Due to unforeseen events, Mr Happy's Come All Ye was unable to take place at the Carlton last night.

When we & our acolytes arrived there, the place was closed & scaffolding & red/white barrier tapes around it.

A notice on the doors saying the pub had sustained some damage & was unsafe, for the moment.

We had a quick look at the rear & saw the back of the pub had suffered some quite severe structural damage, possibly from a vehicle collision.

Anyhow, a quick consensus was taken amongst ourselves & we decided to try first the Bear & Billet as an alternative venue & left a note on the door of the Carlton to say where we'd gone.

Arriving at the B & B proved fruitless as another event was on there.

Plan B resulted in our trying our luck at Ye Olde Customs House, whose management we very welcoming & happily we were able to have our sinaround in the upstairs function room.

I did a quick ringaround to let others know where we were, & we ended up with about a dozen of our regulars, concluding with a fine selection of songs & tunes!

I've not yet been able to contact anyone at The Carlton to find if we're able to re-convene there next week, but I'll post news here [or maybe start a separate thread] to let all know what's happening.