01/05/26 - West Midlands Metro Pub Crawl - Stage 5

It's Later Than You ThinkBack on the trail of the closest pubs to West Midlands Tram Stops.Spawned out of necessity, after I saw a classic CAMRA Heritage Interior Pub was about to close down. This time next week, it will be impossible to visit the Black Eagle again.Picking up where I left off at West Bromwich Central. AI nearly gets it right.... The Billiard Hall is technically closer, but has already been ticked when I alighted at Dartmouth Street. Number Station AI Recommendation Actual Nearest 15 West Bromwich Central The Sandwell The Sandwell The Sandwell is a Craft Union place which took refugees in from the Billiard Room, after Wetherspoons pulled out. Undergoing a refit of its own, its not looking the best externally.Baggies!It's a cavernous, Cruzcampo "fun pub" inside but most of the entertainment is provided when police and ambulance services are summonsed to the afternoon gentlemen sleeper whom I noticed on arrival. A rush to the windows, much conjecture about the reason for…