Grinning pals queued from 6am as watering holes across England threw open their doors after a15-week lockdown. The £210million drinking spree, £60 million more than a typical weekend before the shutdown on March 20, was just the start of the nationwide revelry. Experts say 15 million pints were supped, the same kind of spike seen when England play a World Cup. But also in the capital, there was no problem with spaced-out tables at the huge Terrace Bar at Alexandra Palace. At the city’s William Rufus Wetherspoon were Jim Anderson, 58, and Duncan Mitchell, 59, from Cambuslang near Glasgow.

Source: Daily Mirror July 04, 2020 20:48 UTC