Video of Crooked House from 1985 shows true charm of historic pub

A video of the Crooked House from 1985 shows the true charm of the once-thriving historic pub.

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Published Mar 23

Last updated Mar 23

Harry Houghton, aged 82, from Kingswinford, has over 150 postcards of the Black Country, around ten of which are very old postcards of the Crooked House

The Himley pub featured in a special BBC Midlands report almost four decades ago on Doolan At Large, presented by journalist turned radio legend Ed Doolan. He visited the Crooked House for a special feature to see what all the fuss was about.

The video started off with Doolan driving down the country lane towards the pub. As he got out of the car, face on with the crooked pub, he tilted his body sideways to almost line up with it, and laughed.

"I haven't even had a drink yet," he said.

Above the door was a sign reading Glynn Arms – the real name of the pub.