Britain’s First Pub Blog

18 April 2006 at 12:23 am | In Blog, Small Business, Social Media |

Thanks to Paul Woodhouse, The Shooters Arms which overlooks Pendle in Lancashire appears to have become the first pub in Britain to start blogging.

The Tap Room is already shaping up to be a cosy, smoke-filled haven to enjoy jokes, strange stories and a virtual tipple or two. It certainly brings the place to life, even if you’re not a local and “if you don’t like it, you can always f**k off somewhere else,” to quote Dave Coffey, an icon of a pub landlord!

One of the great things about blogs is that they can capture the thoughts, stories and characters of a place like a pub. Blogs are the pubs of the website world. Places to congregate and share, places where you feel at home.

If, as I think Paul hopes, several of the regulars start contributing, it’ll become a phenomenal record and meeting place for regulars old and new for years to come. Imagine looking back on the blog in 5, 10 or 20 years time. All those stories, half-remembered in pub legend over the years, will be there to be enjoyed by generations to come.

I think sometimes people forget, you don’t have to be blogging to the world for a blog to be successful. Having said that, which pub will you make a point of visiting when you’re next up Pendle way?