Often drank in there back in my teens and twenties. A group of us would meet there before going on to other drinking places.
Visited occasionally when I worked at the Corbett Hospital, Stourbridge & Russells Hall in Dudley. .
No. It was toast. Onna Xmas eve if I recall. I was on my way home from my Mum's.
Quote from: hellymedic on 08 August, 2023, 03:11:56 pmVisited occasionally when I worked at the Corbett Hospital, Stourbridge & Russells Hall in Dudley. .Those take me back having used them in the 70s, also the Crooked House
It seems to happen to certain people more than others. Jimmy Godden, god rest his soul, must have been the unluckiest businessman in East Kent - no fewer than three separate theme parks he bought were destroyed by fire leaving him with no option but to redevelop them as housing.
Quote from: Jurek on 07 August, 2023, 08:53:15 pmNo. It was toast. Onna Xmas eve if I recall. I was on my way home from my Mum's.I bow to your superior south London lore, that's certainly another mystery, a pub managed to stand empty for several years while not burning down even the once, but soon after it was purchased by a developer, it burnt down and the remains were demolished. What are the odds of that!
Quote from: citoyen on 08 August, 2023, 09:10:45 pmIt seems to happen to certain people more than others. Jimmy Godden, god rest his soul, must have been the unluckiest businessman in East Kent - no fewer than three separate theme parks he bought were destroyed by fire leaving him with no option but to redevelop them as housing.A friend of a friend used to burn cars for a living. If your car had serious mechanical issues or was certain to fail its next MOT, you went to a certain pub at a certain time and your keys were "stolen" by Matt while you were at the bar. He charged £50 for this service, although that was in the late 1980s.The beauty is that you only needed TPFT insurance.
It’s arsonhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-65141057What a surprise!
Cough cough insewerants job cough.
There is video of the machinery doing the down-knocking. Even without Hollywood-OS it ought not to be too hard to read the name of the demolition company operating the big yellow thing.
"Glamorous jet setting business woman, with boobies ! " https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12389385/EXCLUSIVE-Pictured-Glamorous-businesswoman-bought-Britains-wonkiest-pub-just-days-destroyed-fire-demolished-locals-claim-purchase-followed-rows-road-access-neighbouring-land-site-run-husband.html
Apart from all this innuendo and supposition...What were Marstons thinking they were doing?!
Apart from all this innuendo and supposition...