In the early sixties a fellow called Les Megson became Landlord of this establishment, then known as The Royal Exchange.

It all started in 1965, there was Les, a very small bar with shelves made from boxes with 'The Produce of South Africa' written on the underside, a record player, lots of swing records, Holdens Golden at One Shilling and eight pence a pint, and no customers.

From these humble beginnings, he grafted along with the wife and sons. Swing Music, which he loved, blasted out from the old record player - you could hear it at the Town Hall.

At the end of the first week he had taken the princely sum of sixty five pounds, and he knew he was in for a real struggle to survive.

One day a certain William Thomas Burton walked in, he had heard the music coming from the old records, after a pint or two and a chat Tom offered to play the piano for Les, he played solo three lunchtimes and two nights a week. The till started ringing and things were looking up. Then Reg Kierle came on the scene, he started playing the rest of the week including Sunday lunchtime Stag sessions.

The Pub was really getting a reputation!.

One Sunday lunch they sold twenty two dozen pint bottles of Newcastle Brown and I think that must still be a record for a pub of it's size.

Les started to have the occasional Jazz trio and quartet but the pub was still too small, so the brewery altered it by adding on the end bit, where the band now play.

The Pub has never really looked back from then on. I would like to take this opportunity to say that I shall always be grateful to Tommy Burton and Reg Kierle, without them there would be no 'Trumpet'.

Well Les, Tom, Reg and all the other fine musicians who have given so much for so little over the years, you've probably made a lot of people very happy, and probably saved a few from becoming sober upstanding morons. Les Megson must be one of the best things ever to happen to High Street, Bilston.