A GANG armed with baseball bats had a door slammed in its face by a quick-thinking pub worker.
Four or five men wearing balaclavas turned up at closing time at The Watergate, Over Hulton, on Sunday night and tried to get in.
But the staff member locked the doors and the gang escaped in a dark Vauxhall Vectra with silver alloy wheels.
Detectives are treating the incident as attempted robbery and anyone with information is asked to ring 0161 872 5050.
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