EDT - Under Refurbishment

[granadaland]

Looks like it’s being gutted.

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Joe
Changed title to say Under Refurbishment

[CPR Dave]

Hope they keep it looking like a pub rather than the airport lounge that the Bishop seems to have become!

[Joe]

It is under refurbishment from yesterday until sometime in March. Announced on their Instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFps9vGoNHh/

[Sue]

It was iconic 😭

But over the years some changes had already been made which detracted from the original  atmosphere.  

In my opinion.

[Insuflo]

I’m not sure I’d go as far as ‘iconic’, Sue.  Like many of us, I think it was at its’ best late last century. Since Antic went bust again the price of a pint has got higher every time I walk in there. 

[Sue]

Passed it earlier and looked through the window.

Horrified to see that they have removed the beautiful tiled floor.

I suppose it's too much to hope for that they will replace it unharmed, or indeed at all 😭

2 hours ago, Insuflo said:

I’m not sure I’d go as far as ‘iconic’, Sue.  Like many of us, I think it was at its’ best late last century. 

When I moved here around 1991, it was one of the few decent pubs, if memory serves. 

Unless you wanted a fight 😂

And it had some great music and comedy upstairs. I saw Eddie (sic) Izzard there. 

They also used to have live music downstairs, separating off that room at the side with a makeshift velvet curtain.

I wonder if they intend to combine the downstairs space with the presently unused space next door, and have an inside entrance to the upstairs space, instead of a separate entrance on the street?

The pub is certainly in a prime position!

Edited 3 hours ago by Sue