WORK to repair a pub which was hit by a runaway lorry will start tomorrow.

A truck carrying an asphalt laying machine rolled into the Rose and Crown in Edgworth on May 21, after the driver forgot to apply the brake.

Part of the front wall of the 17th century building in Bury Road later collapsed when the vehicles were recovered from the scene.

Preparations for the repairs, which will cost more than £70,000, have taken place this week with scaffolding going up, rubble being cleared away and materials arriving.

Work is expected to start on Monday and take around six weeks.

Ayla Ozcelik, landlady at the Rose and Crown, said: "It will probably take around four weeks then we will need to redo the inside.

"We are looking at around six weeks for the whole job.

"We have a wedding on August 9 and the workmen have promised it will be ready by then."

The pub re-opened a few days after the accident and all but a small part of the building is open to customers.

It will remain open throughout the work.

A section of Bury Road outside the pub remains open to single lane traffic only, with temporary traffic lights in place.

This scheme will stay in place throughout the work.

The driver of the lorry, which is owned by J Fisher and Sons of Atherton, was suspended and retrained following the incident. He is now back on the road.