A traditional village pub is offering everything from live music and darts to pub quizzes and open mic sessions.
This week, the Drop Inn at Last Drop Village in Bromley Cross is our Pub of the Week, after we caught up with team leader Alice Scanes to find out more about the venue.
With regular entertainment, food, a rotating selection of ales and a dog-friendly atmosphere, Alice says the pub has become a friendly and relaxed place for customers and staff alike.
Can you introduce yourself?
"My name is Alice Scanes. I'm a team leader at the Drop Inn pub."
What's the pub like?
"It's lovely. Everyone's so friendly. The staff are just amazing.
"They're hardworking and they try their best every shift.
"The customers are great. It's dog friendly. It's just great, there's nothing to complain about working there at all."
Do you have any regular events?
"Every Thursday we do the pub quiz.
"Friday and Saturday, we've got live music that starts at 9pm till 11pm.
"Sunday we do open mic from 3pm to 6pm, and then we do happy hour as well.
"There's a lot going on, especially during the week."
What's your current draught selection?
- Strongbow
- Old Mout Berries and Cherries
- Birra Moretti
- Dortmunder
- Orwell
- John Smith's
- Heineken 0.0
- Pavilion
- Drayman's
Can you tell me a little more history about the pub?
"It's a pub that sits inside a complex made of converted 17th-century farmhouses on the edge of the West Pennine Moors.
"It's pretty cool and pretty rustic."
Do you have any clubs or teams?
"Every Wednesday we have a women's darts team play.
"We've got The Vault, where we show sports and we've got a darts board and everything.
"It's really rustic in there, so they play in there every Wednesday night.
"That's everything at the moment."
Do you serve food?
"We do. We serve food from pretty much opening until 9pm during the week and 9.30pm at weekends.
"We've got variety. We do pies, fish and chips, roast dinners, all that kind of stuff.
"Starters, we do ham hock, sausage rolls, all that stuff.
"Desserts, we've got the crumble, the sundae, the big hot tart.
"All the good stuff, really."
What's the best part about working at a pub?
"It's great. It's just so calm.
"It's a really calm environment to work. We don't have to deal with any stressful situations customer-wise or even staff-wise. We're always prepared.
"I think the customers that we do have, they're just so friendly. Especially the regulars as well, they're lush, and the dogs they bring in are so cute as well.
"Even when we get people from the hotel, they respect it because it's a nice establishment."
What's the worst part?
"For me, the commute. The 40-minute commute, as I live in Preston.
"But aside from the commute, I don't know."
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