Moilliett Arms, Soho, Smethwick

This pub is closed. I believe the Police had tried to close it, but failed. Anyhow, the windows are whited over and i understand planning permission has been given to convert it into flats.

This is an old pub - my granddad used to drink here & he died in 1949. Has had several owners in the last few years - was M & B, then Courage, now Banks's (who have changed their name to Marston's). Inner city area working class boozer - you know them, see them everyday on Coronation St & Eastenders. Close to industrial area. Unremarkable in every way except that it is still open, and long may it do so. Parking awkward.