SATURDAY BRUM Farage in 5 million freedom pints US riddle
reserving tables online. He said: “Drinkers have got two and a half hours before they need to move.”
Sara Holywell, 20, and Chloe Hodgson, 23, enjoyed a drink at BIRMINGHAM’S Brasshouse bar.
Airport worker Dave Woodward, 48, queued outside his local the Engine Inn in
KENILWORTH, orders at 11am.
He said: “It’s the best pint I’ve ever had. It tastes absolutely fantastic. After three months of bottled beer, I’m so glad to have a cask ale in my hands.”
Customers made regular use of the hand sanitiser at the Mossy Well Wetherspoon in Muswell Hill, North LONDON. Wetherspoon,
Warks, for first which reopened all its 730 pubs in England, except five in lockeddown Leicester, said: “We’re delighted to be back.”
But the Campaign for Real Ale said around half of
England’s 37,500 boozers remained closed, with many deciding it was not viable to reopen under strict social distancing requirements.
Pubs in Wales won’t open until July 13 while ones in Scotland are due to reopen on July 15.
But some thirsty Scots got the train to CARLISLE, ten miles south of the border.
At the city’s William Rufus Wetherspoon were Jim Anderson, 58, and Duncan Mitchell, 59, from Cambuslang near Glasgow.
Duncan, a panel beater, said: “We have been cooped up for three months so it’s great to get out for the day.”
Police in DURHAM welcomed drinkers with the message: “Enjoy the bars, don’t end up behind them.”
Some of the big cinema chains such as Cineworld, Vue and Picturehouse are not reopening yet because of a shortage of new releases.
But the Showcase cinema at Bluewater shopping centre near DARTFORD, Kent, screened old Harry Potter movies while rigorously enforcing distancing and sanitising.
Voice of the Sunday People: P22
NIGEL Farage was caught in a quarantine row yesterday after Lib Dem leader Ed Davey asked police to see if he broke rules.
The ex-ukip leader posted a snap online of himself holding a pint and declaring:
“12 o’clock, first customer in. Love it.”
But Mr Farage, 56, was at Donald Trump’s US rally on Saturday June 20 – requiring a 14-day quarantine on his return. He claimed: “I’ve been back two weeks and tested negative. Sorry to disappoint you.”