WATCH: Pair's community plan for Oswestry pub

Campaign for Real Ale champions Duncan Borrowman and Grace Goodlad have moved to the Oswestry from south east London as they have purchased The Bailey Head pub, formerly known as both the Castle Tavern and The Eagles.

Mayor of Oswestry, Councillor Peter Cherrington, cut the ribbon to officially open the pub yesterday.

Mr Borrowman, 55, said he and his wife are excited to turn the pub into a place fit for all the family.

He said: "We've been looking for a pub that was actually in the heart of the community that we could turn into a community pub for some time, and this is probably only the second pub in 18 months that we've seen, that we really feel this way about, and we're excited.

"We want to welcome everyone, people of all ages, families, men and women, children during the day.

"Whether you want to come in for a pint of real ale, craft beer, Wrexham Lager or genuine German pils or sit down with a coffee and a newspaper, which we will have available in the pub, we want to welcome you.

"We are also keen to welcome small community groups and have now put up a community notice board which we are wanting to fill. We really want to draw the community in."

As well as drinks, the couple will also be serving locally produced pub food including cheese boards with locally produced cheeses, local handmade scotch eggs, pork pies, sausage rolls and charcuterie.

Before moving to Shropshire, they ran a members club in London which is the current Camra Greater London Club of the Year and a National Club of the Year finalist, both for the second time, and in total they have won eight Camra awards in the past three years.

Despite being total strangers to the area until recently, the couple are settling in well and finding the locals extremely friendly.

"It's a remarkably different feeling to where we were in London where everyone's in a rush. Here everyone's incredibly friendly, asks you how are you, and stops and chats," Mr Borrowman said.