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Hare of the Dog Wellhead Tavern

Mark i would think that the area was demolished mainly due to re development although there may have been a bit of bomb damage as well and if it was not for the uni and its students i dare say we would have lost this fine pub...although according to my daughter it is popular with none students as well...yes please we would love to see any other photos you may have...im pretty sure there is a franchise st thread on the forum to post them on but if you have any problems finding it just get back to me..

Lyn

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Will do Lyn, i'll get my father to dig it out and i will post it on the Francise Street thread. We have said we will try and have a pint in the pub before long (although live in Torbay now) and i will print and frame the photo for their wall .. i particulally liked the fact the pub is included in a tour of old Black Sabbath haunts, i am sure Charlie would have liked a pint with Ozzy
 
mark i would like a pint with ozzy lol....i have just had a quick look and i think i was wrong..we do not seem to have a lone thread for franchise st so when you are ready with any photos maybe you could start one for us...also hope you do manage to visit the old pub..

look forward to any photos

thanks again..its all history

lyn
 
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found this on in my files...wellhead tavern dated 1958...this photo is courtesy of one of our members jean or ray (think its jeans)

lyn
 

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Yes lyn it is Rays with my nan on it too. Just by chance he sent it to me incase nan was on and low and behold she is. Front row second from the left Nanny Pem. I must look up my others and see if they will attach.
 
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Yes lyn it is Rays with my nan on it too. Just by chance he sent it to me incase nan was on and low and behold she is. Front row second from the left Nanny Pem. I must look up my others and see if they will attach.
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hi jean and thanks i could not think if it was one of yours or rays...jean the photo you have just tried to post did not work..most likely because its been posted on the forum before we were hacked...would you like me to send you my email add via private message...you can then email the photo to me and i will put it on here for you

lyn x
 
another one of the wellhead tavern..unfortunately this pub is now closed...i suspect falling sales due to the nearby uni closing...students used it a lot..such a shame...ps would love to know whats in the bucket..

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hi sparks i have given my reason for closing on post 36..its the only thing i can think of anyway

lyn
 
Thanks Astoness, I'm not in Brum now and I didn't know the university had closed - is that the whole site?!
 
yes sparks the whole lot..no idea what will become of it..i did hear some time back that maybe a school of some sorts but that is only chinese whispers..its all boarded off now but next time i am down that way next week i will make a point of trying to get a better look at whats going on and report back..i also want to get some shots of the wellhead in case they flatten that as well

lyn
 
Thanks Lyn for keeping us in the picture ( no pun meant). It's a sad story but no students and staff =no customers.
Cheers Tim
 
I was at Birchfield Road school on that site - it will be interesting to hear what happens to it.
I imagine it's because they want to keep the university departments all together on the central site now, which is understandable and practical.
 
Was walking along Wellhead Lane in Perry Barr when I saw the Hare of the Dog pub stuck within the Birmingham City University City North Campus demolition site on Franchise Street (making way for a Commonwealth Games athletes village).

Would assume the pub is safe?



 
The plans include one building which will remain (it is coloured lime green) - marked as the pub.
 

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Saw that thread afterwards via a Google search, for some reason searching Hare of the Dog came up with zero results!

Never heard about this pub before I saw it behind the gate.
 
thanks jan....ell as you can see if you blink you would miss this pub especially if whizzing past in a car which i know you were not...got age to it as well...

lyn
 
With the hoardings up and a gate you wouldn't see it.

Railway bridge beyond, and the brick walls are so high couldn't see the railway below.
 
The pub does go a way back. I’ve found references in September 1865 (see article below). It had a pleasure garden and seems to heave been successful. But in 1908 (see article below) an application was made by Joseph Ansell to rebuild the pub. Presumably the application was successful as the current pub doesn’t look to me to date to the 1860s. Viv.

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thanks viv...dont know why but i always thought it was the original pub..certainly looks older than 1908 plus.... especially when you see it from close up..mind you if that application went ahead thats me wrong lol

lyn
 
Pretty certain this isn’t a building from the 1860s Lyn. Definitely either late Victorian or early 1900s - looks arts and crafts to me. Here’s a view of the whole building. Viv.
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I remember the Wellhead Tavern, the father of one of my junior school classmates was manager there and they lived at the pub.
I didn't know the name had been changed.

Hope it survives the redevelopment.
 
I have merged the Hare of the Dog and the Wellhead Tavern into this one thread. Viv.
 
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