Peter Hill in his natural habitat, in a pub, with a pint of beer.
Courtesy of Peter Hill
The story begins in 1984.
“What it was, it was me and my dad,” said Peter Hill, by video call. “He had this map with 250 pubs mainly in the Black Country area, with some in Wales.”
So began Hill’s passion for visiting pubs and documenting them. The retired maintenance engineer, together with his father, visited every one of the 250 pubs on that map. In hindsight, it was a relatively easy task, given that Hill lives in West Bromwich in the Black Country, in the West Midlands of England, and now travels extensively to continue his pub quest.
That first map completed, Hill and his father found a new map, with 1,007 pubs marked in Bedfordshire and Worcestershire. They visited every…