Tag Archives: closed pubs

Another former pub goes up in smoke

Posted on August 12, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

After reporting the thankfully apparently minor fire that occurred at the long-closed Rising Sun pub in Brownhills West on Friday, 5th August 2011, it seems that conflagration in former hostelries is contagious. The following Sunday, 7th August 2011, the old … Continue reading →

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We have a technical…

Posted on August 1, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

Locally and nationally, it would seem, pubs are dropping like flies. A week or so ago I caught wind that The Hussey Arms in Brownhills had closed suddenly. A large, 1930’s roadhouse, the inn is a handsome building stood in … Continue reading →

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The Trooper at Wall reopens 7th June 2010

Posted on June 6, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

Thanks to reader and Wall resident Mike, who commented on my last article about the renovation of the once-popular boozer, I can let readers know that the pub reopens tomorrow, Monday 7th June 2010. When I swung past at lunchtime … Continue reading →

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Super trooper?

Posted on May 24, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

It’s apparently good news for local ale-lovers like the indefatigable Stymaster, for it seems I was very wrong about the future of the Trooper pub in the little village of Wall, between Lichfield and Brownhills. Passing the building on Friday … Continue reading →

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