Ukrainian refugee revives one of the oldest pubs in Wales

By TravelWiseMar 26, 2024 06:02 AMNews
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Vladyslava Krapyvka
Vladyslava Krapyvka. Source: BBC

Vladyslava Krapyvka fled her home in Kyiv with her youngest son after the Russian invasion in 2022. She ended up in Newport in southeast Wales, and a year and a half later, she rented The Lamb pub.

The pub in the city center closed in 2023, but welcomed visitors again on St. David's Day on March 1 this year. Live music was played there all weekend, and the pub celebrated its 160th anniversary, the BBC reports.

Vladyslava supervised the renovation of the building, which is a category II architectural monument. The woman's friends raised 25,000 pounds (more than $34,000) for the reconstruction.

Ukrainian refugee revives one of the oldest pubs in Wales
Ukrainian refugee revives one of the oldest pubs in Wales. Source: BBC

The Lamb pub now offers craft ales, lagers, ciders, and other spirits from Wales and the rest of the UK. There will also be alcohol from Ukraine.

"One of the vodkas is really unique, but I won't sell it because the factory where it was produced no longer exists, it was on the territory that was bombed," Vladyslava says.

Earlier, TravelWise told you what the oldest pub in Ireland, which is more than 1100 years old, looks like.

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