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Brighton Arms Balsall Heath

Two different pubs it seems Geoff. Interestingly both are M&B houses. The Arms would be the better place to watch trains I guess. ;) Anyway it is good that you have put a picture to the thread title. I wonder what those churn like objects are? Maybe they are churns?

Having just done a search it seems that the Arms place name has transferred to the hotel. One site suggests the hotel is no longer a pub. There is much obfuscation here. I leave it to the 'locals' and brewery cognisant to put some daylight in here. :D
 
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There is a separate thread about the Brighton Hotel/ The Brighton at #85 Brighton Road (at the junction with Ladypool Road) here.

Brighton Hotel/The Brighton Balsall Heath

Hi Gibbo I don't ever remember being called the Brighton Arms. It was the Brighton Hotel right up to the 70's I believe when the postal address changed from Brighton Rd and it was around that time that it simply became the Brighton. Sorry but the only decent photo I have comes from around that...
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Great photo Hewittbj39. So if I’ve got this right, the Brighton Arms no longer existed after 1955. Presumably the whole of the former pub premises were by that time the cafe ? The original pub sign seems to have been reused for the cafe and Barbers Teas advertising. Viv.
 
There was a small pub half way down Brighton Road until at least the 90’s? Once saw Ali Campbell in there- is it the same one?
 
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There was a small pub half way down Brighton Road until at least the 90’s? Once saw Ali Campbell in there- is it the same one?
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Could be the Malt Shovel - different place. the building is still there but it's not been a pub for some time add to that it's near Moseley Road rather than half way down.
 
The building on the right of this Brighton Road photo could be a pub (or premises suitable for later conversion to a pub) .... but I can't read the sign ??Balsall Heath Brighton Road c1910.jpg
 
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The lampost is marked on the c1889 map, and going to the c1950 map is shown to be outside no 121. In the 1890 Kellys it is listed just as a shop, but not listed in 1892. From 1895 issue till 1910 it is listed as a beer retailer, but in 1912 as a shop. The 1901 census describes the occupier (huggett) as aa beer stores manager, so it would seem for that period to have been an off licence

map c1889 brighton road showing position of lampost.jpgmap c1950 brighton road showing position of lampost.jpg
 
Having said that, the photo does not seem to fit the map, as you cannot see Whitby road on the photo
 
My reading of the sign suggests 'PSB & W ...
When did the railway bridge get significantly altered from what it was in the photo in post#9 to what it is in post#1 ?
Are there any dates for the two photos ?
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