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    41 year ago

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    Photos emerged on social media on Monday afternoon showing a large pile of rubble where the pub once stood, shocking locals and former customers.

    The property was built in 1765 as a farmhouse but, due to mining in the area during the early 19th Century, one side of the building began to sink.

    On Monday, West Midlands mayor Andy Street said the fire was a tragedy but questions needed to be answered about its destruction.

    Former Labour MP for Dudley North, Lord Ian Austin, an independent peer, tweeted it emerged during Saturday’s events the “lane to the pub” was “apparently blocked”.

    The property was a popular attraction in the West Midlands for decades after Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries bought it and converted it into a pub in the 1940s.

    Visitors flocked to see the distinctive building and witness the illusion of coins and marbles appearing to roll uphill along the bar.


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