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FRESH food could be on the menu in a bid to breathe new life into a village pub. Pencaitland’s Winton Arms is currently closed but Caledonian Heritable Ltd is looking to ensure the business has a future. The Edinburgh-based developer was given permission in September last year to transform part of the pub into a restaurant. Amended plans are now with East Lothian Council, which show space outside for bicycles and an electronic vehicle charging point. Among the inside changes is the layout on the ground floor of the pub. Ralph Averbuch, chairman of Pencaitland Community Council, was confident that most people would be pleased to see a continued commitment to ensuring the building had a future.
Members of Pencaitland Community Choir singing at previous events before the Covid-19 pandemic. Images courtesy of Pencaitland Community Choir PENCAITLAND has refused to let Covid-19 dampen its seasonal spirit, as the village s annual Christmas tree lights switch-on party moved online. The live event, which is usually held in the village’s Trevelyan Hall, was forced to be cancelled this year by lockdown’s social distancing rules. But Pencaitland Community Council teamed up with Pencaitland Community Choir s online sing-along as they asked residents to “warm up your singing voices, grab your jingle bells and pour yourself a mulled wine as you settle into a socially distanced sing-song from your own front room”.