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Last orders for Woodsetton's Summer House pub after bulldozers move in

Just a pile of a rubble remains where the once popular Summer House Pub stood.

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Councillor Dean Perks, pictured, with construction crews on site during the demolition job

Despite a fierce campaign to save it from the bulldozers the pub has been demolished to make way for a store.

Dudley Council unanimously objected to the demolition of the Summer House Pub in Woodsetton, but a planning inspectorate overturned its decision and now it is believed a mini-supermarket could be built in its place on Sedgley Road.

The Summer House, how it looked before

Piles of rubble now lie where the pub has stood for more than a century. It is thought to date back to the late 19th century and served generations of families over the years.

Now work is set to get under way by developers.

The pub used to be part of Black Country brewery Holdens.

Construction crews on site during the demolition job

It was owned by the family in the early 1900s.

Upper Gornal and Woodsetton councillor Dean Perks called the planning inspectorate's ruling 'diabolical'.

Councillor Perks said: "The pub was probably the oldest one in the village. It was the last proper pub for four miles. The Summer House was a typical English pub that you could go in and have a quiet drink."

He added: "I think the planning inspectorate has got a job to do when a decision is close. But when a unanimous decision is made, representing the feelings of the community, is overturned, it is diabolical."