00:00So we're here at Kinva at the Cross Inn, how you doing sir?
00:08I'm good thank you sir.
00:09What's your name boss?
00:10My name's Andy.
00:11And how long have you been here at the Cross Inn Andy?
00:14Over 9 years.
00:159 years and you've had a few different pubs around the black country so you know the game.
00:19Yes.
00:20Where are you from originally, where did you grow up?
00:22I grew up in Tipton.
00:24Oh right yeah, you're not a million miles away.
00:26And what's special about this pub here then?
00:29Walk us through, if no one's been to the Cross Inn, kind of you know entice them in
00:33Andy.
00:34Well people come to the Cross, it's a community pub, a lot of activities going on here, open
00:40mic music scene, traditional games, board games, darts, dominoes, that sort of thing
00:47that you'd expect from a black country house pub.
00:50Freshly made cobs from the Kinva bakery, give them a plug.
00:57What more would you like?
00:58And of course fantastic ales.
01:00Fantastic ales, and let's mention your pork sandwiches.
01:03Of course.
01:04Because we're used now into these black country house pubs that you know, the odd pubs around
01:08the black country, we get a good cob, that's what we expect.
01:11But to have a pork sandwich, that's quite a, that's a bit of a speciality of yours isn't
01:15it?
01:16That you've carried with you through your different trade pubs.
01:19They're popular, pork sandwiches.
01:20They are very popular.
01:21Yeah.
01:22And come winter time, I also introduce an old black country dish, the old Grey Pays
01:26and Bacon.
01:27Ah, yeah, yeah.
01:28Which would go down well.
01:29I never heard of them until I brought them over here.
01:31Yeah.
01:32They're going down the tree come winter warming.
01:33You've got a nice veggie samosa sack, snacks that come over from Wolves, a proper authentic
01:40place as well.
01:42And what's your most popular beer then?
01:44Without a doubt, BFG or Bradley's Finest Golden.
01:47Oh right, okay.
01:48And you've got a nice little beer garden, you've got loads of hanging baskets looking
01:54glorious this time of year.
01:57They really get a town, don't they, the Black Country Isles?
01:59The pubs are kind of, you feel warm in them, you feel there's a bit of love to them, like,
02:03you know.
02:04They keep the tradition of an old black country pub or setting.
02:11So without a doubt, Black Country Isles keep the theme of the traditional black country
02:15pub.
02:16And being in Kinvery, what's, is it kind of your locals or do you find you get many people
02:21visiting the town just for like a day trip, tourist kind of thing?
02:25Yeah, we do get a lot of cyclists, dog walkers, ramblers, because the walks around Kinvery
02:33are gorgeous, beautiful.
02:35So it's a great stop gap to just pop in, have a sandwich and a beer and continue your walk.
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