LOTTO LOCAL
Villagers want to buy £148m winner’s pub
LOCALS want to sink £300 , 000 into buying a village pub from £148million lottery winner Adrian Bayford.
The Grade Ii-listed Rose and Crown is the last remaining boozer in the Essex hamlet of Ashdon, population 893.
It has been shut since July, there is little sign of activity and villagers fear it may not reopen at all after lockdown.
Meanwhile, Adrian – who scooped his monster Euromillions prize in 2012 – has moved 430 miles away to a Perthshire mansion. Ashdon parish council vice chairman Philip Player said he would welcome a community bid for the pub.
He added: “We’d like to take it over as a village hub as we are looking to try to replace the shop, which we lost a number of years ago. There’s no garage, no shop and now no pub. We are trying our best to bring the village back into life.”
Locals reckon the pub will go for around £300,000. One said: “It was really well supported so it needs to reopen when lockdown is over.
We can all come together to buy it, or there are one or two in the village who have a load of money so they might buy it.” Parish chairman Mike Elsey said the pub will be discussed at the end of the month, adding: “It’s going on the market. That is all we know.”
Ex-postie Mr Bayford, 49, won Euromillions with his Scottish wife Gillian, 48. The couple later split and he moved to be near his two children.
Mr Bayford refused to comment on the pub.
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