I'm +1 with Alesonly, similar ex pub, White Swan http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/13604/ without Martin buying & refurb it would be still closed as the area is full of moron [aka students & yoof ] binge drinking in the Walkabouts and similar, he also owns the ex gas board premises nearby which is the normal dark & dingy 'spoons
I dont mind a Spoons , but then again there are not that many round here , only 5 in the whole of Shropshire(soon to be 6) there used to be 7 but the one in Dawley was sold(to much trouble) and the one in Whitchurch never took off .
Although i have to say the Shrewsbury Hotel was responsible for the death of 3 pubs in Mardol(White Hart , Mardol Vaults and Elephant & Castle) all a bit on the rough side , but intresting pubs non the less.
Theres a Man with a Mullet going Mad with a Mallet in Millets !
I love what they have done with the Black Horse at Northfield Birmingham. It is a spoons with varied areas in a beautiful old black and white pub. Spent a long time doing it up, and made a good job of it. Just want to get the right clientelle supporting it now. Northfield was a real ale desert.
Yesterday lunchtime I went into Bacchus Bar (Nicholson's) in Birmingham.
Uninspired, I left and went to the JDW Briar Rose. Nothing to float my boat, despite the real ale festival, so I went to the Wellington.
Pint of Black Country Pig on the Wall Mild. That was more like it.
Waes hael!
A while back I heard that Wetherspoons had identified and purchased a property in Oldbury for conversion to a new pub.
I know for certain that an application for change of use to a public house has gone in for the public library as a new one has now been completed. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...=12,78.59,,0,0 - It is the old police station and is a listed building.
I am not certain it is them but I can't see it being anyone else !!
As you all know I am a fan of Spoons but it could be interesting to some of you as it is next door to the excellent Waggon and Horses.
I am a salmon !!
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
A difficult choice. On the one hand it's yet another 'spoons, on the other hand it might protect the good people of Blyth from a return visit of Ant & Dec. On reflection, go for it, Timbo!Originally Posted by hondo
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
You've not been to Blyth then.A difficult choice. On the one hand it's yet another 'spoons, on the other hand it might protect the good people of Blyth from a return visit of Ant & Dec. On reflection, go for it, Timbo!
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
If the world had piles this is where ... well you know the rest.
It has one GBG listed pub, the description is illuminating.
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