Fenwick birthday raised money for the blind

A birthday party for an 18th century Lune Valley pub raised more than £300 for a North Lancashire charity for the blind.

And the invitation-only birthday party became a fundraiser for Galloway’s Society for the Blind which needs £850,000 a year to provide services for more than 7,000 blind and partially sighted people across Lancashire and Sefton as well as a national range of talking newspapers.

“We’ll spend the money on our services for people living with sight loss in North Lancashire.”

The atmospheric 18th century Fenwick, with its large open fires, low-beamed ceilings and oak planked floors, re-opened in June 2013 – as the fourth pub in a group that will reach six this year.