Hi guys if you are interested in the life of the bull ring and its formation going back to the 1700.s
And how it formed may I suggest you buy the book by victor , j Pryce its called
The bull ring remembered its starts from the early days of the old area as it was with the building of the oriniginal bull ring
With maps and listing of pubs and and pictures and the parishes and the abbitairs
There was twenty five pubs in all with there named changed and of the old streets before changing and of the slum clearance to make way for a bull ring
In the 1600 s and most of the pubs of the twenty five have gone but there is still one or two left from that era. Today and listing of pub owners far back in the 1800 s
There are names of people whom was first to by a bussineess with in the bull ring
One was Mr c, green, and sons, no, 10 bullring,
openened by Cornelius green
in 1895. And closed in 1934 they had a assistant
Fred tullett,this shop opened in the 19 the century and was there for many years
They specialized in leather goods, boxing gloves , footballs, purses , cases for travelling, all were made on the premises
One year Mr green made a 6 ft high leather foot ball , and the police borrowed. This for there their sports day in Aston park
Police on horse back played football with it
At the rear of the premises was a court yard , known as golden court, it had 4 cottages and a lodging house called pump lodgings
This was run by a Mr Davis , he used to take in tramps and charged them 2 pence per night ,
In those days they were gentlemen and whom could be trusted, in the centre of the court yard was a a water pump,
One of many errected in the area for the supply of water,
In his younger days, sir Adrian Cedric boult,the well known musician. ,rented a room in the court yard to practice,
He was the founder. Of the.BBC symphony orchestra. 1930. To 1950. He was born in 1889 and died in 1983
There was interesting aspect of these premises is,that under the premises, leading off the cellar was a tunnel leading to st martins church
It is not known why this tunnel was originally built but,it could have been an escape route from the churches,
Just like Aston hall the story of Aston parish church tunnel excistances how many more possible church tunnels exist
I have heard the story of the one in st Paul's in the st Paul's square and there drawing on the wall under ground from the moastry to across to the church tunnel
I sincerelyreomend this book of the bull ring remembered and its written by victor , j , Pryce and incidently there is a picture of him in it in is choir out fit
Best wishes astonian,,,,,,,