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Sam Barker

Wetherspoons announces plans to sell off more pubs - is your local affected?

JD Wetherspoon will sell seven more pubs, taking the total of affected venues this year to 39.

In September, Wetherpoons said it would sell off 32 of its pubs.

Today a spokesperson confirmed seven more would be sold too.

Wetherspoons has not yet said where the new batch of affected pubs are.

The spokesperson said the sell-off was a "commercial decision" and that the venues would continue to trade until a buyer was found.

If no sale can be agreed then the venues will stay open as normal Wetherspoons.

The Mirror will update this piece when we know more.

Earlier this year the pub chain announced 32 venues would be sold after warning that it could face loses of £30 million due to rising staff wages and repairs.

There are around 800 Wetherspoons in the UK and Ireland (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

The 32 pubs up for sale so far are:

Barnsley – Silkstone Inn

Beaconsfield – Hope & Champion

Bexleyheath – Wrong ‘Un

Bournemouth – Christopher Creeke

Cheltenham – Bank House

Durham – Water House

Halifax – Percy Shaw

Hanham – Jolly Sailor

Harrow – Moon on the Hill

Hove – Cliftonville Inn

London Battersea – Asparagus

London East Ham – Miller's Well

London Eltham – Bankers Draft

London Forest Gate – Hudson Bay

London Forest Hill – Capitol

London Hornsey – Toll Gate

London Holborn – Penderel's Oak

London Islington – Angel

London Palmers Green – Alfred Herring

Loughborough – Moon & Bell

Loughton – Last Post

Mansfield – Widow Frost

Middlesborough – Resolution

Purley – Foxley Hatch

Redditch – Rising Sun

Sevenoaks - Sennockian

Southampton – Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis

Stafford – Butler's Bell

Watford – Colombia Press

West Bromwich – Billiard Hall

Willenhall – Malthouse

Wirral – John Masefield

The first Wetherspoons was opened in 1979 in London's Muswell Hill.

For the first month it was called Martin’s Free House, but was renamed Wetherspoons in 1980.

Wetherspoon was the name of one of Martin's teachers, who told him he would never be a success.

The company began opening more pubs in north London, and went from there, opening more and more branches around the country.

The company floated on the Stock Exchange on 1992 and became JD Wetherspoon plc.

The 'JD' part of the company name 'JD Wetherspoons' was taken from a character in the US TV series The Dukes of Hazzard.

In July 1998 Wetherspoons opened 20 pubs in one month - including seven on the same day.

The much-loved pub chain is known for its cheap food and drink, and is almost always the least expensive drinking venue in a town.

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