TIME will be called on a landmark Bradford pub when it serves its final pints this Sunday.

Haigy's, on Lumb Lane, will shut its doors at 10.30pm because its owner Yvonne Haigh is retiring after 27 years.

She will host a farewell party on Saturday night.

Her daughter Tina Mathers, who has worked in the pub, said: "It has been my mum and dad's pub for 27 years. It is really sad.

"But it is just not sustainable in the current climate."

Tina's husband Glen said: "I have been working behind the bar for as long as the pub has been open. But crowds have dwindled."

He added: "Yvonne and the staff Phillip, Janie, Tina and myself would like to thank all the customers over the years."

The real ale pub, which was clad in Claret and Amber colours, was a popular venue for Bradford City fans before home games at Valley Parade.

Mrs Haigh said she will miss the fans who have been loyal customers for decades.

"I will miss the fans - they are fabulous guys. I will also miss the regulars who come in seven nights a week. I will miss them all because they have been superb."

The pub will forever be associated with its well-respected former owner David Haigh, who represented licensees in the city for more than a decade.

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Mr Haigh (pictured), who died in late 2011, had championed the city's pub trade as chairman of Bradford Inner City Licensees' Association and later became the organisation's honourary president.

The pub also gained notoriety in the TV series Band of Gold, which revolved around the lives of women living and working in Bradford's red light district.

Last October, the Telegraph & Argus reported on the start of a campaign to save the pub by Bantams supporter Ricky Holden and a group of friends.

But Glen said: "They could not get the funds together."

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