And as the cycles of nature begin that inevitable unwinding, it tugs at the corner of our nostalgia and perhaps we return to that stage of reflection where we can linger over our experiences, all of those events and happenings that have touched our lives.

Here then we can begin to see the pub not only as a place where people consumed alcohol and got drunk but also as a place that served the community. Many pubs and alehouses served food and provided lodging as well. More than that though, the pub gave those outside of the political elite and the ruling classes a place where they could exchange ideas and debate politics with their neighbours, and not only in an abstract way, but through the lens of their own lives and the issues affecting them.