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Pubs aim to rebuild relations after social media row

- by EDWARD BARNES

TWO Merseyside pubs have come together after a social media row that led to “abuse” towards staff at one of them.

The issue came to light after Eastham Ferry Hotel, a gastropub based on Ferry Road, put a post on social media following a picture appearing to show a group of men posing outside the pub with T-shirts saying “F*** the Eastham Ferry.”

The hotel, which said it was posting with a “heavy heart”, wanted to hit back at some social media claims which it said were false.

The social media row and photo have been linked to a petition that the Eastham Tap pub is promoting in support of its bid for an entertainment licence. While the Eastham Ferry said it was happy to sign the petition, they claimed “some of our young female staff members have had abuse shouted at them when arriving to work in their uniform.”

Both pubs said they were now talking to each other in order to move things forward and work more closely together. Responding on social media to the original post, the Tap said it had no involvement in the picture, and condemned the behaviour.

Hitting back at claims being made about the gastropub, Eastham Ferry said their entertainment licence had been held long before new owners took over, and they had not made any complaints to Wirral Council.