hi the last gaffers of that pub was a lady called gabby
she had it for about two years ,then she moved to the golden cross pub at aston cross on the cornerner of rocky lane aston
she stayed there for a couple of years then sold it to a liam occonnor
whom as renamed orieolys irish pub,
he owns lots of pubs ,occ,s and the kilkennys in digbeth
the gaffer before gabby was a guy called john whom i ,ve known for years
and his daughter is a great old friend to my daughter whom went to school
together and they still meet up for nights out
john moved to the gyspy s tent in bordesley green, some years ago and his still there , john was a local lad to the hobmoor , grew up around there he did
a very nice guy ,and his wife ,
the hobmoor in its hey day was a very thriving pub
but in later years its the same old story the pub went down
and got its self a chequerd history as we call it in the trade
and sargent danniels licence officier from digbeth nick
closed it down and there as been houses on it for the last 8 years at least
i have an old friend by the name of dillion whom lives across the road from the pub , or should i say the houses now
we had many a good nights session in there
at one time the bikers ,the hells angells took it over ,but eventualy they moved on
they moved up the road to the speedwell pub in speedwell road acocks green , where upon they took over the pub , they went in
and tied the gaffer up and drank the pub dry they spent a old
three day event there without going home
the breweres closed the pub down and never openened the pub again in its history , it been a large car show room ever since
everybody moved to the old bill and bush which used to be coventry road police station many many years ago and still running
with no problems the pub is a very nice pub and its been running
by two long term friends of mine and my dutchess
by barrie and carroll johnson for the last twenty years or more
if you go to the gypsy tent john can tell you all you need to know
the hobmoor as had its moments in the past
with shooting gang war fare and base ball capers ,
it was the best thing for it was to knock it down
have a nice day best wishes astonian ,