65 Liverpool Road, Irlam, Manchester, M44 6EH.

So – one more Tesco, one less pub.

Change of use and planning permission circumvented, it’s a seamless process.

Zero pints pulled, loyalty points piled up, the local isn’t local no mo’ – it’s Local.

This most cuboid of boozers, has become an off-white retail box.

Windows blanked, boarded out and blinded – unable to blink.

Bland.