It takes a true expert on boredom to know. Young lovers holding hands and drinking each other's cough A glow of warmth. A real pub. I was the only customer. Race day - that's the day you should come to Uttoxeter.
Some people even stay till after eight.
She was trying her hardest to bring a bit of life to the place - ladies nights, male strippers, drag artists. You felt deep inside you it was a long and lonely losing battle. O utside night kept failing. It would not give up. It was relentless.