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The boss of a new music bar has vowed to keep prices affordable – and would rather close it down than charge £6 for a pint. Mathew Neves, who grew up in Folkestone, has transformed the town’s former Eleto Chocolate Cafe into The Old Cigar and Olive. The 29-year-old admits that while his Rendezvous Street venue won’t be able to compete with the nearby Wetherspoon, he wants to keep costs as low as possible for customers. Many residents feel the up-and-coming town – ranked by The Sunday Times as the best place to live in the south east \- is being gentrified and that they now have to pay “London …

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