The best bar gone (From Wirral Globe)

The best bar gone

10:50am Wednesday 26th November 2008

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AFTER attending a meeting at Wallasey Town Hall as a member of the public recently, I was saddened to discover that what used to be known as Committee Room Five - The Brighton public house opposite - was not only closed for business, but boarded up.

For decades, The Brighton provided the perfect place for a relaxing drink, smoke and chat.

A real, down-to-earth drinking hole whose unique character was matched by many of the regulars.

In bygone times, councillors of all parties would laugh over a drink at the things they’d been arguing about just minutes earlier in the council chamber. Deals would be done, handshakes made, a few political careers given a leg up, perhaps a couple cut short, and no doubt a few scoops of both the written and liquid kind for the local journalists.

Alas no more.

Is this yet another victim of the smoking ban?

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