One of Lancashire’s oldest pubs is getting a new hairdo six months after its historic thatched roof was damaged in a blaze.
Experts have been called in by the owners of Ye Olde Hob Inn at Bamber Bridge to re-thatch the 400-year-old building and make it look as good as new.
The Hob Inn in Bamber Bridge The Grade II Listed pub was built around 1616It was closed indefinitely after the fire in late September last yearThe blaze broke out in a chimney and spread to part of the thatchMore than 30 firefighters spent three hours at the sceneFirefighters used special fog spikes to punch holes in the roof and inject a fine water mist to make sure the blaze had been fully extinguished.Traffic had to be diverted away from the scene.But it is now set to look as good as new as the thatchers complete their painstaking work.
