We popped in to the Lanner Inn as part of a quick tour show our daughter and son-in-law where I grew up.
I was really glad to see that the Lanner Inn is still in existence - it certainly was an important part of my youth, as my Dad was landlord there for several years in the early 1970's. Obviously it's changed a bit since then - though the structure is mostly as I remember it, the internal configuration is a bit different, and I have to say the atmosphere isn't the same at all.
Though it was clean and tidy (the loo's were sparkling!), and the staff were friendly, I didn't notice any food on sale, and it was a shame that we were the only lunchtime customers. I remember my mum, dad and I struggling to keep up with serving beer, egg & chips, pasties and sausage rolls at practically every lunchtime...and I especially remember serving whisky in any old glass we could lay our hands on during the extraordinary Christmas lunch-time sessions, when almost every year the Climax Male Voice Choir would turn up in a bus and hold a carol service in the pub forecourt. Brilliant!!!
Can't turn back time, of course, but I have to say that the Lanner Inn is still well worth a visit!