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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Storm Newton

Couple quit jobs to open a bar after house party comment

A couple quit their respective careers in nursing and construction to open a bar following an off-hand comment at a house party.

Ed Kelly, a former psychiatric nurse, and partner Keith Prothero, who was formerly a builder, now run The Vale Bar on Walton Vale.

Ed told the ECHO how the idea was conjured up and said: "We'd throw parties and people never wanted to go home. One night one of our friends said 'you should open a bar' and Keith said 'OK'."

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