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  I hear that the First and Last pub has closed its doors (again).
  
  The tenants simply couldn't get enough customers to make it pay; they are a nice enough couple and made Jean and I very welcome when we popped in for a drink.
  
  I did try promoting them as much as I could through my various emails; they tried too, with various music-nights, Sunday lunches and fresh food, but you can only buy so much and throw it away for so long and that time has sadly come.
  
  The original First and Last pub closed and became a private house; this was renamed from the Albion I believe and will probably become a private house - the next pub inland that will be the First and the Last pub is probably the White Horse, but can't see it changing it's name to reflect it is the First and Last pub.
  
  Part of the problem, may be that it is a Shepherd Neame pub and the cost for a tenant to buy his wet-supplies from them is so expensive that he has to sell it much higher than many other pubs, so people won't go there - plus the cost of the tenancy etc.
  
  Shame.
  
  
  
  
  
  Roger

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