I think the last time I had a cheese cob was in the Three Horseshoes Pub in Sheldon. That was in 1973/4.
In all my travels across the UK, Brum is the only place I know where I could ask for a ‘Cob’ and people wouldn’t look at me as though I was from another planet. Are cobs unique to Brum?
Ask for a cob where I live now, you’re likely to be offered a sturdy Welsh horse.....