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Until Alison Hammond launches a microbar, I have to venture out of Birmingham to try a celebrity pub as there really aren't any in the city at all (to the best of my knowledge).

The success of Jeremy Clarkson's boozer in Burford proves people will travel hours in hope of spotting a famous face.

So when, earlier this month, a pub in the Midlands acquired a new celebrity owner, I knew I needed to see what it was like.

After previously running the Plume of Feathers, Neil Morrisey was back in the pub game and had taken on The Brickmakers Arms in Newton Solney - less than an hour from Brum.

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The voice of Bob the Builder and a Waterloo Road star, I wondered whether Neil could build The Brickmakers

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