{"id":18665,"date":"2018-03-15T12:32:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T12:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/?p=18665"},"modified":"2018-03-16T09:44:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T09:44:25","slug":"peelers-retreat-the-last-police-bar-in-the-country-closing-down-and-vanel-staff-were-there-for-a-final-pint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/2018\/03\/peelers-retreat-the-last-police-bar-in-the-country-closing-down-and-vanel-staff-were-there-for-a-final-pint\/","title":{"rendered":"Peeler\u2019s Retreat &#8211; the last Police Bar in the country closing down. And VANEL staff were there for a final pint!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peeler\u2019s Retreat &#8211; the bar in Grimsby Police Station &#8211; is the last remaining police bar in the country. But it\u2019s time has come to an end and it is closing so that the space can be repurposed into new facilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk\/news\/grimsby-news\/last-orders-grimsbys-peelers-retreat-1252232\">The whole story is over on the Grimsby Telegraph here<\/a>, but a couple of VANEL staff who were once very familiar with the bar in their time in the Police were on hand for a sad, farewell pint.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Shaw and Steve Lynn, both previously Inspectors downing a pint along with colleagues at the Peeler\u2019s Retreat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screenshot_20180228-102109.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18681 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screenshot_20180228-102109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screenshot_20180228-102109.jpg 432w, http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screenshot_20180228-102109-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-18665\" data-postid=\"18665\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-18665 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly 60 years, the bar at Grimsby Police station is closing. And Tom and Steve from VANEL &#8211; both ex-inspectors were on hand for a final farewell drink. Read on for the story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[36,9],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3cThd-4R3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18665"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18665"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18686,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18665\/revisions\/18686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}