While in the US Air Force in I was stationed near Newbury, England, immediately east of the Salisbury plain which borders Wales. I too had a favorite pub, The Rose & Crown. Even at my then young age of 19y/o, I appreciated the warm and sincere, and at times raucous, atmosphere of "my" pub. Even though the locals referred to the American Revolutionary War as "the war" and that I was obviously a "yank", they always treated me cordially. All things considered, American "pubs" simply can not compare to the real thing. Cheers!