Couple call time on pub they have run for three decades

They have been a well-known fixture behind the bar of Greens for three decades, but Paul and Clare Davison will be pulling their last pints at the end of the month.

- by Katy Wheeler

The couple took on the pub in Low Row in December 1996 when it was then called Ye Olde Transporter and have since served countless drinks to countless punters.

They've seen a number of changes in the city centre over the years as well as many refurbs at the bar, one of which saw it become Greens due to the building being constructed in 1902-03 for wine merchants Charles Green and Co.

At 29 years, it's believed Paul and Clare are the longest-serving licensees to be in the same pub in the city centre - and their careers in Sunderland hospitality are even longer than that.