The windows of the Blue Boar pub in Bath street have been covered with sheets from the Sun Newspaper. And a blackboard has been put up saying “Closed for Re…” I Couldn’t make out the remainder of the word, whether it was redecoration, repainting, restoration, renovation, or repair…

.. or even rest, recovery and recuperation. The Blue Boar is an old pub, over 500 years old, with an extension at the back. So sometimes you can experience
an olde worlde open fire, but at other times Big Screen Football or Saturday Night Fever. Perhaps the old building needs a rest and a chance to recuperate after the long summer.

Another pub going through a renovation is the Old Anchor on St Helens Wharf. In January, the pub was looking for a new landlord. The new landlords, who took over in March or April, seem to be doing well, and the pub is thriving again, particularly on Thursday evening when there is a quiz. In their case I can see that half the roof tiles have been replaced so they are re-roofing. The sign in the middle of the scaffold says “Open as Usual.”