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16th
February
2004
Hole in Wall of Ladies Loo Reported - Landlord Looking Into It!
It takes more than a van crashing into their pub to upset Licensee Julie Rowe and partner Stuart Griffiths of the Jolly Crispin in Clarence St. Upper Gornal. "Very much a storm in a teacup" Julie told Yampy, as Stuart began repairing the tiles and plasterwork in the ladies toilet, which bore the brunt of the impact last Tuesday morning. The accident happened at around 7.30am, by which time the Crispin's cleaner had fortunately finished the toilets and was elsewhere in the building. Thankfully, there were no serious casualties. Julie explained that the emergency services were quick to react: "The impact dislodged one cistern and the related pipework, which caused a minor flood. We called the police, who arrived promptly, together with a paramedic and 2 fire appliances." Julie is keen to stress that, contrary to wild rumours fuelled by over enthusiastic press reports, the damage was relatively minor and the pub was open at the normal time following the incident. There is a second ladies loo too - so it's business as usual at The Crispin. Two years ago a car left the road and ploughed into the front of the Handyman DIY store next to The Crispin, and there have been other serious accidents on the same stretch of road. Speaking to the Express and Star, Gornal Councillor Ken Finch has called for action from Dudley Council in the form of lower speed limits and/or rumble strips, a forlorn hope given the Council's well documented reluctance to intervene on classified roads (they made this crystal clear during last year's public meeting regarding the dangerous Robert Street adverse camber bend). Julie and Stuart's experience at The Jolly Crispin enables them to make a more immediately practicable suggestion: "The road is very busy and the main problem is that the pub is just beyond a blind bend" said Julie. "Drivers coming from Sedgley often travel too fast and do not realise what is beyond the bend. Personally we believe that the situation could be alleviated by the BP service station adopting a strict IN and OUT policy, forcing customers to enter closest to Dudley and exit closest to Sedgley. Then drivers coming round the bend would not be faced with stationary vehicles in the middle of the road waiting to turn right." newsdesk@yampy.co.uk. --> |
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