The pub which was the de-facto headquarters for the all conquering Aston Villa team of the late 19 th Century and the first public place where William McGregor’s letter calling for the first football league in the world was read out is no more.Īs a kid I used to run through the majestic old pub, which had a ballroom and lot more besides, I remember it being pulled down and the new pub built in the early 80s. Just another statistic in a country where seven pubs in the West Midlands alone are going to the wall. Eight months later the doors are closed forever and it is being turned into a nursery. It was like going into to join your terminally ill mate to drink himself to death in New Orleans only to find out he was joking.Ī new landlord came in with promises of games, sports teams, refurbishment and better food only for the prices to up, the kitchen close and a legion of barred shady types allowed back. But two days after the closing party it was open again. There was disbelief when the gaffer Don Brown said the pub would close at the end of the month – but that was last September. The pub which has been the heart beat of Perry Barr for over 150 years has gone the way of countless boozers up and down the country and has called time on itself. These are the words I never wanted write – Perry Barr’s Crown and Cushion has closed.
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