Originally Posted by Escapee

Through what I have seen here in Wales, I would say the vast majority would apply to be smoking pubs if that were the case. I saw a report on the news last night where they interviewed a few pub landlords in Scotland, it agreed with the situation experienced here in Wales.

The pub trade during the day is now non-existent, if I pop into my local for a daytime meal I can now eat it in the bar because it is a nice smell free, smoke free place. (not that I go in the pub very often during the day) On the other hand it is also a virtually customer free place, so they must be loosing lots of money.

It seems the lower class out of work smokers who sit in the pub between trips to the betting shop are now giving the pub a miss. My local used to be full of that type along with pensioners during the daytime, day and night customers were very different.

The day customers have apparently vanished.