Seemingly sold in 2023. The new owners are keen to reopen it as a pub. However, due to the scale of work involved it may take some time. The local council has granted asset of community value status.
Drinking at other riverside establishments in beautiful Ely on Saturday and the plan was to finish up in the Platform 1 bar but although it is a really early opener it unfortunately closes at 20:00.
Bought by the local publishing company. However they also bought the pub in nearby Broughton in Furness and it needed less work to get it up and running again. So that has taken priority I believe.
Fuller's are very much still brewing. I look forward each year to the release of their Vintage Ale.
The brewery is still operating, but it isn't owned by Fuller's any more. IIRC it's now owned and run by Asahi, a Japanese multi-national.
They are, but not under the original ownership. The company sold the brewing arm to Asahi in 2019.
Fuller's brewery still exists l am pleased to say. However it is now owned by Asahi, a Japanese brewer.
They made the shell waterproof over the winter. There's nowt inside.
I think most people's wish was that it transferred seamlessly from one owner to the next. And the customer base wouldn't dwindle away. Unfortunately the initial buyer had other ideas.
Walked in the Crewe Hero pub at about one minute past eight last Saturday evening, to be met with "we're closed" from a rather surley barmaid. After some grovelling she agreed to serve us (in plastic 'glasses'), but we couldn't sit in the pub part, so we moved to the café end.
The same poorly treated minimum wage SSP staff who work in all their outlets, not inviting but it's not hard to understand why!
Very true, but I've never understood why Crewe bar shuts so early, particularly on a Saturday when all the footie fans are changing trains.
I might be wrong but I seem to recall it was always a feature of the SSP "Hero" bars with the odd exception - I know the one in Derby was similar before it was removed (which basically entailed taking away the booze, it always shared the unit with an Upper Crust). There was never any real point to the Derby one though with numerous good pubs in the area surrounding the station - certainly not the case in Crewe!
Very much off topic, but the Brunny (Brunswick) close to Derby station is very much on my 'favourites' list.
When aslef went on strike in 1982 the landlady barred all aslef members from there. Fast forward a few years, a driver that has since retired went in for a pint. The place was packed as a wake was taking place. The bloke behind the bar served him no problem. The driver responded “thanks mate, that old hag that used to run the place wouldn’t serve us” the bloke responded “yeah that would be my mum, this is her wake” talk about putting your foot in it
Oh my god!When aslef went on strike in 1982 the landlady barred all aslef members from there. Fast forward a few years, a driver that has since retired went in for a pint. The place was packed as a wake was taking place. The bloke behind the bar served him no problem. The driver responded “thanks mate, that old hag that used to run the place wouldn’t serve us” the bloke responded “yeah that would be my mum, this is her wake” talk about putting your foot in it
When aslef went on strike in 1982 the landlady barred all aslef members from there. Fast forward a few years, a driver that has since retired went in for a pint. The place was packed as a wake was taking place. The bloke behind the bar served him no problem. The driver responded “thanks mate, that old hag that used to run the place wouldn’t serve us” the bloke responded “yeah that would be my mum, this is her wake” talk about putting your foot in it
I have no doubt that he did, he would never waste a drop.
Think the Portsmouth Railway Rifle club at Fratton did likewise in 1982.
