On the bar counter, a warming cabinet of pork scratchings provides drinkers with one snacking option. At lunchtime, there’s cold or grilled sandwiches and wraps, with a full menu of pub favourites.

For others, it's the packet of salt and vinegar crisps communally split open across a sticky table, or the pork scratchings that ... popping up as an option in British pubs during the first ...