You Can Now Hire A Giant Inflatable Pub If You're Missing Drinking At Your Local

Lockdown has many of us pining to be back in our local ordering a round of drinks - but now, an alternative is being offered in the shape of a giant inflatable pub-for-hire.

Yep, thanks to The Manchester Inflatable Pub Company, you could be pulling a pint from your own back garden in your very own air-filled boozer.

The Tudor-style expanding pub has a whopping 40-person capacity (although the current government rules mean you can only have five pals to join you) and can be hired for £495.

Complete with beer hall tables, benches and a sound system, the blow-up watering hole has everything you need to recreate the pub experience close to home.

Best of all, there's a traditional wooden bar and inflatable kegs. Plus the pub is 20ft high, 25 ft in length and measures 20 ft in width - so social distancing doesn't pose any problems.

Apparently, the bouncy boozers have been a hit with people missing the atmosphere in their local during lockdown.

Claire Lambert, 39, from The Manchester Inflatable Pub Company, said: "People might not be able to go out and enjoy a drink at their local at present but with the inflatable pub you can bring your local to your back garden.

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"The pub has a real wow factor.

"You can serve behind the bar and be your own landlord or landlady and you can set your own last orders.

"People have been having special household-only birthday parties and hiring the inflatable pub as an eye-catching addition.

"I would use the pub for a special birthday or gathering with friends.

"It's a more interesting and cheaper alternative to a function room - I think it's amazing."

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Jimmy Duffy, 48, said: "We have a strict cleaning procedure and we clean the inflatables thoroughly before they go out and after they're used.

"We also encourage customers to clean the pubs themselves after use.

"They're very quick to put up and our staff ensure they're anchored into the ground properly.

"My aim is to enjoy life and give back as much as I can to communities and providing the pub to people as a bit of fun is a way of doing this.

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We're ready to pull up a bar stool.

Topics: Life

Mary-Jane Wiltsher

Mary-Jane Wiltsher is a freelance lifestyle and culture journalist. Elsewhere she writes for Stylist, Euronews, PHOENIX and What We Seee.