i began by asking her to tell us a bit about the history of the bar. it was established in 191m by my grandad and granny. my dad took it on then from there, and it s now i m the third generation. so what sparked the idea? i just thought about christmas and charlie s, and unfortunately for me, there is that undertone of loneliness and isolation, within that, and i suppose we see that more than most on christmas day whenever you see people leaving their empty homes to come into charlie s. i wanted to get that message across, but also get the message across that the true essence of charlie s, which is everyone feels welcome. and if you do feel lonely, you will 100% find company in here. and a good pint of guinness. in the film, you see this young couple rushing past him and someone else on the phone and this idea that people are kind of ignored. a lot of people can see themselves in the elderly man and they themselves may not be of that age bracket. but i think we ve all been
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