It suffered a fire and was closed in 2004. Its memories are now buried deep underneath the foundations of Sainsburys but it was one of those places which remains in the hearts of those who drank there. One reader commented on Facebook “I used to go in the Wheatsheaf. Apparently you were barred once you reached eighteen!”
![Wheatsheaf bar staff, from left, Roger Annesly, Paddy McPhee and Matthew Eastwood.](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/24/9/26/onecms_0a477a83-2178-47c9-a927-a99a909f6dfd.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
19. Wheatsheaf Memories
Wheatsheaf bar staff, from left, Roger Annesly, Paddy McPhee and Matthew Eastwood. | National World
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