Hi I'm Joel, and I'm Lia and today we're going to be talking to you about traditional British
pubs... because we're in one!
Look at this!
This is amazing, this is really cool!
This
is not real, but it's a set so we thought why not film about something really British?
Yep, coz I think lots of people from all across the world don't really know what pubs are
and they assume it's just like a bar.
But that is not the case!
It's not!
You can't
find pubs anywhere else like you can in the UK.
No.
Definitely not.
Even ones that you
find abroad like "Oh it's an Irish pub or a British pub" it's not.
It's just a bar.
They just make a bar and they put bad wallpaper, yeah or like green clovers on the walls!
They're
like "we do karaoke".
No that is not a pub and a pub is a really important part of British
culture, so we thought we'd chat about it.
It's in every soap!
It IS in every soap!
Every
soap revolves around a pub!
That's so weird!
So Joel, what is a pub?
A pub, is short for
Public House, so apparently when it first started it was basically people opening their
homes to the public so that they could come in and get a drink, so that sets the whole
vibe for pubs, is that it's supposed to be homely, you're supposed to feel at home and
relaxed.
I love a good pub!
I know, isn't it great?
I love a pub so much!
You know when
you go into a pub and you're like "ooo this is nice".
Yeah, I mean they are, I don't wanna
say gross, but they aren't like... if you like a clean-cut bar, that's not what it is.
They smell a bit old, it's like old wallpaper, and like wood panelled walls.
Pub carpet which
is like a sort of disgusting carpet!
But really sweet!
Yeah, really nice, and the drinks are
a lot cheaper than in bars, and you get really good food which is known as 'Pub Grub'.
Pub
Grub, absolutely!
In most, if not all, pubs there is no table service, so if you want
something you go up to the bar and there's no queue, so you sort of have to try and get
your order in and to signal that you sort of, either...
I usually just wave!
But that
could be quite rude, especially if there's loads of people there and the barmaid knows
you're there but she's just got loads of other people to see.
Well that's the thing, they
know who's next don't they, coz that's their living, they do this every day so they're
quite good at clocking who's next and stuff.
Who's been there the longest.
Sometimes people
will hold money in their hand or their card and sort of wave it as them saying "I'm ready
to make my order".
So although most people order alcohol at a pub, there's no obligation
to, which is quite nice because you can easily just go to the pub with your friend, say me
and Joel were going for a meeting and we were gunna have it in a pub we could both get a
soft drink.
There's no pressure to drink (alcohol).
And there's no tipping in pubs, it's just
not really the done thing.
Yeah, there might be a glass, an empty glass at Christmas time
or something or
just a glass that will say like "TIPS" and it will
have loads of pennies and stuff in it, which
is
more
like if you can't be bothered to hold this change, put it
in here.
But there's no
such thing as tipping really.
I think, what I've heard is that people that use pubs, like locals that always go and sit
by the bar and hang with their friends, their way of tipping is by offering the barman or
barmaid a drink, like offering to buy them a drink and they're allowed to drink while
they're working, mostly.
It's a really chilled vibe, I don't know how long you'd spend in
a bar in America but you could sit in a pub all day and no one's saying anything that's
completely fine, a lot of British people do it.
Yeah they do!
And because it's a Public
House, you can use their toilets!
Even if you're not ordering food in there.
I think
it depends on the pub, obviously.
But lots of the time if you're out and about and you
need the loo and there's a pub you can just nip in the pub, go to the loo and leave.
Yeah,
we've all done it.
I know all the loos in central London, yeah and they're all in pubs!
They are all in pubs, coz if you do that in a coffee shop it's just not cool.
Ah I've
just thought of something, when the Smoking Ban came in in the UK, pubs completely changed
because, the reason pubs were quite smelly and a little bit gross is that people would
smoke inside.
That then split the kind of people that went to pubs and people that didn't.
But now that pubs are No Smoking, (you can only smoke outside), it's literally made a
pub a place that I will go to.
Yeah definitely.
