Training pubs for teenagers

A pub could be opened in West Lancashire for under 18s as part of plans to tackle underage drinking in the district.
After months of research, surveys, consultation with teenagers and an alcohol conference, an action plan has been put together which aims to educate youngsters to drink sensibly in a traditional pub setting.
The council said [...]

Saracen’s Head lives again – updated

The Saracen’s Head in Halsall will reopen soon.
As previously reported, the canal-side pub near Ormskirk has been closed for some time but a spokesman for Punch Taverns, which owns the building, said: “The existing licensees are signing over the pub to new licensees.”
When I passed today, workmen were ripping much of out the old interior, [...]

Saracen’s Head closed

The Saracen’s Head pub on the banks of the Leeds/Liverpool Canal at Halsall, Ormskirk, has been closed down for a month now, windows boarded up and not a soul to be seen.
Rumours are that it may have been taken over by local millionaire Mike McComb, who’s already snapped up the Swan in Aughton and the [...]

Windmill’s a gem

With so many pubs closing these days, it’s a pleasure to see one on the up.
The Windmill in Ormskirk offers a glimpse of the future, where the only pubs standing survive by offering a first-class service that puts them at the heart of the community.
The Mill – recently taken over by Alun and Carolyn Comer [...]

Crawford Arms

Popular West Lancashire pub the Crawford Arms has been put on the market for £100,000 with the Leeds office of business sales agents Davey & Co. The Crawford village pub has an annual turnover approaching £400,000, so there are hopes that a new leaseholder will step in soon.

The Queen is dead

I was sorry to see that the Queen Inn, of Aughton Street, Ormskirk, closed as I drove past today on my way to a party. A fellow guest told me it has been boarded up for about a month now and there’s not much hope that someone will take it on.
Although The Queen was never [...]

New look for Windmill

The Windmill Inn, Ormskirk, has been given a modern makeover by a group of four friends. The two married couples took over the pub on Wigan Road after the last manager was ill.
“We had always drunk in the pub ourselves and the handover went through a couple of weeks ago,” Alun Comer said. He [...]