Yes John it was very Sucessful.It was designed to hold 500 people max in the two bars, withe separate restaurant and servery on the first floor.When it opened its doors on the first night, it exceeded the 500 people so the restaurant had to converted in to another bar with beer crates holding up the collapsible tables to make a temporary bar. The pub never looked back from that day and the restaurant was turned into a normal bar with cameras relaying the band downstairs up to televisions in the bar upstairs.It even made pub of the year in either 71 or 72, the place was a gold mine for fullers.
Bernard Allen ● 2517d