Old Photos of the Forest of Dean - Can you identify these places or people

Where is this pub/beerhouse?

Courtesy of: Sally Parry Uploaded: Feb 2008
We know that the man in the middle is Norman Akers and the photo may have been taken in the Sling/Ellwood area, but it could be elsewhere..
Can anyone pinpoint the location or name the other men?

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WANTED: Old photos, old postcards, ephemera and memories of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. U.K.