How Manchester's oldest pubs burst back to life on reopening day

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Sign up for our What's On newsletter to keep your finger on the pulse of an ever-changing Manchester For many of Manchester's oldest pubs, and their regulars, it has been seven long months since savouring a pint indoors.

And with rain pouring down on the city for most of Monday, the big reopening of indoor hospitality couldn't have come soon enough. "I was a bit fed up of getting hypothermia every time I wanted a pint," laughed Eric Sinnott, 60, as he nestled into the warm snug at the Briton's Protection on Great Bridgewater Street. "I want to come inside and be able to actually talk to the pub staff, talk to people again." It was a sentiment echoed around the city from regulars heading back to their favourite old boozers.