Jolly Crispin (Upper Gornal)
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Jolly Crispin, 25 Clarence Street, Upper Gornal, Dudley, West Midlands DY3 1UL
Joseph McKenna lists John Lewis as the earliest landlord of this early C19 home-brew house. After him, his son William, then the Meanley family. John Foley of Kate's Hill Brewery, Dudley, bought the house in 1879.
James C Guest was recorded in 1935 and William Easthope in 1940.
The pub was acquired by J. P. Simpkiss of Brierley Hill, and thence to Greenalls.
Rescued from semi-dereliction and reopened as a free house in 1997. The FOWNES microbrewery was established at the pub in July 2012,
See also William Easthope.
From 2012 Fownes brewed here.