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Pubs Of The Past

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Sugar said:
O my God yes. She only worked there part time she moved over to that pub from the lamplighter pub where she worked in for quite a few years unfortunately she passed away in 2007.
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We got on very well Sugar, a very quiet spoken genuine woman . Thinking back I think the reason we got on so well was , my Mother was Irish also , a sort of kindred of spirits I suppose . I'm very sorry to hear of her passing though , truly a lovely woman
 
Williamstreeter said:
We got on very well Sugar, a very quiet spoken genuine woman . Thinking back I think the reason we got on so well was , my Mother was Irish also , a sort of kindred of spirits I suppose . I'm very sorry to hear of her passing though , truly a lovely woman
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Thank you for your kind words .my mum was quiet but she stood her ground especially when our dad use to come and bring her home in the evenings he use to stand at the bar and expected my mum to serve him before all the other men waiting to be served and of course she made him wait his turn ha ha !
 
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Sugar said:
Thank you for your kind words .my mum was quiet but she stood her ground especially when our dad use to come and bring her home in the evenings he use to stand at the bar and expected my mum to serve him before all the other men waiting to be served and of course she made him wait his turn ha ha !
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Ha ha I would love to have heard that
 
jamesg1977 said:
Any news on this? Will it be demolished or has it been saved? I was a barman there between 2003 & 2004 -- James :)
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Last time I passed the pub it was 'To Let' so we can only hope. Apart from anything else it's an attractive building which is more than can be said for many in the High Street.
 
Does anyone know if the Endwood in Handsworth Wood is sill there? It used have a nice garden area with tables and benches. before I was old enough my mates (2 years older) would get beer for me and bring it outside.
 
Richarddye said:
Does anyone know if the Endwood in Handsworth Wood is sill there? It used have a nice garden area with tables and benches. before I was old enough my mates (2 years older) would get beer for me and bring it outside.
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My parent's house was not far from The Endwood, it was closed some years ago but the building was still there.
I haven't been up to Brum for a couple of years but the last I heard was it had been bought to convert to a Mosque - maybe someone else can update on this?
 
A Sparks said:
My parent's house was not far from The Endwood, it was closed some years ago but the building was still there.
I haven't been up to Brum for a couple of years but the last I heard was it had been bought to convert to a Mosque - maybe someone else can update on this?
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Hi A Sparks,

I drove past there around two or three weeks ago & there was very little going on that I could see as it was all fenced off. Yet again another traditional pub gone to the wall. As Richard Dye said in an earlier post, it used to be a lovely pub with a welcoming interior and a well maintained exterior area for families to enjoy. I'm told that many years ago it had a bowling green but, I don't recall it.

Lozellian.
 
Thanks @LOZELLIAN It's sad isn't it - if it takes as long to convert as the Mosque near the Hockley flyover took to build then it could be years!
We moved to Handsworth Wood in the late 60's but I don't recollect there being a bowling green either.
 
A Sparks said:
Thanks @LOZELLIAN It's sad isn't it - if it takes as long to convert as the Mosque near the Hockley flyover took to build then it could be years!
We moved to Handsworth Wood in the late 60's but I don't recollect there being a bowling green either.
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Hi A Sparks,

I lived in Handsworth Wood with my parents from 1967 - 1973, before getting married & moving away. I recall as a single man at the time that both The Garden gate & The Beaufort Arms were favourite watering holes.

Lozellian.
 
A Sparks said:
My parent's house was not far from The Endwood, it was closed some years ago but the building was still there.
I haven't been up to Brum for a couple of years but the last I heard was it had been bought to convert to a Mosque - maybe someone else can update on this?
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It doesn't surprise me , one of my old watering holes "The Shareholder Arms" I'm told is now a mosque . Another good pub gone to the annals of history
 
LOZELLIAN said:
Hi A Sparks,

I lived in Handsworth Wood with my parents from 1967 - 1973, before getting married & moving away. I recall as a single man at the time that both The Garden gate & The Beaufort Arms were favourite watering holes.

Lozellian.
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I think I only went in the Garden Gate once and never to the Beaufort - I was more into going into town pubs where they had a band on :)
 
A Sparks said:
I think I only went in the Garden Gate once and never to the Beaufort - I was more into going into town pubs where they had a band on :)
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Hi A Sparks,

Me too mate but, a quick one or two midweek at the local always came in handy if you were a bit short of town cash (saved till the weekend).

Lozellian.
 
Hi, I am new here and sorry for my English.
I am looking for any photo or drawing of old (XIX) Banbury Street in Birmingham.
My ancestor Constantine Broczkowski was licensed victualer in 1881 - pub Black Horse, 39 Banbury Street.
Could you help me?
 
Thank you both of you :)
Maurice - you are writing about the pub Black Horse, 61 & 63 Green lane. I look for Banbury Street
Carolina - thx, I have this and the directory book and some press texts
I can't find any picture ;(
 
Its a shame there is nothing left of the pub as the Eagle and Tun on Banbury Street which could probably be in the same era is still there.
 
Krystyna,

Sorry, I was in a hurry and that was returned by the search engine for "Black Horse Banbury Street" - I didn't have time to read the thread!

Maurice :worried:
 
I am not 100% sure but I think St. Martins is miles away from Banbury Street
On attached map shown bottom left (St Martins) - top right red marker (Banbury Street) including position of Eagle & Tun
 

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Richie said:
Thanks for that Mike. Is there a Holloway Head thread like there is for Summer Lane in which case we can reconstruct the road brick-by-brick maybe?

Looking at the original photo and the incline I assumed that the location would be further on down the hill-100 yards possibly but on the same side of the road.
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Eight years after the post I've just read about "The Unicorn" on Holloway Head which stood on the corner of Speaking Stile Walk, opposite Washington Street, I've put together this small collection.
The first photograph is dated 1964, the second is a map from 1950 showing the "PH" on the corner. This final one is not at all encouraging, but is shows the park created when Speaking Stile Walk and all the buildings along here were swept away. The photograph shows the park and is taken from where the junction with Washington Street was, looking down Holloway Head, towards the city. Washington Street is still there but the junction is blocked off.


The Unicorn on the corner of Holloway Head and Speaking Stile Walk - 1964.jpegThe Unicorn pub - Holloway Head and Speaking Stile Walk - 1950 map.jpgThe Unicorn (location of) - Holloway Head - 2019.jpg
 
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