Birmingham, UK. Originally built as the Fire Engine House for the Norwich Union Insurance Company in 1846 (the circular stained glass feature over the bar is where the fire pole used to be). It became the Bodega Wine Bar in 1883 and was renamed the Trocadero in 1902 (when it was given its beautiful post-Victorian glazed tile and terra cotta front. From the 1930s to the 1950s it was a meeting place for the Birmingham Surrealists, the most famous being Corey Maddox and brothers John and Robert Melville. During the 1950s and 1960s it was known as a place gay men were tolerated although there was an infamous murder there during the mid 1950s. The pub is said to be haunted by three ghosts. One is publican Henry Skinner who was shot at the pub in 1885. The other two are girls who fell to their deaths upstairs. Although they used to serve Real Ales unfortunately those days have passed and I had to settle for a Carling Lager from Burton-upon-Trent.