Well as a member of staff at the stafford ale house I can say that we have closed down! And to the people who are commenting about the money side it has nothing to do with you! It's between the stafford ale house and its staff.
madonna's trip to malawi is nothing to do with me
apple's intentions vis a vis the direction of the ipad is nothing to do with me
tv weather man fred talbot being arrested on suspicion of indecent assault is nothing to do with me
etc.
yet all of these things are on the front of the major news sites, and people are talking about them.. just because someone doesn't really want something to be public knowledge, doesn't mean that the public don't want knowledge of it
this is a forum where people discuss things that interest them - usually often local things.. if a much loved establishment closes under mysterious circumstances, then people are obviously going to speculate - the same way people speculated when HMV closed, panache (pending), druckers, etc..
no-one bears ill will - we're all just interested in what is happening in our home town, and in a place as little as stafford something like this is as interesting as it gets!