The  OFFICIAL  site 

Of   

THE TRUMPET 

58 High St,

Bilston,

Wolverhampton,

WV14 0EP

West Midlands.

Phone: 01902 493723.

NO Juke Box, NO Pool Table and NO Bandits !!!

(Just wonderful jazz,  top quality beer and intellyjunt konversayshun)

To people who don't live in the Black Country, it's dialect (which varies from area to area) and sense of humour are not easily understood. The web site who's URL is given below is the best site we know to assist you with understanding them!. It also features web cams too ! Try it and see ! 

www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry

The Trumpet is not the proper name of the pub, but a 'nickname'. It's real name is 'The Royal Exchange'.  

It's history dates back to 1830, at which time it was a domestic house and butcher's shop until the then Duke of Wellington granted to the householder (on payment of a fee), the right to sell ale and beer from his premises. As it was a butcher's shop, it became known as 'The Butcher's Arms'.

In later years it became known as 'The Royal Exchange'.

An 'Exchange' was a place where people who could not pay their taxes in cash, could 'exchange' their various products for their market value (or tax value) with His Majesty's  Collector of Taxes, and so pay off their tax debts to His Majesty the King.

It is almost certain that there is a pub of this name in every English town or city.

How it acquired the name 'The Trumpet' is a rather 'naughty' story and cannot be revealed in a 'family' orientated Web page, but can be read on a poster in the pub itself (you have to visit to find out !).  

Jazz started here under the ownership of one 'Les Megson' in the late 50's-early 60's, who, as the pub was usually not very busy, used to play his jazz records at
 quite a high volume, simply because he loved jazz!. This  music was heard by a very talented pianist/instrumentalist who lived just over the road from the pub, Tommy Burton, who offered to play there free, just for the fun of it. All he got paid was the money that people donated on a collection tray, and this tradition still exists.

About the same time as Tommy, along came another very fine pianist and raconteur,  Reg Keirle to supplement him.

                                                                                    Reg Keirle   

People started to get interested in this music, and musicians also started to turn up with their respective instruments to 'sit in'.

It became in effect a 'jam session'.

 Pop-group Slade were also local lads, and were very often to be found in the 'Trumpet', and the pub is still their official 'fan' club base with meetings every so often.

Soon, one night became two, and two became three, and so on, and now jazz is available seven nights a week , plus Sunday lunch time. (all of it free, all that is asked is a donation on the collection tray)

  was recently awarded a place in the  'Good Beer Guide' for the British Isles.There is a large Municipal car park to the rear of the pub, which is monitored by the pub's own CCTV cameras, and the pub is easily accessible from the Bilston Metro Station via a short 3 minute walk across the car park. 

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 If after visiting this site, you think that the The Trumpet deserves to be included, then please complete the 'Suggest a Pub' section of it !!! Thank you . 

For a more general view of the West Midland's Jazz scene, try logging on to www.jazzwestmidlands.co.uk

The 'Trumpet' is owned by:

Holden's Brewery

       who's website can be explored  HERE!

          This site will be continually updated, revised, and edited as the need arises.

Should you feel that your enjoyment of the 'Trumpet' could be enhanced in some way, then please 

trumpetbilston@yahoo.com.  with your suggestion, and it will be considered provided it is :  

A:  Physically possible,

B: Legal,

C: Within financial parameters.

D: CLEAN!

PLEASE NOTE :  

Despite what I have previously said.. people STILL send emails containing 'attachments'. I will NOT open these attachments if they:

 DO NOT  CONTAIN A MEANS OF CONFIRMING THE SENDER !! 

                                                                                                                                                                        Thank you for visiting us, we hope you enjoy your visit !