Complex sentence: "The Bear and Ragged Staff" is the liveliest public house in the town centre and it was briefly renamed "The Orange Kipper" in the mid- 1990s, before the owners were convinced to reinstate the traditional name.
Split into simpler sentences: The Bear and Ragged Staff is an established public house in the town centre. It was briefly renamed "The Orange Kipper" in the mid- 1990s but has since reverted to its traditional name.