Coz like we've eluded to earlier, there are
sort of 2 sorts of people that use pubs, there are people like us and families that will
go there, have some food, have a few drinks, maybe watch the rugby or football or something,
but then there are the people that go by themselves, sit at the bar, chat with their mates and
go home and that will be like a daily thing that they'll do that.
Yeah, there are pub-goers,
there used to be a pub on my way to school and driving past every morning there'd be
people outside the pub waiting for it to open at like 10am, 9.30am.
And it's just a bit...
that's the kind of stuff you see in these soaps, in these soap/dramas, these people
that are just like alcoholics.
Yeah and they just go there everyday.
But they're keeping
small businesses alive!
They are!
And they invented, there's a new thing called 'Gastro
Pubs'.
Is that a posh pub?
Posh pub, yeah.
I love a Gastro Pub!
Do you?
I love it!
The
food is always really good, like next level standard than just a normal pub, and it's
like clean and it's fresh but it's still decorated traditionally.
Okay, that's so us!
Yeah, so
us.
We've been to loads of Gastro Pubs!
We have, that one in Hampstead we went to, with
the bangers and mash!
Oh Gastro Pub!
Amazing!
And there's another one near me called The
Stag which is like a really famous pub in Hampstead, and it does half price Tuesdays,
so take your friends and you get 50% off food, and you'll probably see
me in there!
Yeah, just get Lia, buy her a
drink and she'll be there!
Yeah, coz if you go there
and
have food, I
can eat for free!
Okay let's talk about closing times coz most pubs, even gastro pubs do the bell.
Yep.
So they call, the first ring of the bell is last call, if you want a drink you've got
about 20 minutes I think to buy a drink and then by the time the next bell rings, game
over!
It's game over!
You're going home!
Finish up your drinks and go home.
I remember my American flatmate, Devyn, hi if you're watching, she would always comment
on how early British pubs close, coz they close at about 11pm?
Like you said.
And in America (and in England) bars will tend to close at like 1am, 2am or something
like that.
Yeah pubs all close at 11.30pm, 11pm?
Depends on the area.
There are pubs that are in places with residential housing that make them close early because
the neighbours are complaining.
Which makes sense coz people are quite rowdy sometimes after leaving the pub.
Oh yeah definitely.
Rowdy and loud and then it's like "where shall we go next?', that's when Brits go clubbing.
Which is a different video.
Which is probably why everyone thinks British people are all alcoholics because everything
revolves around the pub!
But the pub is like a hub of community, it's like... it's not like 'lets go and get wasted'
it's like 'lets go and have fun' and then you might just get wasted in the process!
Exactly and my idea of like getting wasted would be to go to a gastro pub with Joel,
get bangers and mash, just drink cider or wine, and just be like in a baggy jumper,
wearing leggings getting trashed.
I don't wanna go out and like go 'out out'.
That would be my idea of like getting drunk, like eating yummy food and it happens as a
by-product of how much fun we're having, not going out paying £15 to get into a club,
there's no entry fee at any pub, it is a free public house.
You're all welcome here, come to our pub.
Imagine if we owned a pub, that'd be amazing!
Could you imagine?
Joel & Lia pub!
Another thing to add to the list.
BYOB!
Bring Your Own Booze (we haven't go a license).
I've always wanted to do one of those!
You've never done one?
I've never pulled a pint.
And that's the phrase 'pulled a pint'.
Do you have any favourite pubs in the UK?
My favourite pubs are in the New Forest in Hampshire, so the New Forest is like a massive
national park, countryside, New Forest ponies all just roaming about and there's so many
pubs down there and it's so nice I love it.
So if you want to come to the UK and have a traditional countryside and pub experience
I would recommend the New Forest in Hampshire.
And there's one that serves an incredible roast dinner and it's called The Huntsman
and it's in Rugby, if you're ever in the Midlands go there!
It's so good!
I would still go there even though I'm not eating meat.
I'd still go there.
And if there's any pubs out there that DO want to sponsor us, we would happily accept
free food and drink in return for a video.
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Thank you to the YouTube Space for having us here on their pub set!
It's amazing!
We've also filmed a sketch in here which we're gunna upload to our channel so you can check
that out here!
Speak soon!
Bye!