Description:At the time of the photograph the Crooked House was officially known as the Glynne Arms, selling ales and spirits from Wolverhampton brewers Johnson & Phipps who had purchased the public house from the Glaze family in 1940. The landlord at the time was Samuel Green. On the left is a car and petrol pump.
Built as a farmhouse about 1765 and converted to a public house about 1830, it is situated near to Himley Wood collieries and was undermined and consequentially subsided at one end in the mid-19th century. This led to the building gradually listing by about 15 degrees giving rise to its nickname and fame. The building was condemned and threatened with demolition in the 1940s but was reprieved after existing buttresses were further strengthened. In 1957 the owners the Wolverhampton & Dudley Brewery. spent £10,000 on repairs to make it safe. A 1986 fire damaged the upper floor and roof but this was repaired by the Brewery costing £360,000. In early 2023, owners Marston's put the public house, by then officially called The Crooked House, up for sale and it was purchased by private buyers in July 2023. Less than two weeks later it was devastated by fire and completely demolished two days afterwards .
This postcard was published by R.A. (Postcards) Ltd, London E.C.4 as a 'Greetings Viewcard' and the back is pre-printed: 'Best Wishes from'.