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Mandale Road, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 9RS

Busy pub on the junction of Cannock Road and Bushbury Road. The old turnpike road turned markedly at this point to cut off a corner on its route into Wolverhampton.

The view of the Golden Lion pub car park in Bushbury, Wolverhampton.

William Butler's were taken over by Mitchells and Butlers of Smethwick in 1960. The Springfield Brewery in Wolverhampton survived until 1991. The Golden Lion was designed by Richard Twentyman (1903-1979) whose practices Lavender, Twentyman & Partners and later Twentyman, Percy & Partners designed many modernist buildings in Wolverhampton including Beatties department store, the Eye Infirmary and St Andrew's Church. Twentyman also designed a number of pubs including the Pear Tree.

The public house is a pre-war design by Richard Twentyman. The building was locally listed for its relatively intact exterior. The interior features were replaced some time ago.

The view in Bushbury, Wolverhampton.

Sizzling Pub Co's contractors have given the exterior of the pub a complete makeover this week painting the brickwork white and installing new signage. The building a notable pre-war public house by local architect Richard Twentyman and was locally listed. The interior features were removed during an earlier refurbishment.Image The company has applied this style to a number of pubs in the area and it could be argued that this sort of corporate style rebranding of a chain of pubs is akin to the widespread excesses of the 1970s by the major breweries such as Watney's and Courage. Although not now a brewer the current owner of Sizzling Pubs, Mitchell & Butlers, was one of those companies.

Sizzling Pub Co's contractors have given the exterior of the pub a complete makeover this week painting the brickwork white and installing new signage. The building a notable pre-war public house by local architect George Twentyman and was locally listed. The interior features were removed during an earlier refurbishment. Image The company has applied this style to a number of pubs in the area and it could be argued that this sort of corporate style rebranding of a chain of pubs is akin to the widespread excesses of the 1970s by the major breweries such as Watney's and Courage. Although not now a brewer the current owner of Sizzling Pubs, Mitchell & Butlers, was one of these companies.

The supermarket and shopping centre were built in the early 1960s on the site of the Clifton Cinema.

Very much a tale of the minor players in the food retailing sector. On the site of the Clifton Cinema it originally opened in the 1960s as a Fine Fare, rebranded as Gateway, later becoming a Somerfield and more recently a Co-op. I would expect to see the site bulldozed. Maybe we will get another nursing home.