WORKMEN have already moved into a pub hours after serving its final punter.
Postal Order on Foregate Street, a presence in the city for more than two decades, closed its door for the final time on Sunday (January 8).
On Monday workmen had already moved in, with a number of boxes full of items and pieces of wood laid out on the floor of the pub.
Furniture for enjoying a tipple al fresco, including tables, chairs and plants, are no longer in the street as they used to be during the pub's opening hours.
And there is a "danger hazard" sign outside the watering hole owned by Wetherspoons.
It is all a sad sight for drinkers of the popular pub that first opened in the city 1997.
Our pictures were taken at 1pm on Monday and are a stark contrast to exactly 24 hours earlier when hundreds of punters had been inside enjoying their last drink in the pub.
Among the final customers were William Stoddart who said: "It is the end of an era", and Alex McGregor who told us: "It is very sad, I've been coming here for the past 20-odd years since it opened."
Lucy and Steve Rock, who are from Pershore, were also enjoying a couple of pints to say a final goodbye to a pub they have been drinking at for the past 15 years.
Mrs Rock said: "We feel really sad, we have come from Pershore especially on this day just to say goodbye.
"It is a real shame and I am disappointed, every time we come to Worcester, we make the effort to come here."
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The city pub went up for sale by Savills Estate agency in the summer of last year and the "Freehold For Sale" sign is still on the front of the building.
The Rightmove listing for the site still has "under offer" on the website.
There has been speculation an American diner could take its place, but nothing has been confirmed yet.
Wetherspoons still has a presence in the city with The Crown hotel and pub located in Crown Passage, near Broad Street.
In September, it was announced the popular pub chain had put a further 32 of its pubs across England up for sale.
The chain operates roughly 800 pubs around the UK and Ireland, but said it was a “commercial decision” to put the pubs up for sale.
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