A popular Wetherspoon pub on Wirral has closed its doors.
The John Masefield was one of 40 Wetherspoon sites put up for sale by the chain last year. It was named after Poet Laureate John Masefield who attributed his love of books to the time he spent as a young sailor on HMS Conway, which was moored off New Ferry pier. The pub served its final pint yesterday (Sunday 18).
Chairman of Wetherspoon Tim Martin confirmed in January that the decision to sell several pubs was due to rising costs in food and energy prices. The sale was handled by commercial property companies CBRE and Savills.
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In 2007, the pub, on New Chester Road in New Ferry, was at the centre of controversy due to the portrait of John Masefield that adorned its front - bearing what some people considered a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler. The pub was subsequently named "the Adolf" by locals.
It is the second Wetherspoons to be sold on Wirral this year after The Master Mariner in New Brighton was sold for £500,000 in May. No details of the pub's new owners have been made public or what the building will be in the future.
Wetherspoon spokesman confirmed to the ECHO that the pub's final day of trading was yesterday. There will be no redundancies and all staff have been offered jobs within the company.
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