Pontefract pub selling £2 pints to save lockdown waste and donating proceeds to the Royal British Legion

Tomorrow (Wednesday) at 5pm, the Old Grocers Micropub on Beastfair will be reducing the cost of a pint of cask ale to £2.

And with Remembrance Day approaching, owner Amanda Johnson decided to donate the proceeds made from the sale to the Royal British Legion, which helps provide financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces and their families.

Amanda said: “We chose to do this because the waste of throwing it away again is so wasteful.

“So if we can at least open for just a few hours to sell it at a discounted price we can at least close down and give a bit back to this charity that has lost so much funding due to coronavirus.

“It will all be socially distant and the tables are set out that way - we have taken a few bookings too.”