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The Crooked House at Himley

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A taste of the very tasty food...Fish and Chips,Warm Chicken Salad,Bread and butter pudding with a advocaat laced custard,warm chocolate tart with amaretto ice cream.
 
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Now that does look good Jayne!. Phoned our friends today and they said they would love to visit it one day when we go over. I guess you will be going back?. Jean.
 
Yes Jean will be going back,been twice this year so far. It's ok for the kids too,small playground there which they enjoy as much as the quirky pub :)
 
I was last there around ten years ago, with a friend from Northumberland; he was utterly gob-smacked! We often used to stop-off at the Crooked House on our way back from Arley, in the fifties and sixties ... I never tired of the 'marble' trick!
Thank you for bringing back happy memories....and of Banks's Ale too!
 
looking at all the posts and everyones memories of the crooked house i was thinking it maybe a nice venue for a meet up next year...of course transport would have to be arranged and as my son has contacts in the coach travel business i dont see a problem with that....just an idea to ponder on folks...:):)

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The Crooked House was almost destroyed by fire in the early 1990s, and had to be restored to its higgledy piggledy glory. I went before and after the fire - it was rather more 'basic' before.A get together there would be great - I'll have to make sure get back to the Midlands on one of my visits. It's not hard to find, it's on the road between Dudley and Wombourne, although it's set well back from the road down a track which may well have been smartened up since I was last there.
 
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Are you sure it was the 1990s? Certainly it was "restored" from a rather rough & ready (but relatively genuine) state earlier than that. Not sure exactly when , but I visited it several times in the late 60s-esrly 70s , and when I revisited it 1979-1981, it had been done -up, commercialised , and the frankly the effect of coins running uphill etc seemed to be lessened
 
Yes - some time around then - one of my library clients was the architect in Wolverhampton who got the job of doing the refurb for the brewery, so it would have been some time between around 88 and 92 I guess. I know I'd been there for a drink a matter of months before the fire. I've just done some googling and can find no mention - strange!! When I've got some time I'll try the Express and Star archives. But I'm absolutely positive!!
 
i was just wondering if its still there BB as i cant quite recall the exact spot it was on..
 
I wonder what will happen to this building? Escape Rooms? A themed hotel? It still attracted visitors pre-Covid.
 
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