The Roebuck Inn, High Street, Bromsgrove - now demolished.
I tried to find more information about the Roe Buck Inn, such as when it was built and demolished, but there doesn't seem to be anything, other than what the photos tell us - that it was built sometime before 1900.
It can be found in Ordnance Survey maps from 1883
The 1900 pictures show a lovely double-fronted building with six windows on the upper floor, but by the 1940's it had been reduced by half with only three windows on the upper floor.
Later pictures show a road which is now A448 Stratford Road, and it is my guess that the Roebuck was demolished in the early 1960s to make the road wider in anticipation of more traffic once the M5 was built.
If you have any other information to add, please let me know.
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I think my nan and granddad, Harold and Mary Pitcher used to run the Roebuck back in the 50s and 60s. When my mom and dad got married they moved in to live with them for a while before getting a house on Charford in the early 60s. Harold and Mary then went on to run the Black Cross. I have fond memories of the Black Cross. Sneaking into the 'Buffs' meeting room which was strictly out of bounds, followed by the sensation of a hot backside after being caught 'exploring'. Playing in the cellar. Feeding the chickens. I spent hours pumping the handle of the water pump which back then was situated outside. Despite everyone telling to give up and stop as it hadn't produced any water 'for donkey's years' i'd still go at it and once managed to get it to burp up something wet, that you wouldn't have wanted to put your finger in, let alone drink it! It was planned that when i was to start at Watt Close middle school in 1970 that i'd spend my lunch times eating at the pub but sadly that never happened due to Harold becoming ill not long before i was to change schools and they had to give up the pub. He passed away within a couple of years.