The Fountain Inn pub, also known as “Aunty’s bar”, was a safe haven for LGBTQIA+ people in Walsall, and those travelling in from the wider West Midlands region, during a time when homosexuality was still illegal. It closed its doors following Alice Cronin’s (the much-loved Aunty that gave the venue its name) retirement. Now almost sixty years later, the bar has inspired Birmingham Opera’s upcoming mini opera.

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Despite the fact that homosexuality was still illegal until 1967 (and even then the laws were not equal with heterosexual counterparts), clubs and pubs were open as safe spaces for the community during the 1960s, and The Fountain Inn, AKA Aunty’s Bar in Walsall was one of those safe spaces.