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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Liam Buckler & James Connell & Adam Dutton

Landlords beg punters to 'keep it clean' after boss closed pub because customer swore

Two new pub landlords are begging punters to 'keep it clean' after the boss closed them down after hearing one customer say the F-word.

Strict brewery boss Humphrey Smith, 76, was appalled when he visited The Fox and Goose pub in Worcestershire and overheard a customer utter the four-letter word in October 2019.

He closed the brand new pub - which had only been open for seven weeks - overnight and the popular watering hole lay empty for almost three years.

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