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A quick look at the once impressive public house "The Joker", in Blurton, three years after it closed for the final time.

Situated in the centre of Blurton, with a South facing aspect, The Joker glows in the late afternoon sunshine on a glorious autumn day, its paint peeling, windows smashed or boarded, entries blocked, and buddleia sprouted and swaying in the breese on its forecourt, casting shadows on the faded splendour of a still rather grand and imposing structure that was certainly a thriving venue in past years, definitely in the early 1990s when I myself lived in Blurton and enjoyed many nights there with very friendly people, playing pool or darts, and enjoying the jukebox.

Seeing it abandoned and wasting in the sunshine was rather sad, after all my happy memories in there.

I hope it reopens one day, but it's a sign of the times to see so many pubs closed, boarded, gone but not forgotten.