I heard from somebody close to the source. Weatherspoon's bought the old travellers rest pub and RJs club in New Brighton and converted into a massive spoons(On the front in New Brighton opposite the boating lake) They had a team to check out the site and got the Ok. They had to close it after a few years due to subsidence and are now on the hook for a 99 year contract. They lost so much money they had to close loads of spoons. I love this story