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Scottish Sun
08-05-2025
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Britain's ‘cheapest pub' selling beer for 7p a pint TODAY – but you'll have to be quick
Read below to find out how you can make the most of this great offer PINTS ON ME Britain's 'cheapest pub' selling beer for 7p a pint TODAY – but you'll have to be quick A PUB will be the cheapest in Britain today as it pulls pints for just 7p to celebrate a special day in UK's history. To celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, the pub is offering pints at its 1945 price tag. 4 The pub serves a range of locally-brewed beers, with their 'gold' pint priced at 7p Credit: Kennedy News 4 The Wharfedale Pub in West Yorkshire is celebrating VE Day with 7p pints Credit: Not known, clear with picture desk Pub-goers can get their heavily discounted pint of Wharfedale Brewery Gold at The Flying Duck in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. You'll have to be quick though - the offer only applies today, and is only available for the first 80 pints poured. Advertising the event on social media with a vintage poster, the pub is matching the 1945 price of 1 shilling and 3d - worth around 7p - for a pint. With the average price of a pint hitting £5.08 earlier this year, this 99% discount seems unmissable. Between August 2024 and January 2025, the price of a pint rose in every region across the country except two. This is due to rising costs of brewing and beer prices which have forced many pubs to raise prices. The owners of The Flying Duck also own Wharfedale Brewery, based in a barn nearby, giving punters the perfect opportunity to try a local beer. Not only is the deal good for customers, but the funds raised will be going into a collection tin for the Royal British Legion. They wrote on Facebook: "Come join us on the 8th May where we will be celebrating VE Day's 80th anniversary. 80 pints for 80 years at 1945 prices." In a follow up, they wrote: "Tomorrow is the day you can buy a pint of Wharfedale Brewery "Gold" for just 7p. You will be putting all money into a collection tin to support our very own Royal British Legion, Armed Forces Charity. Please support and dig deep." Gerard Simpson, Operations Director at The Flying Duck and Wharfedale Brewery, said: "I just thought it would be nice to do something to celebrate 80 years. "We came up with 80 pints for 80 years at 80-year-old prices. It's the one beer [at that price] we'll be serving our Gold. Locals Heartbroken as Auchenmalg's Only Pub, The Cock Inn, Closes Down "We're quite lucky because as well as The Flying Duck we also have a brewery, Wharfedale Brewery, which means we're in a position where we can buy our beer for its cost so it wouldn't have an impact as a chain pub would have." "We're a community pub, we like to raise money for local charities. "I think it's nice to be able to do something and celebrate it. "People can just drink away - once the 80 pints have gone they've gone." Locals were eager to make the most of this bargain offer as one commenter said: "Sounds like a great time!" Another wrote: "Wow Spoons will be quiet for a couple of hours then." 4 The pub is matching the 1945 price of a pint - around 1 shilling and 3d Credit: Kennedy News 4 Gerard Simpson, Operations Director, is raising money for the Royal British Legion Credit: Not known, clear with picture desk VE Day, which stands for Victory in Europe Day, is celebrated as the beginning of the end of World War Two. After Nazi Germany surrendered to British troops on the 7th of May, Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced the news to British households via radio on the 8th of May.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Pub celebrating VE Day with 1945 price rollback - selling pints for just 7p
A boozer is flogging pints for just seven pence to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day - so punters can enjoy beers at 1945 prices. The Flying Duck in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, will be honouring 1945 pub prices for the first 80 pints it pulls of Wharfedale Brewery Gold on May 8 during its VE Day celebrations. With the average UK pint set to hit £5, this means thirsty punters will get to enjoy a bevvy with a whopping 99% discount. Delighted punters joked that 'Wetherspoons will be quiet for a couple of hours'. In 1945 the price of a pint of beer was roughly 1 shilling and 3d (Image: Kennedy News and Media) The pub's Facebook post reads: "Come join us on the 8th May where we will be celebrating VE Day's 80th anniversary. 80 pints for 80 years at 1945 prices." In 1945 the price of a pint of beer was roughly 1 shilling and 3d, depending on the beer and the location - which is worth around 7p. Gerard Simpson, Operations Director at The Flying Duck and Wharfedale Brewery, said: "I just thought it would be nice to do something to celebrate 80 years. We came up with 80 pints for 80 years at 80-year-old prices. It's the one beer [at that price] we'll be serving our Gold. "We're quite lucky because as well as The Flying Duck we also have a brewery, Wharfedale Brewery, which means we're in a position where we can buy our beer for its cost so it wouldn't have an impact as a chain pub would have. "We're a community pub, we like to raise money for local charities. "I think it's nice to be able to do something and celebrate it. People can just drink away - once the 80 pints have gone they've gone." Thrilled social media users commented on the post. One wrote: "Wow Spoons will be quiet for a couple of hours then." Another added: "Sounds like a great time!"
