Historic pubs reopens

8:50am Wednesday 13th February 2013 in News By Gina Marden

Historic pubs reopens Historic pubs reopens

AN HISTORIC pub feared to have closed for good will reopen today.

The Barge Inn in High Road, Vange, shut mysteriously after a New Year’s Eve party and hasn’t been open since.

Previous landlords Emma and Clive Langley signed up to a 30-year lease back in 2007, but it is unclear why they decided to close the pub which first opened its doors 200 years ago.

Enterprise Inns, which owns the pub, has confirmed new landlords have been appointed. No further details have been released.
 

An a-board was put outside the pub in High Road on Tuesday announcing it would open Wednesday lunchtime and would hold a karaoke contest on Saturday night.
 

Comments(8)

Cosmo Spring says...
9:20am Wed 13 Feb 13

will they be selling any decent real ale or will it be all carling,stella and John Smith's smooth like so many of the pubs in the area.

Might have too pop in to see.

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shallotman says...
9:26am Wed 13 Feb 13

Spent many a pleasant hour in the 1950's sniffing the bar-maids apron.

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jxr says...
10:22am Wed 13 Feb 13

shallotman wrote:
Spent many a pleasant hour in the 1950's sniffing the bar-maids apron.
Never heard it called an apron before!

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angryofessex says...
12:36pm Wed 13 Feb 13

Was the most expensive pub in Basildon.

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GentleGiant says...
8:39pm Wed 13 Feb 13

Should be 'A historic' - not 'An historic'.

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Druggie Scumbag says...
9:59am Thu 14 Feb 13

GentleGiant wrote:
Should be 'A historic' - not 'An historic'.
Are you quite sure about that?

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stopmoaning1 says...
11:20am Thu 14 Feb 13

It’s just the consequence of bad education and speech. An "h" in an unstressed syllable is either not pronounced or barely pronounced, except when it follows a vowel sound or a pause. This is an adjustment that is made unconsciously; people often don't notice that they're not pronouncing the "h” As a result, the ‘an’ has now become common practice in the written word.

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stationtaxi says...
9:12pm Thu 14 Feb 13

I did attend the Opening Night, Cant say I was impressed.with the price of a pint or the quality and I dont think the heating was on. Broken glass and boarded windows in the outside smoking area from an attempted break in I presume. Hope this isnt a sign of things to come or its days will be numbered..

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