I was greeted by the sad news yesterday that the Four Crosses in Shelfield has been boarded up, and, if rumour is to be believed, the landlord kicked out at short notice.

As my review linked above is quite old, I need to point out this was the only pub in Shelfield, the Spring Cottage now being a Co-op store, so now there’s no pubs in the area, the nearest now being The Horse & Jockey in Walsall Wood.

Also worth noting is that the pub is listed as an Asset of Community Value, but also that is has a long-standing planning application in force. Perhaps the ACV has the same clout as local listing?

Apparently local councillors are going to enquire:

but I have a bad feeling about this, and it’s going to be