The Greene King pub chain will be offering combs for just 6p in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Those who want to enjoy an incredibly cheap pint of Greene King IPA on Monday, May 30th will have to use a secret code word.
The pub chain will offer 6p combs to 408 of their seats because that was the average cost of a pint during the queen’s ascension to the throne in 1952.
Anyone visiting one of the Greene King Local Pub or Flaming Grill sites will be able to claim the offer using the “1952” password.
Andrew Gallagher, Marketing Director at Greene King Local Pubs, said: “The platinum jubilee is a great way for the UK to come together and celebrate our Queen and our country, so we wanted to take our customers to it all started: 1952. a time when Vera Lynn ruled the lists and the combs were only 6p.
“We look forward to seeing our customers enjoy this great deal on Monday, May 30th and look forward to celebrating platinum jubilee at all of our pubs over the festive weekend.”
Find local pubs or participating Greene King Flaming Grills here.
It comes after the opening hours of pubs and bars were extended to England and Wales during the four holidays to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
From Thursday 2 June to Saturday 4 June, the opening hours will be extended from 11 pm to 1 am.
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Traders are currently legally required to use metric measures such as grams, kilograms, milliliters and liters when selling packaged or loose goods in England, Scotland and Wales.
Under the metric system 1,000 grams equals one kilogram, but under the imperial system there are 14 pounds on a stone and 16 ounces on a pound.
For liquids, there are 20 ounces of liquid in a pint and 160 ounces of liquid in a gallon, instead of the 1,000 milliliters of the metric per liter.