A Nottinghamshire pub has re-opened its doors after three months, and is hoping to become a community pub that "looks like it's loved." The Cricketers, in Beeston, shut its doors in March this year following a number of sudden previous closures, but now hopes it will remain open for the foreseeable future.
Stuart Drummond and his partner Lynett have taken on the tenancy for the Wollaton Road pub under their new company S And L Drummond Ltd, but the pair are no strangers to the watering hole. Lynett worked as a manager at the Cricketers for two years, under a tenant, but was "gutted" for the pub when the tenant announced their departure and the venue's closure in late March.
Lynett, 46, from Beeston, confessed she had never thought of the idea of taking the tenancy on herself until the brewery suggested the idea. And ultimately her partner's love for the pub meant that Lynett and Stuart, 51, decided to "work flat out" to get the Cricketers going again.
