Comment by mywacaday

The reasons are multiple but here are the ones I've noticed are. Compared to my father's generation most women now work and men and more involved with the family, a hangover Saturday/Sunday morning doesn't work. Cost, mortgage/childcare require two salaries, hard to justify a large cost of pub sources alcohol. The cost of property, saving for a deposit creates a habit of no longer going to the pub. We no longer need to go to a social place toget most of our local news or gossip, Facebook/WhatsApp have filled the gap. Every generation seems to be more health focused than the previous.