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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 9597315, member: 16283"]Re: Wetherspoon pubs (& all corporate chain pubs)-on one hand,they do maintain listed buildings ,but sadly-many of the beers & ales are generic.</p><p>We visited the 1713 'Saracens Head' in Bath.I think a few timbers had been preserved,but the whole joint felt pretty antiseptic .It'd been bought by Greene King Plc- largest pub company in the UK.</p><p>Nice that these buildings still exist,but they're kind of like a Tussaud's veneer over a McDonald's.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 9597315, member: 16283"]Re: Wetherspoon pubs (& all corporate chain pubs)-on one hand,they do maintain listed buildings ,but sadly-many of the beers & ales are generic. We visited the 1713 'Saracens Head' in Bath.I think a few timbers had been preserved,but the whole joint felt pretty antiseptic .It'd been bought by Greene King Plc- largest pub company in the UK. Nice that these buildings still exist,but they're kind of like a Tussaud's veneer over a McDonald's.[/QUOTE]
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