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...and there is going to be hell to pay!
I live in a small Victorian town, of a population of about 5000. Everyone knows everyone's business, it is quite a tight community. There are also only about four pubs in the town (none of them are mine, I work in another town). Three of the four pubs have only been around for the past 30 years or so, the fourth has been around for nearly 100 years. It has quite a history in the town, and several of my friends have worked there, one of which is now a manager.
The 100 year old pub is closing down, because of a noise complaint.
About three years ago, there was a huge uproar in the town because the council wanted to build a series of apartments opposite the pub. The plans were put on display, and people were upset to see that they had designed ultra-modern looking apartments. A petition went around town and was delivered to the council, asking them to rethink the design so that it fitted in better with the towns Victorian look. This was denied and the apartments were built anyway. The apartments would look brilliant in a modern town, but with everything else around it being Victorian, they look like a complete eyesore.
The pub in question makes it money from bands. They have a lot of live music from rock to classical to jazz. They have enough variety for anyone. Their band nights are always awesome, and I always tried to attend as many as I could. Bands have been playing there almost as long as the pub has been there. Although the bands can be very loud, they never play late into the night. Most of them finish at 9:30pm, and at the latest 10pm. In my opinion, a very reasonable hour. The pub itself is not open much later, closing at 11pm on weekdays and 12am on weekends.
Someone from the new apartments complained about the bands, saying that the noise was keeping him or her awake all night (despite them finishing at 10pm). They wrote a letter to the pub, and then a letter to the council.
The council responded by taking away the pubs music licence.
Now, this is the council who ignored the pleas of 5000 people who didn't want the apartments in the first place, responding to a complaint to someone who knew the pub was there before he or she moved in!
The pub could not keep afloat without the music licence. People did not want to drink there anymore. There were no more shows, no more bands, and their business completely disappeared. This has spiralled in just six weeks.
The owner has announced they are closing the pub. The final day is this Sunday
It is terrible, because a close friend of mine has lost his managers job, and around twenty people are now unemployed.
To say the town is outraged is an understatement. Like I said, it is a small town, and people talk. A petition is already going around protesting the removal of the music licence, but that will probably get ignored as well, just like the other one.
I plan on attending the last night. They are having a band perform at the end just to poke fun. What can the council do? Close them down?
I now feel sorry for the innocent people living in those apartments. Can you imagine what will happen when that pub closes its doors for the final time on Sunday night when it is crowded with several drunken residents of the town? There is already talk of a group of several hundred people forming to throw eggs at the apartments!
I live in a small Victorian town, of a population of about 5000. Everyone knows everyone's business, it is quite a tight community. There are also only about four pubs in the town (none of them are mine, I work in another town). Three of the four pubs have only been around for the past 30 years or so, the fourth has been around for nearly 100 years. It has quite a history in the town, and several of my friends have worked there, one of which is now a manager.
The 100 year old pub is closing down, because of a noise complaint.
About three years ago, there was a huge uproar in the town because the council wanted to build a series of apartments opposite the pub. The plans were put on display, and people were upset to see that they had designed ultra-modern looking apartments. A petition went around town and was delivered to the council, asking them to rethink the design so that it fitted in better with the towns Victorian look. This was denied and the apartments were built anyway. The apartments would look brilliant in a modern town, but with everything else around it being Victorian, they look like a complete eyesore.
The pub in question makes it money from bands. They have a lot of live music from rock to classical to jazz. They have enough variety for anyone. Their band nights are always awesome, and I always tried to attend as many as I could. Bands have been playing there almost as long as the pub has been there. Although the bands can be very loud, they never play late into the night. Most of them finish at 9:30pm, and at the latest 10pm. In my opinion, a very reasonable hour. The pub itself is not open much later, closing at 11pm on weekdays and 12am on weekends.
Someone from the new apartments complained about the bands, saying that the noise was keeping him or her awake all night (despite them finishing at 10pm). They wrote a letter to the pub, and then a letter to the council.
The council responded by taking away the pubs music licence.
Now, this is the council who ignored the pleas of 5000 people who didn't want the apartments in the first place, responding to a complaint to someone who knew the pub was there before he or she moved in!
The pub could not keep afloat without the music licence. People did not want to drink there anymore. There were no more shows, no more bands, and their business completely disappeared. This has spiralled in just six weeks.
The owner has announced they are closing the pub. The final day is this Sunday
It is terrible, because a close friend of mine has lost his managers job, and around twenty people are now unemployed.To say the town is outraged is an understatement. Like I said, it is a small town, and people talk. A petition is already going around protesting the removal of the music licence, but that will probably get ignored as well, just like the other one.
I plan on attending the last night. They are having a band perform at the end just to poke fun. What can the council do? Close them down?
I now feel sorry for the innocent people living in those apartments. Can you imagine what will happen when that pub closes its doors for the final time on Sunday night when it is crowded with several drunken residents of the town? There is already talk of a group of several hundred people forming to throw eggs at the apartments!
At least they're no longer buzzing our neighborhood with a helicopter around 8pm any more. Every damn night, it would make multiple fly-bys. Never did find out what that was all about---but when it started, people were pissed! That went on for about a year, until many complaints stopped it. In that case, I can understand being pissed. There was no reason for the fly-bys at all, other than to make noise, and piss people off.
Then someone listened, and the trailers were removed. Even now, you can still see the former park on Google Earth.
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