Pub boss challenges 'regulars' to show loyalty

The licensee of a Hertfordshire pub has challenged a group of drinkers to prove their loyalty by visiting more often.

Drinkers at the McMullen's owned Chieftain in Welwyn Garden City appeared in the local paper decrying a decision to close and rebuild the pub.

However, licensee Carolyn Lowe said most of the faces in the photo only drink in her pub once or twice a week and do not qualify as regulars in her book.

Now she has a copy of the picture behind the bar and says if the punters in it show up four times before the end of the month - she will buy them two free beers each.

This challenge is just a bit of fun​McMullen's boss Peter Furness-Smith.

She has the backing of McMullen's boss Peter Furness-Smith.

He said: "We don't want to do anything that will upset the local community.​

"These are the people we are trying to appeal to and attract.

"This challenge is just a bit of fun."

McMullen's plans to build a smaller pub on the site along with some flats but several locals have signed a petition to keep the 98-year-old building.

However, licensee Lowe said: "It's the people that make the pub, this is just bricks and mortar."​

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