Book Review: The Sadness Of The King George

OK…so the pubs are shut and my blog has virtually gone to sleep so what can I write about? I know, what about a book that is as true to life as you could imagine about a edge of town centre boozer commonly known as an ‘old man’s pub.’  It’s the sort of pub that…

Soccer In Sutton Coldfield

Even when I try calling it socca it makes no difference. A grim Christmas results wise for Birmingham was sure to change, so I thought, when I met up with my mate from California for the first time in about 18 years. A fellow sufferer, he’d not been to the Mecca for the best part…

Roughley In Sutton Coldfield – According To Marston’s

  Whilst I pretend to travel the Midlands in search of boozers selling Worthington and John Smith’s my real intention is to find pubs that Martin has never set foot in. You can add Duncan, Mudgie, Paul Mudge (visit any of the aforementioned blogs and check out pictures of pub crawls) and BRAPA to that list as people…