it a privilege to be one of the pubs in hull, never mind the country, to be able to represent paul heatonthe drinks that he's bought. the gratitude was clear. it's just, like, just a lovely thing to do, isn't it? happy birthday, paul, cheers! it's almost like an alternative jubilee, where people canjust take a day, spend it together and have a drink, get to know each other. sharing all this money with everybody, it's a great community spirit, really, to give everyone, after the covid pandemic as well. he's a good lad, is paul, he's an old school socialist, and it's wonderful that he remembers people like us, on a day like today, after two years of absolute penury can't afford a pint, and so god bless him and thank you very much for this cider, going down well! he says he's done this to say thank you to people who bought his records and shown support to him over the years. cheers, paul! happy birthday, paul! # they could never be blue., and in 60 pubs across the uk and ireland tomorrow, they could be feeling it. as paul heaton sang, old red eyes might be back. danny savage, bbc news, hull.

it a privilege to be one of the pubs in hull, never mind the country, to be able to represent paul heatonnd give out the drinks that he's bought. the gratitude was clear. it'sjust, like, just a lovely thing to do, isn't it? happy birthday, paul, cheers! it's almost like an. alternative jubilee, where people canjust take a day, i spend it together and have a drink, get to know each other. sharing all this money with everybody, it's a great community spirit, really, to give everyone, after the covid pandemic as well. he's a good lad, is paul, he's an old school socialist, and it's wonderful that he remembers people like us, on a day like today, after two years of absolute penury, can't afford a pint, and so god bless him and thank you very much for this cider, going down well! fortunately, we got here before the money ran out, so cheers, paul. he says he's done this to say thank you to people who bought his records and shown support to him over the years. cheers, paul! happy birthday, paul! # they could never be blue... # and in 60 pubs across the uk and ireland tomorrow, they could be feel

paul heaton, who formed the band the housemartins in hull in the 1980s, decided his 60th birthday wasy houragain... # paul heaton today put £1000 behind the bar of 60 pubs to mark his 60th birthday. it's been really, really good, it's been really busy, and it's really good for the community.

it's a privilege to be one of the pubs in hull, never mind the country, to be able to represent paul heaton? happy birthday, paul. cheers. it's almost like an alternative jubilee where people can just take a day, spend it together, and have a drink and get to know each other. sharing all this money with everybody. it's a great community spirit, really. to give everyone a... after the covid pandemic as well. he's a good lad, is paul. he's an old school socialist and it's wonderful that he remembers people like us who, on a day like today, after two years of absolute penury, can't afford a pint. and so, god bless him. and thank you very much for me cider, it's going down well! fortunately, we got here before the money ran out. so cheers, paul — who says he's done this to say thank you to people who've bought his records and shown support to him over the years. cheers, paul. happy birthday, paul. # that could never be blue...# and in 60 pubs across the uk and ireland, they could be feeling it. as paul heaton sang — old red eyes might be back. danny savage, bbc news, hull. what a nice man. that