'I haven't got the strength anymore otherwise I would still be behind that bar.' 🥺
Beloved city centre pub The Beehive is to close down and relaunch following a "substantial investment", with long serving landlady France Lloyd heartbroken to be saying goodbye.
Then, she suffered a stroke leaving her "physically unable" to complete many of the manual tasks often required in a pub, and bar work in general. Speaking to the ECHO, Frances, 65, said: "If I hadn't been ill or lost my husband, I would never have given up my lease. My husband died of covid - right at the beginning - and doing the pub on my own after all those years together was really hard going.
Images on Greene King's website show the proposed changes to the venue, including new frontage and a revamped layout of the surprisingly spacious interior. The pub is often rammed with customers, from locals to tourists from across the globe who make a point of returning to the pub whenever they visit Liverpool.
Frances continued: "As far as I know, it's not going to be an old fashioned, traditional pub. Obviously, I am gutted - we're losing too many old fashioned pubs. Everything tends to be geared towards these expensive places with wine and cocktails. Frances has worked with the same staff members for a number of years, and is hopeful the new changes to The Beehive won't result in an entirely new staff. She said: "My personal worry is that I just hope they maintain I've had a really good staff, and [they] look after them like I did it. I don't want the staff being pushed aside.
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