O/T Risk buying the Leigh Arms can it be restored????? : Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:34 am  

A lot of people believe that since wetherspoons opened in leigh it has 'sucked the life' out of leigh for me once the leigh arms was sold by pete and julie it became almost a derelict building overnight. Leigh Arms was the centre of a great night out in leigh which for me is now at best an average night out where alot of people will just sit in wetherspoons for the majority of the night..............is it then worth the risk? Nobodies done anything yet with it but with the support i believe it cud be almost on a par with wot it once was (never quite the same)but still bring a better atmosphere to a night out round town

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:46 pm  

Do people still go around town??

No restaurants, crap pubs, crap ale, overpriced, chav city, scrotes everywhere.

Thought most of us went to Manchester for a decent day/night out.

When I do have a bevvy in town Wetherspoons is the best place, clean, no music, well priced, no chavs, decent ale and choice of ale.

The town has gone to pot mate, let it RIP.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:21 pm  

Not really the time to be buying and doing up a pub though.

As the B&Q adverts say, "In is the new Out".

People just aren't get out as much as they were so can't see it being worth a risk in the current financial climate, regardless of the situation around Leigh Town Centre.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:24 pm  

Agree with Mo nobody over 21 would touch Leigh town centre with a barge pole

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:45 pm  

Got to agree with the posts.

When I first started going out you could go to loads of places and have a great night. Avenue,Ruebens,Globe,Boardwalk,Spinning Jenny,Leigh Arms,Eagle and Child and George and Dragon to name but a few.

Now if you go out where is there? Wetherspoons - good cheap ale without the threat of a good kicking.

Pulp - Ive never felt so threatened in my life!!!!!

George and Dragon - no atmosphere

Bliss - cant get near the bar but good music.

Goose - lifeless

Cafe Stella - not bad


Add all this up and it really does look like a poop night out. Hopefully people will look at this before they buy the Arms. It is going pretty cheap tho....

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:56 pm  

However much non-smokers disagree, IMHO the introduction of the smoking ban has done more harm to the pub/club trade in this country than any credit crunch, or supermarket cheap beer ever could....

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:04 pm  

Walt Mooney Fan Club wrote:

However much non-smokers disagree, IMHO the introduction of the smoking ban has done more harm to the pub/club trade in this country than any credit crunch, or supermarket cheap beer ever could....

Agree if u can honestly say Leigh arms didn't close also b4 the ban

Leigh Arms used to be great in early 90's when u could go upstairs too.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:15 pm  

mr. chairman wrote:

how much is it

You thinking of becoming a Publican then Mr C??

When are you going to find the time to run a pub??

Having been there / done that - first up and last to bed 7 days a week - you can have it - cheap or no cheap its not worth the rewards today!

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:35 pm  

Never go around Leigh at all now. Pub trade is dying and the government doesn't give a rats ass.

If you're not an eating establishment you've got little chance of surviving nowadays.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:00 pm  

The Kevster! wrote:

Never go around Leigh at all now. Pub trade is dying and the government doesn't give a rats ass.

If you're not an eating establishment you've got little chance of surviving nowadays.

All very true I'm afraid. Unless a pub serves food and gets a good reputation it will struggle. 8-10 pubs are closing each week in the UK.

One of the answers would be to reduce duty on alcohol served in pubs and make it more expensive buying it in the Supermarket and off licence. It would help to support the pub trade and also help to cut out teenage binge drinking. Sadly this is very unlikely to ever happen.