'It might be rough here, but we're a family. In this pub we feel no danger'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThey've just been told their home from home is not safe. But regulars at the Queens Hotel, Monsall just don't understand why.
If a baby's head needs wetting, if there's a whip-round to be done, a wedding to be celebrated, a wake to be had - this is where they come.
But not anymore. The landlords of the Sedgeford Road pub have lost their alcohol and entertainment licence after police said they ‘could not guarantee the safety of the staff and customers of the pub’.
The April 6 decision followed a temporary suspension - triggered by an incident outside another north Manchester pub involving ‘a machete and a gun' on March 12 - which Greater Manchester Police believe was connected to organised crime groups. READ MORE: "We were trying to douse the flames - it just carried on exploding" - Horror after six targeted arson attacks in an hour - one at a house where a young family slept Locals feel like they are paying the price and being 'labelled' for problems in the area which have nothing to do with them. “I was flabbergasted when I found out (about the licensing decision),” Rick Whitby said. “I’ve been coming in here for 53 years, since I was 10. “Most evenings we come in here.
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