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said: “It’s exciting – we can’t wait to see our lovely customers again.”
But she added: “It’s been so long since we’ve been open, I forgot how to work the till!”
Pub landlords meanwhile are toasting reopening in novel ways. Rich Moore bought an old fire engine on eBay for £5,000.
With a 65in TV on its side, it has pride of place in the garden of The Barge in Long Eaton, Derbys.
Rich said: “I was going to convert it into a mobile bar but I wouldn’t... get a licence. The blue flashing lights and sirens still work, which will be good for sounding last orders.”
Heineken says it will boost annual output by 525 million pints to meet expected demand.
But Greene King boss Nick Mackenzie says most of its 2,500 pubs will only just break even and
James Calder of the Society of Independent Brewers warned some pubs could still go under.
He said: “We need them to be fully reopened without any restrictions from June 21.” stephen.hayward@mirror.co.uk COVID BOY’S FIGHT
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