The Sun
02-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
We own ‘Britain's cheapest PUB' flogging pints for just 7p for touching reason… and we don't lose ANY money doing it
A PUB is pulling pints for just 7p to celebrate a special day in this country's history. Staff at The Flying Duck in Ilkley, West Yorkshire are flogging ales for 1945 prices to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. 4 4 Thirsty revellers who make it to the bar before the first 80 pints of Wharfedale Brewery Gold will pay the paltry fee to celebrate the anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The average punter is set back £5 for the privilege, meaning customers will enjoy a 99% discount for the beverage. Delighted locals joked that "Wetherspoons will be quiet for a couple of hours". The pub's Facebook post reads: "Come join us on the 8th May where we will be celebrating VE Day's 80th anniversary. 80 pints for 80 years at 1945 prices." In 1945 the price of a pint of beer was roughly one shilling and three pennies, depending on the beer and the location, which is worth around 7p. Gerard Simpson, Operations Director at The Flying Duck and Wharfedale Brewery, said: "I just thought it would be nice to do something to celebrate 80 years. "We came up with 80 pints for 80 years at 80-year-old prices. It's the one beer [at that price] we'll be serving our Gold. "We're quite lucky because as well as The Flying Duck we also have a brewery, Wharfedale Brewery, which means we're in a position where we can buy our beer for its cost so it wouldn't have an impact as a chain pub would have. "We're a community pub, we like to raise money for local charities. "I think it's nice to be able to do something and celebrate it. "People can just drink away - once the 80 pints have gone they've gone." Locals Heartbroken as Auchenmalg's Only Pub, The Cock Inn, Closes Down Thrilled social media users commented on the post. One wrote: "Wow Spoons will be quiet for a couple of hours then." Why pubs are pushing up prices The latest figures come after the British Beer and Pub Association warned the average cost of a pint across the UK will rise from around £4.80 to £5.01. It said pubs are expecting to raise their average prices by 21p. Figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) found the cost of a pint of draught lager in pubs jumped almost 3% in the year to January 2025. Pubs say they have been forced to push up prices because of a series of cost increases announced in last October's Budget. They say the only way they can stay open is to pass the raised costs on to customers. Simon Dodd, chief executive of Young's, said the chain planned to increase its prices by between 2.5% and 3%. Wetherspoons also recently hiked the price of some of its drinks and meal deals by up to 30p. Meanwhile Heineken increased the price of its draught beer by an average of 2.97% for pubs in February. More than 400 pubs across England and Wales were demolished or converted for other uses last year, figures from Altus Group show. As a result, the number of pubs across the two countries fell below 39,000 for the first time. 4 4
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Meet the Possilpark man behind the Glesga Da podcast
'I'M just a guy that canny say no,' Raymond Mearns says ahead of his seven shows at this year's Glasgow International Comedy Festival. The comedian is returning to the festival with his solo show Looking For A Great Audience on Sunday, March 30. It will take place at the Stand Comedy Club after being shortlisted for the Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award in 2024. Raymond says it was 'amazing' to be shortlisted for the award. He added he's lucky to be in comedy despite never setting out to become a comedian but says it was a 'very happy and joyous accident' that he did. READ NEXT: (Image: Glasgow International Comedy Festival) 'It's already a joy and a gift, it's amazing to be paid for something you love,' he said. 'It must be one of the best things in the world.' Raymond says Looking For A Great Audience is 'just me doing my thing'. He explained: 'I always do a solo show. I take elements of that and I take it to The Fringe. 'I'm fortunate I sell it out every year. 'That's just me doing my thing, all my madness and mental ideas and maybe roasting some of the audience in the front and that sort of thing and that's great.' (Image: Supplied) A show Raymond feels particularly passionate about at this year's festival is Raymond Mearns Fool on Comedy Crew which will take place at The Flying Duck on Saturday, March 29. Fool On is a Lanarkshire-based charity which seeks to improve mental health and emotional well-being through artistic engagement. Raymond, from Possilpark, runs a Comedy Club workshop with the charity. He explained: 'It's brilliant. 'There are people with disabilities and people who can't work for various reasons, people who've got mental health problems. 'What I try and do is point them towards telling a good story, a few jokes, maybe understand a wee bit more about how they could take some of the negative aspects in their life in a situation and turn that into positive and optimize it into passages of great beauty. 'People take themselves really seriously and comedy lets you laugh at yourself, and I think that makes the world a better place.' The group previously did a show in Hamilton which he says got a 'phenomenal' response so they decided to bring it to the comedy festival. The show is described as a 'brilliant hour of original stand-up and sketches'. 'Its going to be an amazing thing, it's the product of all the hard work of the people in the class,' he added. READ NEXT: (Image: Supplied) Speaking of why he works with the charity Raymond continued: 'I think your mission in life is to find out what you're good at and then once you've done that you've got to give it away, you've got to share it. 'With every word, thought and action you just try to make the world a better place.' On March 26, Raymond will then be starring in Celtic Da's: A New Play By Phil Differ alongside Bruce Morton at the Oran Mor. 'As well as being stand up for the last three decades, I have done a bit of theatre and made a few films and TV shows,' he says. 'I'm not a brilliant actor but I think I've got some chops as an actor and I'm always keen to do something that's interesting and challenging.' 'It's about these two fellas and in the play, they're discussing things in their life. 'It's about friendship, football, Celtic, their place in the world and they're questioning that and the challenges you face when you're getting older. 'I think a lot of people will like it. You're always hoping you strike a chord with a lot of people.' Raymond will also be doing three Laughter Fest shows at Cathcart Bowling Club which he describes as a 'pick of comedians' from the festival. There will be three shows which will take place on March 14, 21 and 28. 'We're looking to get acts over to Cathcart and give them a wee bit of extra money through their act and it entertains the good people of Cathcart and the surrounding areas who might not be able to get into the city.' Podcast Glesga Da, which Raymond does alongside Stuart Mitchell, will have a live show on March 13 at BAad. Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2025 will take place from March 12 until March 30. You can find out more at
