.

Perthbum

Fair enough, but in Perth it is pubs smack in thye city centre that close so early, not out in the outback.

Pollyana

I know, but as I was in a full pub that announced it was closing at that moment (9pm) it seemed appropriate to post it again

Perthbum

Rambi

I have too. Not sure if they still do it but a lot of pubs in the City of London used to close early on weekdays and they'd be closed on the weekend.

Perthbum

I have never heard of or been in a pub that closed before the normal hours in the UK, and I visit a lot.

Rambi

Doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I've never been gay but I know that there are gay people in this world.

Perthbum

Whats pubs though? when and what pub I will report them, never heard of it happening and if it did it is disgusting.

chris955

I suppose it is possible to find a pub that closed early because of being empty maybe but you would have to be very lucky to have encountered it in a pub that wasn't out in the sticks.

Rambi

As I said earlier, I don't know if they still do it but when I moved to London there were quite a lot of City of London pubs that used to close early. It surprised me at the time but seemed to be common knowledge with the locals. The City could be a bit of a ghost town at night and weekends as most peeps used to go home or to the West End for their evening entertainment.

Amazulu

They do. The ones that do open on a weekend, close on late Saturday afternoon and don't open on Sunday. Around Liverpool Street station it's business as usual.

Turban Explorer

Only the ones slap bang in the financial district. We used to drink in the Walrus and Carpenter on Lower Thames St and on monday to thursday it closed around 9.30 pm. Didn't open at the weekends but there was no one around but the odd Italian tourist and security guard.

Last visit to Sydney in January I stayed at the Four Seasons in the touristy Rocks area - couldn't find anywhere to drink after 9.30 pm.

That's one good thing about Cairns - there's always a feral pub open till midnight or later if you dare go in....