Editing Pub (section)

===Roadhouse===
[[File:The Dutch House - geograph.org.uk - 20457.jpg|thumb|right|The Dutch House (now closed), a typical 1930s [[roadhouse (facility)|roadhouse]] on the busy [[A20 road (England)|A20 road]] in [[Eltham]], Greater London.]]
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The term '''roadhouse''' was originally applied to a coaching inn, but with the advent of popular travel by [[motor car]] in the 1920s and 1930s in the United Kingdom, a new type of roadhouse emerged, often located on the newly constructed [[arterial road]]s and [[Bypass (road)|bypass]]es. They were large establishments offering meals and refreshment and accommodation to motorists and parties travelling by [[charabanc]]. The largest roadhouses boasted facilities such as tennis courts and swimming pools. Their popularity ended with the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] when recreational road travel became impossible, and the advent of post-war [[drunk driving]] legislation prevented their full recovery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/119/bh-119-002.htm |title=Improved Pubs and Road Houses: Rivals for Public Affection in Interwar England |last1=Gutzke |first1=David W |year=2005 |website=breweryhistory.com |publisher=The Brewery History Society |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728092931/http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/119/bh-119-002.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many of these establishments are now operated as pub restaurants or fast food outlets.