The Comfortable Gill in Stockport the Comfy Gill, or just the Comfy for short will have its last singsong this Friday.
When Derek Shawcross and his partner Jean took the pub on nearly 18 years ago, it had been known as a karaoke venue, but he upped the frequency from one night a week to pretty much every night of the week and now it's the best-known karaoke venue in town.
The Comfy, which has been a public house since 1874, is to be bulldozed as part of the continuing regeneration of the centre of Stockport.
The plot that it stands on, along with the bus depot, the car body shop behind and a few other industrial units adjacent are to be levelled to make way for the Stockport West Regeneration Scheme, which will change the area beyond all recognition.
According to a council spokesperson, 'the area will be totally transformed, including 1,200 quality new homes which will breathe new life into this area of the town in a brand new neighbourhood with complimentary amenities including new retail and leisure spaces! Though Derek agreed to sell the pub - the council told the M.E.N.the sale has been 'entirely voluntarily' - he says he doesn't want to leave.
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