The
Red Lion Inn, Low Green, Knottingley, is closing on Monday. It has been
sold to Gregg and Co., Ltd., glass bottle manufacturers, who own adjoining
property. The licensee and his wife, Mr. and Mrs L. Foster, who have been
at the Red Lion for four years, are moving to the Royal Oak, Selby. They
were formerly at the Boat Inn, Sunnybank, which was closed in 1966 and
later demolished.
A
spokesman for Whitbread (Yorkshire) Ltd, said the Red Lion was the second
of their public houses to close in Knottingley in recent months. The Wagon
and Horses, Aire Street, closed last year. The spokesman also added that
closure of the Ropers Arms, Sunnybank, was imminent.
A
spokesman for Gregg and Co., Ltd., said the Red Lion would be demolished.
"We hope that when the site is clear we will be able to build a new
engineering department."
The
earliest records of the Red Lion go back to 1836, when it was occupied by
William Atkinson Wasney. In 1842 Wasney died and his estate sold the
property to Carter, Gaggs & Co., forerunners of Carter’s Brewery,
Hill Top.
