The Old Swan on Halesowen Road has been in Netherton for over a hundred years. Imagine the conversations it will have heard: what's happening at Hingleys? What if the weapons are put on Cuba? Who'll win Strictly?

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The pub is nicknamed 'Ma Pardoes' after the pub's former landlady for half a century, Mrs Pardoe, and it continues on today, making its own beer out the back, serving the locals.

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Ask nicely and present landlord, Mr. Newey might even play the pub organ for you - that is if he's not up at St. Andrews Church accompanying the bride down the isle with Wagner's Bridal March.