According to some notes Mort with the Aston Street SWTN drawing, it says the name came from the 'nicks' made on the beaks of swans to indicate ownership. Nicks becoming 'necks'. Don't know how accurate this is though. Viv.
I am sure it is more sober in Henley-in-ARDEN!The queen does not own all the swans. Some are owned by the Vintners & Dyers livery companies. They don't nick the beaks now, but every year they have a "jolly" on the Thames, when the offspring are marked with a ring to indicate ownership. All the "uppers" go down the river over several days and do this, stopping for a boozy lunch on the way. Some "outsiders " are allowed also on th eboats. A friend won a place one year in a charity raffle, and told me it was the boozy lunch that took up a large part of the day.. Thus is life at Henley on Thames
I don't think this hostelry has been mentioned on this thread, it's the New Peacock just down from the General Wolfe on Aston Road next to the Aston junction of the Birmingham - Fazeley and the Digbeth Branch of the BCN canal.
The photo has to be dated before 1919 when M & B acquired Holders Brewery and who's product is still prominently advertised on the upstairs windows.
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So it was Pedrocut, I must have missed that Sorry.
Hi Vivienne, do you know anything about a pub on lichfield road maybe called the white lion?These were/are all located on Lichfield Road, Aston.I've put dates in brackets to show where there are newspaper references. Some may be one and the same (through name changes). Quite a few date back to at least the 1860s. Some may go back further to when Lichfield Road was Aston Road. I searched using the Lichfield Road title only. Viv.
Church Tavern (1865, 1866, 1867)
Red Lion (1866, 1867, 1877, 1951)
Aston Hall Tavern (1866)
Victoria Inn (1862, 1871)
Duke of York (1869)
Swanpool Tavern (1877)
Manor Tavern (1877)
Reservoir Tavern (1865)
Gunmaker's Arms (1866)
Britannia Inn (1950)
Does anyone know anything about the Red Lion in Lancaster Street? I've recently uncovered a rather grisly family story about my 3 x great uncle being sentenced to 10 years' in prison for the manslaughter of his common law wife, my 3 x great aunt (who was also my 2 x great grandmother's twin sister) after an apparent drunken altercation outside the pub. Obviously given the circumstances I'd have no wish to go there for a drink - I'd guess it's long gone anyway - but I'd be curious to see any old photos as my family, the Rays (or Reays) lived in the immediate area from the 1850's up to the 1930's.Hi Vivienne, do you know anything about a pub on lichfield road maybe called the white lion?
I think the pub manager could of been George Davies and his wife Winnie.
Thank you!! I had a rough idea where it was but that’s really helpful in pinning it down.Here's a map from 1889...
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...Lancaster Street is still there but it has been widened where the Red Lion was and Brick Kiln St no longer exists either.
You've probably already seen it but there is a newspaper article about the incident in the Bham Daily Post 3 Sep 1873.
Thank you very much for looking anyway, Lyn, really appreciated.checked my brick kiln st photos and thought i had found a pic of the red lion but it does not seem to fit the map posted
lyn
Thank you very much for looking anyway, Lyn, really appreciated.
I’d be very interested if anyone has any photos from the period - my family lived round the area of Staniforth Street, Sheep Street, Balloon Street.
Jonny
Lyn
Henn St was the street that ballon st ends on that is unnamed on the map. I assume that the photo is at the junction of the two looking towards the dead end of Henn St