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BOSSES at two pubs say they were nearly drunk dry in their first week of opening after coronavirus restrictions eased. Pubs in England were able to re-open last Monday with customers having to sit in beer gardens in groups of up to six people. By yesterday The Entwistle Hotel in Entwistle Street, Darwen, had just a few pints in the lines and mostly bottles left after a hugely successful opening week. Landlord Craig Rustidge said: “It’s been brilliant and crazy. I’ve never known anything like this. I’ve never witnessed anything like this past week. “You would really think we were going into another lockdown and nobody was ever going to get another pint.” ....
Emotions will be running high at pubs today as landlords and landladies will be welcoming customers some they will be seeing again for the first time in more than a year. Pubs and restaurants are able to open outside areas today as lockdown restrictions have eased across the country. In Lancashire, wet led pubs have been closed since October 17 last year while pubs serving food and restaurants have not had people through the door since November 5. The Lord Nelson in Blackburn has been under the management of Angela and Darren Wilkinson for the past four years. The couple, that took over what was their local for five years before, said they are getting emotional knowing that they will be able to see their locals again. ....
Emotions will be running high at pubs today as landlords and landladies will be welcoming customers some they will be seeing again for the first time in more than a year. Pubs and restaurants are able to open outside areas today as lockdown restrictions have eased across the country. In Lancashire, wet led pubs have been closed since October 17 last year while pubs serving food and restaurants have not had people through the door since November 5. The Lord Nelson in Blackburn has been under the management of Angela and Darren Wilkinson for the past four years. The couple, that took over what was their local for five years before, said they are getting emotional knowing that they will be able to see their locals again. ....
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