Inside the Wolverhampton pub with historical feeling and warm welcome

For other people, it can somewhere a little further away, but which feels familiar and welcoming and where you're always guaranteed to get a warm welcome.

The Posada is one of those pubs, a place that many people have found to be their local pub, a place where they can meet friends, enjoy a cold beer and take in the unique and traditional setting of an historic pub.

The pub on Lichfield Street in Wolverhampton is a Victorian Grade II listed pub which dated back to 1886 and is the second oldest pub in the city.

It's not hard to miss, with amber ceramic tiling on ground level, a circular metal window frame and the eye-catching sign for the pub, which translates in Spanish as "Inn" or "Lodging".

Inside, the pub is like taking a trip back in time, full of ceramic tiling and original bar fittings, which include rare snob screens, and which goes back a long way to reveal several seating areas and a few more intimate snugs.

It is also a lively city centre pub which has proved popular with real ale drinkers and night time revellers, acting as a stopping point for many groups out for the night, as well as a spot for friends to get together and catch-up.

The current landlord, Chris Millard has been part of the pub for 22 years, having been a customer originally, and took up a role behind the bar at the Posada after being a glass collector at Casa, the bar across the road.

He said: "I was offered a job here by the manager at the time then, after a few weeks, he made me assistant manager and that led the way to me eventually taking over as manager.

"I just love this pub and I've always acted older than my age, so I've enjoyed being around the characters in here and when you speak to the old boys, you get to learn so much about their experiences and their stories.

"I just got on with everyone straightaway as I'd take my break and come over with a coke or a pint and I'd start chatting with them, so when the opportunity to run the place came, I jumped at the chance."

Mr Millard said he hadn't done much to change the pub in his time in charge, apart from updating the jukebox, and said the pub could get very busy at evenings and weekends, as well as when Wolves are playing at home.

He said it was the sort of pub that people could come into and have a quiet pint or get involved in chats.

He said: "It's a beautiful pub and very traditional. I'm not one for cocktail bars or wine bars, I like a nice and quiet pub where you can sit in the corner with a quiet pint or meet someone new every time you come in.

"Everyone is welcome and we have a very eclectic crowd, so you could have students one minute and they'll be sat next to 80-year-olds and everyone gets on."

Being a real ale pub, the Posada always has HPA and Butty Bach on the hand pulls and rotates different ales depending on the season.

The pub is owned by Star Pubs, so Heineken and Birra Moretti are the lagers on tap, while Mr Millard also provides different spirits depending on what the customers are looking for, and there are always cobs with different fillings on offer for food.

Mr Millard said the Posada was his life and his love and had been so since he was 17.

He said: "It's everything to me and it's my life and I've been 22 years.

"I've met so many people that are now friends, rather than customers, and we've got a good crowd, so I just love working here."