Staffordshire Volunteer, Bushbury, Wolverhampton

Just found out today that the Staffordshire Volunteer has been sold by Punch Taverns. It was announced that the pub will be closing for good and be redeveloped into a supermarket. Very sad.

A detached, cream painted brick pub tah looks a little tired from the outside. The interior looks a little tired as well. There is a function room, which i didn't see, and a bar room. The bar is in red and white, with a tiled floor, though it is missing a few. There is a pool table and a large pull-down screen TV, which had Sky and ESPN for the footy. There are no real pictures and the seats are a little ripped. There was no music. Add that the bogs have seen better days and it seems to paint a black picture - but not so, ironically. The service was friendly and the locals (mainly mature, like myself!) who clearly all knew each other, were having such a laugh that the it was difficult to hear the footy. This made for a really nice half hour as i watched the results come in. Beer; tap stuff, no real ale - had a bitter shandy. The lack of real ale and the fact it is out of the way means i wouldn,t drop by again, but really enjoyed seeing a real community pub - even if it could do with a scrub-up