THREE pubs will serve pints of beer at 1945 prices today to celebrate VE Day 80 — costing punters just 7.5p each.
Landlady Katie Henley expects to sell out of the six casks, or 462 pints, of 4.0% VE Day traditional amber ale within hours of opening at 11am.
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Katie is the boss of the Warren Bridge Inn and Gresham House Inn, both Dawlish, and The Roundel, Teignmouth, all free houses in Devon.
She has paid a local brewery full price to brew the beer and will sell it at almost £5 below normal prices.
The Warren Bridge Inn is throwing a free party today with a forces’ sweetheart-style 1940s singer.
There will also be a VE proclamation from town crier Bob Graham and cream teas.
More than 300 drinkers are expected to attend.
Katie, 44, landlady for four years, said: “It’s cost us around £450 to sell pints at 1945 prices, and we’ll add a £100 donation to a veterans’ charity.
“It’s the perfect way to raise a toast to VE Day.”
Meanwhile, Cardiff Castle is hosting Britain’s biggest VE Day 80 party, with up to 5,000 expected to attend.
The free, unticketed bash is Wales’s official VE Day 80 event.
It features a bandstand with wartime music and walkabout entertainers, including circus and puppet performers.
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