I beg to differ - I sampled a few pints on a Saturday afternoon the other week and turned round and I could have been in the West with all the faces that were in there!
I think you'll find this is all about a good early bar to kick the weekend off, a few friends, a good laugh and a decent bit of snap.
People like you will moan that all the pubs in Eckington are closing and do you know why? - because nobody goes in them anymore - businesses need advertising and promotion to survive and the reward should be custom, if a business does not trade it will fail.
I think that everyone that has any negative thoughts should forget Morrisons cheap beer and get out and socialise for a few and support local business - you will be sorry when it has all gone!