Clubs in England and Wales 1931 - 1960

You can see that WW II temporarily put the increase in club numbers on hold, but as soon as the war was over they began to rise again.

Clubs in England and Wales 1931 - 1960
Date	Full	Beer / wine	Total Pubs	Registered clubs	total	% clubs
1931	57,072	19,814	76,886	14,377	91,263	15.75%
1932	56,876	19,524	76,400	15,010	91,410	16.42%
1933	56,687	19,268	75,955	15,298	91,253	16.76%
1934	56,538	18,990	75,528	15,657	91,185	17.17%
1935	56,356	18,706	75,062	15,982	91,044	17.55%
1936	56,289	18,392	74,681	16,297	90,978	17.91%
1937	56,233	18,093	74,326	16,563	90,889	18.22%
1938	56,173	17,747	73,920	16,951	90,871	18.65%
1939	56,112	17,460	73,572	17,362	90,934	19.09%
1940	56,047	17,318	73,365	16,463	89,828	18.33%
1941	55,961	17,249	73,210	15,864	89,074	17.81%
1942	55,901	17,191	73,092	15,682	88,774	17.67%
1943	55,868	17,137	73,005	15,732	88,737	17.73%
1944	55,856	17,109	72,965	15,678	88,643	17.69%
1945	55,875	17,085	72,960	15,590	88,550	17.61%
1946	56,009	17,017	73,026	16,496	89,522	18.43%
1947	56,305	16,927	73,232	17,470	90,702	19.26%
1948	58,850	16,534	75,384	18,370	93,754	19.59%
1949	58,140	15,282	73,422	18,962	92,384	20.53%
1950	59,054	14,429	73,483	19,221	92,704	20.73%
1951	59,757	13,664	73,421	19,511	92,932	20.99%
1952	60,333	13,035	73,368	19,903	93,271	21.34%
1953	60,869	12,351	73,220	20,348	93,568	21.75%
1954	61,265	11,708	72,973	20,772	93,745	22.16%
1955	60,670	10,574	71,244	21,164	92,408	22.90%
1956	61,087	9,788	70,875	21,438	92,313	23.22%
1957	61,471	8,882	70,353	21,988	92,341	23.81%
1958	61,762	8,151	69,913	22,567	92,480	24.40%
1959	62,039	7,416	69,455	23,232	92,687	25.07%
1960	63,682	5,502	69,184	23,773	92,957	25.57%
Source:
"Brewers' Almanack 1971", page 83.

Clubs as a percentage of total on-licensees rose every year between the end of the war and 1960. By which time they had hit 25%. Why has so little writing been devoted to the topic of clubs when clearly were home a big part of many's drinking experiences.