A new local Wetherspoon has opened up in an exciting new chapter for pub-goers in the area.
The Old Post Office on Bath’s George Street opened its doors on Tuesday, March 3, after months of excitement as the city put together its second Wetherspoon.
Photos sent into this paper by local photographer Stuart Barnes provide a look inside the new branch, showing the historic site furnished the recognisable ‘Spoons’ décor and an ornate new carpet.
In a statement shared with this paper ahead of the opening, a spokesperson for the company has confirmed it will open the new branch would create 100 new jobs.
The company said it has spent £2.2 million developing the pub in a grade II-listed Georgian building which a spokesperson for Wetherspoon has said was originally Bath’s main post office between 1854 and 1927.
The new pub, which will be called The Old Post Office, will be managed by Tyler Baird, previously the pub manager at The Bath Arms in Warminster.
Speaking ahead of the opening, Mr Baird said: “Myself and my team are looking forward to welcoming customers into The Old Post Office and we are confident that the pub will be a great addition to the local social scene.”
From 1854 to 1927, the premises housed Bath’s main post office, with Oldham T Barlow its postmaster for nearly 30 years between 1863 and 90. Thomas Moore Musgrave was also a long-serving postmaster here.
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On May 2, 1840, Mr Musgrave famously posted ‘an item of mail’ from the Bath post office, then at 8 Broad Street, with the newly invented Penny Black postage stamp – this was the earliest use of the world's first adhesive postage stamp.
The new branch will be open from 8am until midnight from Sunday to Wednesday and 8am until 1am on Thursday and 8am until 2am Friday and Saturday. Food will be served throughout the day, from opening until 11pm every day.
The new pub will specialise in real ales and traditional ciders, as well as craft and world beers, serving a wide range of different draught ales, as well as bottled beers, including those from local and regional brewers.
It will be open for family dining, with children, accompanied by an adult, welcome in the pub throughout the week.
The pub is wheelchair accessible and has a specially adapted toilet for people with disabilities.
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