The Penny Bank
19 October 2011 by HamstA £200,000-plus refurbishment programme has been complete at the former Mint public house in Scunthorpe High Street with the premises being handed over on Monday and it opening under a new name today (Wednesday 19th October) as The Penny Bank.
The building was opened as theYorkshire Penny Bank in 1926, in 1988 Scunthorpe businessman Mick Pogson converted the building at the corner of the High Street and Allanby Street into The Mint, a French-style brasserie. It also operated for a short number of years as The Bishop Blaise before reverting back to being called The Mint.
The refurbishment work was carried out by Innex Design for the the new owners at Amber Taverns.The 68-strong Preston-based pub chain bought the Scunthorpe venue in August for a £240,000-plus sum from Scottish and Newcastle Pub Enterprises..
As part of the new look, the company is seeking approval from North Lincolnshire Council to show films from 10am daily and plan to show films or DVDs in the premises as part of any promotional activity.
Taking up the helm at The Penny Bank will be manager Kerry Barker who had been at the Comet Hotel up until May this year, she will be joined by her husband Simon and it’s hoped the venture will create up to 12 new full and part-time jobs.
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