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Lisa Letcher & Will Maule

Unfazed diners ignore flood waters rushing into pub as they continue eating and drinking

A group of hardy pubgoers have been pictured eating their dinner in knee-deep water after their local was flooded following heavy rainfall.

The Ship Inn in the seaside village of Mevagissey, Cornwall, has been dubbed 'Britain's Most Flooded Pub' due to its susceptibility to water damage, caused by a combination of heavy rains and high tides.

In 2012, it was famously doused 12 times in 12 weeks, leading the former landlord to quit his job.

Ten years on, history has repeated itself, with water pouring into the pub's dining room and soaking the entire establishment.

Despite the extensive deluge, dramatic pictures of the scene showed groups of unfazed punters continuing to eat and drink as if it was a regular night down the local.

Diners continue to eat and drink in the pub despite being surrounded by floodwater (CornwallLive)

The flash floods struck the seaside pub at around 6pm on Sunday, Cornwall Live reports.

One patron at the scene said the water level inside the building was the highest most people had ever seen it, but that "many people were still eating their meals".

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In 2012, the pub's former landlord told the BBC that the situation was becoming impossible.

"We've been very unlucky. I can't trade like this," he said at the time. "Financially I don't think I could last the winter. The last thing I want to do is lose all my money."

He continued: "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."

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