Not so much 'in town'.
The Oakie has sat closed, tinned up and unloved for about five years now.
Anyone notice recently that it's had a facelift?
It's had it's pub lettering repaired and repainted, and the whole outside has had a lick of paint.
Is it already reopened? or Is the Oakie about to reopen as a viable pub again? Looks like.
If the building had been bought for another reason, then they wouldn't retain the pub signage on the outside. They certainly wouldn't carefully paint around that signage, and tart it up, thats for sure.
Top pic 2011.
Bottom pic this morning.