A bit of history...........
Article: 22nd June 2008: Birmingham mail
The future of a Black Country pub is in doubt after a brutal shooting.
It follows a violent attack the Waggon & Horses in Wolverhampton, at 5am on Sunday.
At first it was thought the 47-year-old man was shot outside the pub, but police revealed yesterday that the victim was actually blasted three times in the torso while on the dance floor.
He remains in a stable condition today.
Police are guarding him for his safety and keeping his identity a secret.
Article: 14th August 2008: http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/08/14/gangland-pub-is-shut-for-good/
The city’s licensing sub-committee yesterday ruled the owners, Wiltshire-based Pubfolio, had shown a “complete inability” to prevent crime and disorder at the venue, which has been the scene of recent shootings and serious anti-social behaviour.
A police dossier documenting the pub’s troubled past includes:
* Gun crime and shootings, including a woman reporting a firearm was held to her head inside.
* Riots, including up to 30 yobs trying to force entry.
* Knives, live ammunition, hard-core drugs and a firearm found outside.
* Cannabis being smoked by customers, dismissed by management as “Jamaican culture”.
Residents who campaigned tirelessly to get the pub closed were today overjoyed by the decision. They gave an impassioned testimony to the committee which told how they were living in fear of the criminal goings-on at the pub. They said it was like “living next to a war zone”.
They claimed gunmen and drug dealers had “taken over” the premises, holding noisy all-night parties and “ghettoising” the community and that successive managers had failed to control their behaviour.
And on to the photos!
External 3 by theexplorer101, on Flickr
External 2 by theexplorer101, on Flickr
External by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Garage by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Cellar by theexplorer101, on Flickr
??? by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Danger by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Lift shaft! by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Pool anyone? by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Signage! by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Vile smell by theexplorer101, on Flickr
some more damage by theexplorer101, on Flickr
fuse box maybe? by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Sign
by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Room by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Boiler? by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Fire damage by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Attic by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Enjoy
Article: 22nd June 2008: Birmingham mail
The future of a Black Country pub is in doubt after a brutal shooting.
It follows a violent attack the Waggon & Horses in Wolverhampton, at 5am on Sunday.
At first it was thought the 47-year-old man was shot outside the pub, but police revealed yesterday that the victim was actually blasted three times in the torso while on the dance floor.
He remains in a stable condition today.
Police are guarding him for his safety and keeping his identity a secret.
Article: 14th August 2008: http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/08/14/gangland-pub-is-shut-for-good/
The city’s licensing sub-committee yesterday ruled the owners, Wiltshire-based Pubfolio, had shown a “complete inability” to prevent crime and disorder at the venue, which has been the scene of recent shootings and serious anti-social behaviour.
A police dossier documenting the pub’s troubled past includes:
* Gun crime and shootings, including a woman reporting a firearm was held to her head inside.
* Riots, including up to 30 yobs trying to force entry.
* Knives, live ammunition, hard-core drugs and a firearm found outside.
* Cannabis being smoked by customers, dismissed by management as “Jamaican culture”.
Residents who campaigned tirelessly to get the pub closed were today overjoyed by the decision. They gave an impassioned testimony to the committee which told how they were living in fear of the criminal goings-on at the pub. They said it was like “living next to a war zone”.
They claimed gunmen and drug dealers had “taken over” the premises, holding noisy all-night parties and “ghettoising” the community and that successive managers had failed to control their behaviour.
And on to the photos!
External 3 by theexplorer101, on Flickr
External 2 by theexplorer101, on Flickr
External by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Garage by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Cellar by theexplorer101, on Flickr
??? by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Danger by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Lift shaft! by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Pool anyone? by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Signage! by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Vile smell by theexplorer101, on Flickr
some more damage by theexplorer101, on Flickr
fuse box maybe? by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Sign
by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Room by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Boiler? by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Fire damage by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Attic by theexplorer101, on Flickr
Enjoy
