Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
I love some of the old pubs, like the Peveril. Proper ale and flat cap territory, with no fancy gourmet-burgers, SKY TV or children. If I ran a pub, the most you'd get in the food department would be a pickled egg and some pork scratchings. Anyone who asked for an alcopop would get an apocalypse, which sounds similar, but isn't.