A homesick expat has successfully moved an entire pub from England to Germany because he missed the traditional British boozer. Brit dad-of-two Paul John Moss, 49, has been happily living abroad for 25 years, but desperately missed a "scruffy but cosy English boozer".

When the New Crown Inn in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, was sold to developers to turn into luxury flats, Paul bought everything. He painstakingly deconstructed the entire venue and shipped it 400 miles to Iserlohn, near the German city of Dortmund, where it was assembled piece by piece.

Pint lover Paul took over everything from the mahogany front bar, signage and beer taps, to the front doors and even the dirty pint glasses. Almost all he left behind was the walls - and the sticky carpet. And he finally opened up and pulled his first pint for customers last week (17).