Football, Beer And Fags In Wilnecote

A bit like its near neighbour Fazeley, Wilnecote is a Birmingham overspill with ‘proper’ pubby boozers. It’s got a huge swathe of houses just off the well-known Roman Road, Watling Street and whilst it’s officially in Staffordshire, the accents will tell you this is Greater Birmingham. If Greater Manchester can swallow up half the towns…

Punters Not Fazed By Bass Drama In Three Horseshoes

My final leg of the Fazeley 2019 tour (sponsored by Coral bookmakers) -as the ultimate holiday destination near Tamworth – saw me shoehorn myself into a tiny little boozer with a cracking atmosphere. 354 – Three Horseshoes B78 3RD is a single roomed traditional classic pub that won’t need many people in to feel as…

(Three) Tuns Of Fun In Fazeley

The walk from the Longwood boozer estate into the centre of Fazeley isn’t an award winning one unless of course you like urban beauty. I have to say I’m a fan of the industrial, in need of regeneration outlook but, in terms of balance, here is a picture of the Birmingham & Fazeley canal where,…

Fabulous Fazeley

I’ve been looking for the Birmingham equivalent of Whitwick and Coalville and I might just have found it in Fazeley. Of course, this also gives me the opportunity to start a whole new series of blog posts in alliteration style with Wonderful Willington, Lovely Lichfield, Soporific Solihull and Bubbling Birmingham on the horizon. Of course,…