A trio of friends have taken over a Nottinghamshire pub with the aim of making it a family-friendly local with good home-cooked food at affordable prices. Julie Abbott, Stephen Walker and Kevin Lunt are at the helm of the Green Dragon in Hucknall.
The three, who took over in June, have plans to "not change but improve" the pub in Watnall Road. Julie, who has managed pubs for eight years but has been a barmaid for longer, has previously worked at the Winning Post, that's now houses in Clifton, and the Wagon and Horses in Hucknall.
She said: "One of the worst things you can do is come in and think 'it's my pub and we'll change this and we'll do that' but you alienate the customers. It's been a troubled pub from what we've heard but we are trying to make it a family place.
