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 [...]

A line must be drawn in the sand

I suppose it is a sign of the way our society is going that so many pubs are closing down.
Once upon a time people met friends in pubs and made new ones, now they prefer to sit at home in front of the telly, drinking themselves to a stupor as their wits desert them.
In the [...]