Clive Mansell, tenant at Greene King pub the Fulflood Arms, is unsure of what the future holds. December is usually the busiest time of year for him – but he is yet to serve a customer this month. He told the
Chronicle: Over the last 268 days we ve been either closed or working under Covid rules. We have no catering kitchen, therefore we are currently shut and we could not take advantage of the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme. The Fulflood Arms is a unique, backstreet, quality local. But right now it s just an empty shell – dark, cold and unloved. My worry is that after nine months of stress, any licensees like myself will be unable to reopen. Pubs like ours will have lost their soul forever.