New Inn, Telford

Pub is well described in the previous reviews , its a decent place for a quick pint or two while exploring the muesuem , there were four handpulls(two in the bar , two in the taproom) on my visit with Banks Mild , Bitter , Marstons Pedigree and Thatchers Cider , the Mild was fine if very pricey at £3.30 a pint , Gin was also available by the pint !! but only if you work there . A reminder of how pubs used to be

First thing to say is that this place is actually in Blist Hill museum, so you need to pay an entrance fee to the site then access is free. It is, i think, the last pub i need to do in Walsall! That is that the pub once stood on the corner of Green Lane and Hospital St in Walsall. The pub is a detached corner pub, with a Banks's sign, which it does still sell and has a rear patio area. In cream, with a peach coloured paintwork around the windows and door, it has a scored effect to look like ashlar blocks and nice etched and sash windows. It has a restaurant area upstairs. The interior has three rooms served from a central bar. The corner entrance takes you into the small bar room. It is in red (including ceiling) and wood panel, with wood floor. It has a couple of prints and bits of ephemera and 'fake' posters. The smoke room has a piano and a nice fireplace with mirrors and prints. It is in red and cream with red tile floor. The side entrance takes you into the tap room. It is in a french mustard colour (including ceiling) with wood panel and with a wood floor. There is a nice stone fireplace and there are several Victorian prints and mirrors. The service was fine and the clientele were of course a mix of museum visitors. The was no TV (amazing that) and the music was supplied by the museum actors. Beer; a couple of handpulls selling Banks's Bitter and MILD - the MILD was decent enough but somewhat expensive, as it is a gimmick place. Well, you have to do it once you have paid your entrance fee and i certainly didn't regret it. A lot of fun listening to the blokes on the old joanna, playing some hits of the 1910s (not a yo, or a ho to be heard) - funny, they had been in the mission hall earler playing hymns. Take it for the fun it is and you will leave with a smile.