Game On In Birchmoor

The Tamworth overspill is one of those areas in the Midlands that is rich with none too salubrious boozers but, ultimately, the sort of places pub tickers love. 665 – The Gamecock Inn B78 1AH in Birchmoor is, to all intents and purposes, an estate style boozer set in the countryside on the edge of…

Celebrating in Yardley

It’s mid-August so I think it’s only right and proper that Birmingham City home draws are celebrated in style. One point and no goals in two home games at a half-condemned St. Andrew’s suggest that every point needs to be celebrated with glee as the annual #bottomsixrelegtionbattle cranks into life. However, Lee Bowyer is a…

Atherstone’s Angel

It’s official! Martin has taken over my role as estate/backstreet pub man…The mantle has been up for grabs since the late great Alan Winfield left us and I reckoned I was in the frame.  However, to be fair to The Wickingman he called it a long time ago that I was gradually being drawn into…

Table Service

Cor Blimey guvnor, who’d have thought it eh?  I was just about to hold my hands up and say that The Wickingman had finally sussed me out and I was becoming a #MiddleEnglandPubMan. You know what I mean…no more edgy estate pubs but pleasant village boozers with beer gardens and very pukka punters. The sort…