ABANDONED TAVERN AND FARM SHOP

STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life. Now, Tavern Bland and the Fresh from the Farm Shop have become dusty tributes to the 1970s and 1980s. The pub and the shop in Haxey in North Lincolnshire have been abandoned for a number of years. The last time there were residents in either is unknown, but the contents of both buildings remain intact…

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