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| Mevagissey pub landlord quits job after repeated flooding | Mevagissey pub landlord quits job after repeated flooding |
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| A pub landlord who has been flooded 12 times in 12 weeks has handed in his notice. | A pub landlord who has been flooded 12 times in 12 weeks has handed in his notice. |
| Tony Ginn, who took over the Ship Inn in Mevagissey in October, said he will be leaving the pub at the start of the new year. | Tony Ginn, who took over the Ship Inn in Mevagissey in October, said he will be leaving the pub at the start of the new year. |
| He said he did not think he could continue financially through the winter. | He said he did not think he could continue financially through the winter. |
| Clearing up is continuing across Cornwall after 170 properties were flooded in the lead up to Christmas. | Clearing up is continuing across Cornwall after 170 properties were flooded in the lead up to Christmas. |
| 'I've had enough' | 'I've had enough' |
| Mr Ginn said: "We've been very unlucky. I can't trade like this. Financially I don't think I could last the winter. The last thing I want to do is lose all my money. | Mr Ginn said: "We've been very unlucky. I can't trade like this. Financially I don't think I could last the winter. The last thing I want to do is lose all my money. |
| "It's now flooded 12 times. We've had five or six really bad ones. I've had enough. | "It's now flooded 12 times. We've had five or six really bad ones. I've had enough. |
| "It's hard trading in the winter in Cornwall. It's hard to build a reputation for a pub when this is happening so often." | "It's hard trading in the winter in Cornwall. It's hard to build a reputation for a pub when this is happening so often." |
| The landlord said he had been warned locally to expect a couple of flooding incidents annually. | |
| Mr Ginn said had lost £10,000 in sales alone, having to pay staff on top of that to help out with the cleaning up following the floods. | |
| Melanie Hamilton, who works in the pub said: "It's horrendous. You're losing trade. People don't want to come in when there's muck floating about. | Melanie Hamilton, who works in the pub said: "It's horrendous. You're losing trade. People don't want to come in when there's muck floating about. |
| "I don't know what's going to happen. We don't know if we're going to have a job in the new year." | "I don't know what's going to happen. We don't know if we're going to have a job in the new year." |
| The pub is owned by St Austell Brewery. It is now advertising the tenancy for the Ship Inn on its website. | The pub is owned by St Austell Brewery. It is now advertising the tenancy for the Ship Inn on its website. |
| The pub also has five en-suite bedrooms. | The pub also has five en-suite bedrooms. |