A TIRELESS campaigner who fought to save his beloved local from the axe has had a beer named in his honour.

Both barrels of Woster's SWAG were gone by closing time on Saturday after regulars at the Waggon and Horses pub in Wribbenhall raised their glasses to Roy Woster.

The 69-year-old - whose birthday was also on Saturday - fought to save the Kidderminster Road watering hole from demolition after the land was bought by a property developer.

An outcry led by the Save the Waggon Action Group (SWAG) saw the plans revised and the pub sold to long-standing landlords Denise and Steve Eaton.

Saturday's party was held to honour Roy and the "securing of the pub's future", cemented with a plaque dedicated to SWAG - "those who believed".

Mr Eaton said: "Roy took on the case, set up the group and kept the campaign going so it was nice to have a beer specially brewed for him. It didn't last long though!"

Roy said: "It was a big surprise, I never thought I would have a beer named after me. It was a great pint too."

A revised application for houses to be built around the pub is being put together by Stourport-based Hyperion Homes.