Beverley is set to lose another pub with the Lincoln Arms being the latest boozer to close its doors.
This is the second pub closure in Beverley in just a few weeks after the The Oddfellows Arms declared time at the bar.
Only a month ago the Lincoln Arms looked to have turned a corner with the arrival of David and Gillian Turner who were determined to return the boozer back to the community.
Punch Tavern who own the pub have given them ‘days’ notice and it is thought it will be sold off and changed from a pub into convenience store.
Details of the closure were posted on the pubs Facebook group with regulars and locals being urged to lobby the brewery about the decision.
“I’m afraid to tell everyone we are closing pub!”
“Punch tavern rang us and gave us days to leave as the pub has been sold to turn into something else.”
“We want to take this time to thank everyone for their support and we have had a fantastic time getting to know u all we was hoping to make this pub into something big but it seems punch tavern have other ideas.”
“We have had so much support and anger from customers at this time and allot of people has rang punch to complain as they said this is the best they have ever seen the pub!
“If anyone feels they want to complain to punch tavern about the pub feel free to contact 01283502222 that’s punch tavern contact centre complain through them.”
“We only wish we could have stayed longer. Thank u all for your support helping us get this pub up and running.”
Just days ago local MP Graham Stuart welcomed plans to give landlords a fairer deal pointing out the importance pubs play in the community, saying at the time;
“Pubs play a vital role in our society, sitting at the very heart of our communities and creating jobs for hardworking people.”
Over the last month many changes have been made at the Lincoln Arms, a new menu, entertainment and a number community events have been held there.
Punch Taverns is not and never has been a “brewery”. That’s the problem. They’re a property company that happens to own an estate of pubs. That’s why they know nothing about running them.
Concur with Graham. Punch are a real estate holding group, not a brewery. Provision should be made to return to our historic system of tied houses and owner operated single proprietor freehouses. Pubs role in our social fabric is too important for them to be left to City folks chasing profit.
Well again you can thank the government in their wisdom for forcing the breweries to sell off their holdings in the pubs, to these companies who have no other interest in the communities aside from profit. If the trend continues we will end up with no pubs in the future and that will be another british ikon that will be destined for the history books.