Hello Stewart. Surprising who we find on these groups. Dorothy ________________________________ From: Stewart Heywood <stewartheywood@yahoo.co.uk> To: "powys@rootsweb.com" <powys@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, 2 October 2012, 11:02 Subject: Re: [POWYS] POWYS Digest, Vol 7, Issue 152 Hi Graham,   British pubs are run in three basic ways....   A Managed House - Building and business owned by the brewery - but run by a manager who earns a wage for the job. Tenanted - Building owned by the brewery - Business owned by the tenant who pays rent to the brewery but is 'tied' to selling that brewery's products. Free Trade - Building and business owned by the individual (or partnership etc) - No 'ties' unless by choice to get preferential prices etc... FREE to TRADE with whichever brewery/breweries they choose.  This gives them more bargaining power as breweries compete for the business.   People joining the 'trade' will usually begin as a manager (and make mistakes with the brewery money whilst on a wage), and then move up the ladder with Free Trade as their ultimate goal.   Stewart ________________________________   ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:07:35 +1000 From: Graham Price <genetree@tpg.com.au> Subject: Re: [POWYS] Powys List Activity Stats - September 2012 To: powys@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <201210020307.q9237m2M012095@mail14.tpg.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Well now, here's a question no doubt the answer to which many Welshpersons will know. A very friendly lister recently took some photos in my Rogers stamping grounds of Welshpool and one of them was The Raven pub in Raven Square. On the outside of the pub is wording "Free House." That has me puzzled. Cheers Graham Melbourne Oz =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message