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Loathed and loved in equal measures, Wetherspoon pubs have become an essential part of the British cultural landscape, but the unorthodox experiences offered in these cut-price watering holes can ...
The Moon Under Water, Watford.One of many pubs named after Orwell's description. "The Moon Under Water" is a 1946 essay by George Orwell, originally published as the Saturday Essay in the Evening Standard on 9 February 1946, [1] in which he provided a detailed description of his ideal public house, the fictitious "Moon Under Water".
The pub is 8,800 square feet (820 m 2) and can hold 1,700 customers. [2] It is owned by the pub chain JD Wetherspoon who opened it on 15 August 1995, and named it after George Orwell's 1946 essay, "The Moon Under Water", describing his ideal pub. [3] It is one of 15 Wetherspoon pubs with the same name. [2] [4]
J D Wetherspoon (branded variously as Wetherspoon or Wetherspoons, and colloquially known as Spoons) is a pub company operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company was founded in 1979 by Tim Martin and is based in Watford. It operates the sub-brand of Lloyds No.1 bars, and 56 Wetherspoon hotels. [3]
The group said it is now expecting losses of around £30 million for the year to the end of July.
The company said its 671 pubs across England will sell three alcoholic drinks for 99p each. Wetherspoons slashes some drinks to 99p despite rising pub costs Skip to main content
Sir Timothy Randall Martin (born 28 April 1955) is an English businessman and the founder and chairman of Wetherspoons, a pub chain in the UK and Ireland.In 2016, Martin actively campaigned for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union and was a strong supporter of Brexit, donating £200,000 to the Vote Leave campaign.
The pub chain said it is paying around £10m more in loan interest. As well as higher costs for staff, food and repairs. Wetherspoons to sell 39 more pubs as sales slow and costs surge