Henry Boons on Westgate Run: 200-year-old pub's shock transformation

Following it's closure the iconic public house is set to become a Chai Shai restaurant.

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00:00This once legendary pub, a stop on the shaky wakey Westgate run, Henry Boone's was put up for sale

00:10to the shock of punters and locals alike.

00:14But after standing empty for months, it has been rebranded.

00:20The old signs of Clark's Brewery, which the pub was named after its owner, Henry Boone's,

00:27are being chipped away to make way as the pub gets a new lease of life

00:34under the guise of Chai Shai Restaurant.

00:38After a quick peek through the window, you can see artificial plant panels

00:44covering up the 200-year-old pub's interior.

00:50Henry Boone's had once been popular back in its heyday,

00:55but following the pandemic, it came to be another empty pub that was forced to close.

01:03It also has a function room and an interesting backdrop of Wakefield Prison,

01:09aka Monster Mansion.