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Man builds traditional pub inside his house to stop him feeling homesick in America

A Florida-based British man has splashed out over £10,000 on building his own traditional pub in his back room. Retired US Navy Captain John Jones, from Coventry, moved to Florida in 1994 but the 63-year-old decided to give himself a taste of home by building his own boozer.

The patriotic ex-pat kitted out the room with its own bar, Chesterfield couches, a Union Jack on the ceiling with a lot of royal memorabilia and of course a lot of Scotch.

John said: "I wanted to recreate a bit of Britain in Florida, you do miss home. Although I served in the US Navy, I also love being British.

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