places like this are only frequented by young drinkers if they 're passing by onto better pastures ; they pop in as virgins , see the state of it ( the walls are usually covered not with promotional material but with photos of some ancient local football team and pictures of the landlord and -lady ; doubtless the strapping men in the black and white photos , all white smiles and 70s bushy microphone hairstyles , are the same toothless and shiny-domed gimps now infesting the pub - maybe they talk of missed goals ? )