Popular Heysham licensees take on third bar in Morecambe
A Morecambe pub has been taken over by new owners.
Nicola and Michael Kirby are already well known at The Dispensary wine bar and coffee shop in Heysham, which they opened in 2023.
They took over The Embargo Craft Bar in Morecambe at the end of last year and it reopened as The Pestle and Mortar.
Now they have taken over The Old Bank in Morecambe as a third venue.
Nicola Kirby said on The Old Bank, Morecambe Facebook: “The rumours are true we've taken on another venue. We must be mad, I don’t know what we are thinking actually.
"It’s been very stressful this week we are trying to get everything ready for opening on Friday (August 7).
"We are going to be a live music venue so we’re going to have an open mic night on a Thursday night for new talent, Friday and Saturday will be live music, then on Sunday afternoon we will have a resident DJ so its all very exciting actually.
"But what we need as always is your support because if we don’t have the customers we don’t have a business.
"Morecambe is on the up and we are really really proud to be a part of it."
The Old Bank, Morecambe is described as ‘a live music venue with beautiful views across Morecambe Bay, along with a great selection of drinks.’
The existing pub was opened in the former HSBC/Midland bank building on Marine Road Central in Morecambe in 2023 and had its final night on July 24, three years after opening.