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The Magpie was situated on the corner of Penleys Grove Street and Townend Street. This pub closed c2004 and has now been demolished and replaced by a block of flats.

Source: Robert Hunter

I lived across the road from this pub and watched it being built. One night a young man sat down in one of the seats and behind him was a lamp that was a fish aquarium, sitting down the back of his head hit the bowl and it shattered. I can remember water pouring over his shoulders and people grabbed pint glasses to collect the fish of the floor and put them into water filled pints.

John Norman (July 2021)

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Name	Dates	Comments
Rachael Gleve	1980s	My grandma ran the pub in the 1980s, Mary and Frank Clayton, and my mum Christine Sharp, remember jack who was the cleaner, my grandma died in the pub 1984,
Anne-Marie Davis	2003-2004	I was landlady until the pub closed.Great pub with some amazing regulars and characters. I took polly on as a barmaid and Dave Fratter also.Became good friends with kev Gee. Have some amazing memories