The Air Ballon pub in Birdlip, Gloucestershire, will serve its last customers on New Year’s Eve
The Air Ballon pub in Birdlip, Gloucestershire, will serve its last customers on New Year’s Eve.
The historic pub will close for good on 1 January 2023, after 220 years of continuous operation, as it will be demolished to accommodate road widening in the area.
The landmark Air Balloon pub in Gloucestershire will serve its final customers on New Year’s Eve. It’s being demolished as part of the major road upgrade work on the A417 at Birdlip.https://t.co/OfDmIiMERd
— BBC Radio Gloucestershire (@BBCGlos) December 28, 2022
“It has been our pleasure serving you all these years but sadly the time has come for the pub to close to make way for the new road. As you can understand this is a difficult time but we look forward to giving you all one last wonderful Christmas for remember us’ the staff said on Facebook and British social media was flooded with messages of love and nostalgia.
Standing for at least 270 yrs The Air Balloon Pub at Birdlip will serve its last Beers this New Year’s Eve before demolition for a new bypass
Most of us have passed it, or used it as a meeting place
I have driven past it many thousands of times#History #Pubs#Gloucestershire pic.twitter.com/26ioYD7VxX
— leefer (@leefer3) December 20, 2022
The pub was named the Air Balloon because Birdlip and Crickley Hill were popular launch sites for hot air balloons when they first appeared and became popular in England in the 1780s.
This is a shame. Used to be a regular stopping off point on my trips home from Swindon
BBC News – Air Balloon: Landmark pub to close forever on New Year’s Evehttps://t.co/fZBuj9wjRn
— Roy McDonald (@roverkopite) December 28, 2022
Air Ballon is a landmark for the wider area – it even gave its name to a roundabout that joins major local roads.
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