For those who missed those posts, the pub was home, thanks to yours truly, to an Arthur Conan Doyle/Sherlock Holmes display which gave details (some inaccurate - that's another story) on the links between ACD, Holmes and the area.
The new owners of the pub - Antic - have still not responded to my enquiries about whether or not the display will be retained when it eventually reopens (there is no date for this yet).
This is a source of sorrow for me as I lobbied hard with previous owner J.D. Wetherspoon to get the display erected and it had been up since 2009. When I moved away I considered that I done right by the area by giving them the display and more details in my book The Norwood Author in which I suggest that Stanley could have been the inspiration, in part, for Professor Moriarty.
For more information on the man behind the pub name please watch my little video.


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