A Liverpool nan has been picking up the pieces of her life after watching her dream — and £70,000 — vanish overnight in a disaster that left her heartbroken. Paula Rimmer, 53, from West Derby, had only just opened her new pub when everything came crashing down — quite literally.
Paula, a mum-of-three and proud nan-of-five (soon to be seven), had built up a glowing reputation for herself with the Alhambra Bar, originally set up in the lively Cain’s Brewery area. Business was booming, so in June 2021, she made the move to a bigger venue in Old Swan to keep up with demand. But what seemed like a step forward turned into her worst nightmare.
