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When Wetherspoons announced that it would be closing its Hackney pub Baxter’s Court last month, some locals weren’t pleased. But, rejoice! Baxter’s Court is making a return (just not as a Spoons).
According to the Sun, regulars were ‘heartbroken’ and slammed the decision to close Baxter’s Court as ‘utterly ridiculous’. Facebook group 'Dead Pubs of London’ mourned the boozer as a ‘lifeline’ to ‘the elderly, disabled, impoverished, generally disadvantaged, and just plain working-class’. A customer notice announcing the news said customers could visit their next nearest Wetherspoons instead – The Rochester Castle in Stoke Newington, a 35-minute walk away.
Just over a month later though, the freehouse has come under new management. It now belongs to pub and hotel operator The DC Lion and looks set to reopen in the coming weeks. New signage has already been put up but there’s no confirmed date for its reopening date yet.
Spoons has said farewell to a number of its London pubs over the past few years, but it’s been busy opening brand new ones too. A new Wetherspoons arrived in Fulham in the summer, another two landed in Paddington and London Bridge at the end of September and there could be one on its way to Charing Cross.
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