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Eagle And Tun Pub

In 2014 the pub was reported as being part of the Curzon Street Station development. Is this still the case ? Viv.
 
viv i did not realise that this pub was boarded up...was meant to be safe from demo re HS2 coming through...now i am not convinced so yes its one to keep any eye on as we are told one thing then it all changes:rolleyes:

lyn
 
Lyn it’s a Streetview photo. Don’t know if it’s still boarded up, but I suspect it is. Be nice to know if it’s still part of the station development. Viv.
 
yes viv i agree..when i have time i can put some feelers out and report back unless others may know whats happening to this pub

lyn
 
It was reopened 2016. As i said on another thread, on monday of last week (after visit to proof house) I asked the barman if he knew what was happening, and he said he had not heard anything
 
mikejee said:
It was reopened 2016. As i said on another thread, on monday of last week (after visit to proof house) I asked the barman if he knew what was happening, and he said he had not heard anything
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cheers mike

lyn
 
Glad to hear it’s open Mike, thanks. Slight concern that it’s not clear (and not generally public knowledge) about its future. So definitely one to keep an eye on in general and specifically in relation to Curzon Street Station development. At least if the pub’s occupied and trading it’s less vulnerable.

Think the conclusion of the Fox & Grapes experience makes us slightly nervous. Viv.
 
Think the conclusion of the Fox & Grapes experience makes us slightly nervous. Viv.

i think quite rightly too viv

lyn
 
A more recent view of the re-opened pub. I also know you can't believe everything but the 2016 plans have the "Eagle and Tun to be incorporated into the station" on them - see attached.
 

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Photo of the Eagle & Tun in 2016 after it reopened.



This was in 2010 when it was boarded up and derelict. Building to the left was later demolished.

 
thats it jan that is what i was told about 5 years ago and as said earlier i was told they may have to take the roof off the pub..i am even more confused now especially as at least staff at the pub dont seem to know anything..oh well what will be will be as they say...thanks jan

lyn
 
thanks for that info jan..not for me but it maybe of interest to some forum members

lyn
 
Owned by the same guy who runs the off licence formerly the White Horse Cellars on Constitution Hill. He outbid me at auction for the pub a couple of years ago!
 
Hi Lynn as i seen the news and spotted the pub still standing and thinking back afew years on the BHF I thought its a listed grade one or two listed building and remembering it was closed for years then the owens family openened it up as it as character inside with green tiling granduer dezign inside its been there much as the station was there i recall it as a kid walking the family dog moms house and coffee business was at the other end of the street she was born in 1926 so surly it could be benifits to the future history with the curzon street building it must add charactor to the station i can under stand if they knock down the spotted dog and those others it will be intresting to find out which way that train is going to come through best wishes Alan Astonian;;;
 
My understanding is that the pub has been made subject of a compulsory purchase order, and it is planned to incorporate it withing the HS2 station concourse, as shown on the attached artist's impression of New Canal Street straddled by the new station roof. This also shows the historic Curson St Station, which will be a visitor centre for the HS2 terminal, and in the distance The Woodman Pub.HS2 station incl Eagle & Tun.jpg
 
hello greg and thank you for confirming what i was told 5 years ago by HS2 bosses...as i reported at the time there was talk that they may take the roof off the eagle and tun to incorporate it but i really hope not although looking at that pic it looks like it may become a flat roof...

cheers

lyn
 
very sad news graham but not surprised ..i used to attend the HS2 meetings about 8 years ago in a vain attempt to plead for the fox and grapes to be retained...when pressing HS2 bosses about the eagle and tun they told me that they may have to take the roof off t it to accommodate the new station but the pub would remain so i let members on here know...never believed them of course and this latest news proves i was right not to trust them....so another old building and another piece of brum history will bite the dust...tragic but thank you for letting us know and welcome to the forum...i will hunt my files for any old photos of the pub for you..oh you are of course at liberty to post your email address on open forum but we do advise not to as you leave yourself open to spammers and hackers..you can edit your post and remove it or i can do it for you or as i said you can leave it visible as i am sure our members will rally round looking for old photos

lyn :mad:
 
Hands up time! That the reason why myself and a business partner tried to buy the pub and lost out at auction. If we could have got it at the price we set we knew a CPO would come in eventually and provide a much better return than any bank account would have!
 
