Waggon & Horses, Cradley Heath

A detached Banks's cottage-stlyed pub with a central entrance flanked by bay windows. A victorian pub, it is in undressed brick mostly, with yellow paintwork around the windows, a decorative pediment over the door and moulded stone string course under the eaves. The interior has a couple of rooms, served by a central bar. The front entrance has a door to the lounge on the left - this room was in darkness at my visit. Ahead was a door for out sales, which was a narrow corridor leading to the bar -i didn't try the door to see if it was open. The bar is through the door to the right. The bar is in white, with a brown ceiling and chimney breast, with a tile flooring. There are red perimenter seats with traditional wood tables, along with a couple of comfy chairs. There is lots of fun ephemera dotted about; horse and other brasses, tea-pots, jugs, dog pictures and a model ship in the corner for example. There is a dart board too. There was a TV, showing some ITV programme and there was no background music. The service was friendly and the clientele, all locals that knew each other, were more mature - they were really friendly and i got a chorus of 'byes' as i left. Beer; usual tap stuff with Banks's Bitter electronic cask and a class pint of Banks's cask MILD on electronic dispenser. I really enjoyed my stop off here and would happily go back at any stage. A good traditional Black Country boozer. Worth popping into for one if that is your scene.