Vivienne14. With the lack of housing, industry and peoples reluctance to go for a pint after work and then get Public Transport home from around the old George and Dragon, whatever business is being developed will probably struggle. Shame really, small enterprise deserves all the help it can get.
Hi viv, as far as I am concerned it was a white elephant from the mid sixties through to the eighties
The only trade they got then was area surrounding factories at lunch time and the main bulk of the work force used it was good old bull Pitts
At the evening after 7 o'clock it ease always emptied Saturday lunch time yes area for the day but night time trade no
As you says at one time there was family's and drinkers all packed houses but then tnecluncil co around and stzart bulldozing the area
I was a drinker around the area just like our friend mossy whom will also known the area whom we would see quite often ,but Albion street was off the beaten track
And a quite and lonely back street it was the likes of bullpitts that kept that place going when they pulled out it died.
Also it was the life,es of the mint pub the turf the red lion war stone lane the coach and horse the queens the inglby arms and the war stone pub
That was the vibrant pubs oh and of course the old wind mill opersite dudley road hospital and the college another top pub
The Albion maybe in the early 1900s and early fifties yes may be but from the sixties it was never to be
I lived up the road at kingedwards rd just by spring hill they did build a new public pub called the florin. Ext to thespringhill library
It was to replace the war stone pub which they demolished but two years later they closed it down because of the violence and stabbing etc
And I am sure my old and the forum friend Missy can put an input on this as well if he sees the thread and I know mossy used to use the Albion as well
Best Wishes Astonian,,,,,,,Alan,,,,,
