Battling consumer confidence and ever-changing Government rules, pubs and bars up and down the land have had a fight on their hands to keep the doors open.
All that means the pub scene in and around Preston is ever-changing with two new bars opening in the city centre on Friday night.
Here’s our round-up of what’s been happening over the last few months.
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9. The Peter's Bar
A pub once run by a former heavyweight boxer seems destined for a new life as an apartment block. The Peter's Bar, in School Lane, Bamber Bridge looks to have pulled its last pint after owners revealed it couldn't make ends meet. The alehouse, previously known as Tommy Tucker's Bar after the boxer who used to be landlord, closed its doors to drinkers in summer 2020 and has fallen into a poor state of disrepair.
10. The Anchor at Hutton
The Anchor at Hutton is no more having been a staple of the village for 200 years. Suggestions are it could become at Hickory's Smokehouse restaurant.