Sat 10 Apr 2021 03.00 EDT
Jackie Fairburn, the licensee of The Hare & Hounds pub in West Ardsley near Wakefield, is more excited about reopening on Monday when lockdown restrictions are eased than when she was handed the keys to the pub five years ago.
âWe are all systems go,â Fairburn says. âI just canât wait to open, itâs been so long. This relaunch is like starting a new business all over again, but actually this is a much bigger deal â it has to work.â
Fairburn has gone âall outâ for the reopening. She has used scaffolding planks to build a replica of the pubâs bar in the garden, complete with bar stools, and moved all the tables and chairs from inside outdoors.