"Back in the day", yada yada yada, yes we all know there were more pubs than people, there was a pub every two houses, the largest number of pubs per square mile than anywhere in the known universe, there was a pub named after each and every one of us, and yet, YET we only ever went to same one every time. Monmouth has changed, it now only has 10 pubs. "Ten! Ten? It used to be ten pubs just in the top of town. There were ten pubs I'd walk past to get to my local." Yes, yes ... times change, we now have 10 pubs in Monmouth . Oh, and the Mayhill but that seems to be more a ghost pub, it can be seen but only in the dark and no-one will believe if you say you went in. Monmouth, a town in Wales (YES, it is in Wales ), a town that has a population of around 10,317 (as at 2021). A town who's 1980's population was, well, I don't know, despite a century of censuses being taken, it's impossible to find (1991: 8,206 | 2001: 8,877 | 2011: 10,508 | 2021: 1
Dear God Mike - a friend just flipped me the link to your post & the URL nearly gave me a heart attack!!
ReplyDeleteThankfully, I don't have to leave a comment to stand up for The Commons, but just say thanks for the link, and repeat what I said in my post: the Flickr Commons group is doing awesome work to not only keep the Commons spirit alive, but to make it evolve.
cheers, Courtney
:-) I can't say the subject title wasn't aimed at making some raise out of the chairs with raised fists and fury ... hee hee
ReplyDeleteAnd I think Flickr: Commons is HUGE for the world, it can only grow and will one day be the basis of a resource for everyone. And it's totally awesome that we (you) are there are the start of it.
Keep evolving and top work!