The Woolpack, Wilstead

Until recently, the Woolpack was a wonderful village pub. It had a pool table, darts board, dominoes and a TV that was rarely switched on - just the occasional football match if requested by the customers.

Due to the last landlord being unable to make a profit after the brewery had taken it's share, he left and before his replacement moved in, the pub was gutted. The pool table, darts board and dominoes all disappeared, to be replaced by a rather cramped looking restaurant that never seems to have more than 2 tables in use at any one time. The little non-smoking section of the bar has been replaced with a couple of large soft sofas and a huge plasma TV screen that plays either sport or MTV (or something like it). Very few of the locals continued to patronise the pub after it changed and in the last 8 months I lived in Wilstead before moving, I only went there three times, simply because it was close to home.

27 Jul 2007 12:43