Following a couple of pints at the Woodman down the road I dropped into the Eagle and Tun a couple of years ago. This was during a visit back to Birmingham when I decided to revisit few of my old haunts. I used both of these pubs during the mid seventies as I worked nearby. The landlord of the Eagle and Tun on my last visit was a very friendly Indian man and the beer was good as well. He gave me a free pint when I told him that I hadn't been in there for over forty years. Very sad to see it going and sad for me that I won't have a chance to pop in before it closes. At least The Woodman is surviving, I think...
 
Slowly but surely we are losing our soul one pub or one old building at a time, one day we will wake up and say what the hell happened for some that may have already come to pass.
I could go on a rant here but I know I am preaching to the choir.
We will never have pubs like the Eagle again, sure we can build one just like it but we can not build the soul of the pub we can not build the wear on the bar we can not build the smell the feel of the place, we are fighting a losing battle i'm afraid, my advise go to as many old pubs you can have a drink or two and take a photo.
 
ellbrown said:
Graham Young article in the Birmingham Mail quoting Astoness!

www.birminghammail.co.uk

Fears Digbeth will be 'unrecognisable' as pub to be demolished

History buffs and UB40 rail against plan to demolish the Eagle & Tun to make way for HS2 - amid fears Birmingham 'will have no past left'
www.birminghammail.co.uk www.birminghammail.co.uk
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thanks for the link to that birmingham mail report ell...had i known that my post was going to be quoted in it i would have said something a bit stronger...its another tragic loss for birmingham and one of its famous pubs...perhaps people will now start to believe that nothing is safe if its in the path of HS2...its not just historical buildings that up and down the country are losing..its also peoples homes..businesses...ancient woodland..burial grounds being dug up and bodies removed from their final resting places (this has happened with our own park st burial ground).this project is a force that can not be reckoned with...how right brian travers was to say that birmingham will soon have no past...we have been saying that on this forum for years

graham if you read this post and you ever do another write up on this subject you are quite welcome to quote my latest post...and as proof of HS2 telling me that this pub was to be retained here is a snippet of the plans they gave me

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all the best

lyn
 
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its a great idea jan and one that could have also saved the fox and grapes but i think its too late in the day now to try and get funding to rebuild the eagle and tun at the black country living museum...i shall follow this idea with interest and hope that someone can help this happen

lyn
 
Astoness said:
thanks for the link to that birmingham mail report ell...had i known that my post was going to be quoted in it i would have said something a bit stronger...its another tragic loss for birmingham and one of its famous pubs...perhaps people will now start to believe that nothing is safe if its in the path of HS2...its not just historical buildings that up and down the country are losing..its also peoples homes..businesses...ancient woodland..burial grounds being dug up and bodies removed from their final resting places (this has happened with our own park st burial ground).this project is a force that can not be reckoned with...how right brian travers was to say that birmingham will soon have no past...we have been saying that on this forum for years

graham if you read this post and you ever do another write up on this subject you are quite welcome to quote my latest post...and as proof of HS2 telling me that this pub was to be retained here is a snippet of the plans they gave me

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all the best

lyn
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No problem Lyn. Has Graham been back on here since do you know?

Don't have time at the moment to go back to Eastside to check it out again.

I think a UB40 article said there idea is to move it brick bt brick to the Black Country Living Museum. But they don't have the money themselves!
 
hi ell graham was online yesterday so has not yet seen the last few posts on this thread made today

as said in last post i think its too late now to find the money to bring the pub to the black country museum but who knows..

lyn
 
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