“There is something more than a nodding acquaintance between the old Painswick folk and the incomers now, but it is a wary relationship… It is to the Falcon on the main street, or to the even more worldly pub a few miles up the road, that the gentlemen repair for their whiskies and sodas; the villagers — or, as they like to call themselves, the working classes — are more likely to be found with a pint of beer or cider in the Royal Oak or the Golden Hart, which are not half so smart.”
Geoffrey Moorhouse, The Other England, Penguin, 1964.
One reply on “QUOTE: Pubs & Class, 1964”
I’m not familiar with the pubs of Painswick, but what are the odds that if the Royal Oak and Golden Hart are still going they’re mainly used by middle-class diners?