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Horse and Jockey - Bordesley Park Road

  • Thread starter Neville Philpott
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That's just the picture i was hoping for, my relatives lived there in the late nineteenth century.

Great to be able to see just where it was, i hope they liked trains...

many thanks Dakers..
 
Would that be Miles Street where the cars are parked?

It looks as though all the housing had gone by the time of this photograph.
 
does anyone have any shots of the 'plume and feathers' which stood in miles street...next to it was the 'gaylord club'.
 
No photo of the Plume, You refer to the club next door, I assume that was the old church hall. I was in there Coronation night in 53 and the only act I can recall was some women dancing dressed like Hawaiians!

At the side of the Plume was a a passage way and I think it was called Spring Vale.

The long oblong island in front of the plume was where we played footie and cricket. Ten times round it was exactly one mile. The Coronation party was on the island. Prizes were given out at the Plume (Where I would often sit on the step waiting for my dad whilst drinking Vimto and eating Smith's crisps with the blue salt bag.):)

During the Coronation a prize was given to the first kid to run 100 times round the island, a total of 10 Miles. Shock, horror a girl won! I think her name was June Burke. :D
 
During the Coronation a prize was given to the first kid to run 100 times round the island, a total of 10 Miles. Shock, horror a girl won! I think her name was June Burke. :D[/QUOTE]

Hi Beamish (Up the Blues)

It would take a Burke to run 10 miles round an island in the street.

Old Boy
 
My Mom and Dad were landlords at The Horse and Jockey, Small Heath around 1960ish. Their names were Alec and Hilda Cooper and I was born in 1962 at the pub. The couple that ran the Plume of Feathers were Tom and Olive Manson and were my Godparents. We left the pub about 1964 when I was about 18 months old.
 
Hello just found this forum my mom and dad were landlords at The Horse and Jockey in the mid 60s i was born in the pub on the 3rd of march 1965 there names were Joyce and Jack Webb. We left there not long after i was born and now live in Perth Western Australia. I lived there with my brother Andrew about 6 years old at the time my sister Abigail 10 who went to Dixon Rd school and oldest brother Timothy about 12. Any pics of the pub around this time would be of great interest to me or if anyone remembers my family from back then i would love to hear from you.
 
It looks like quite a big building for a corner public house.

How many upstairs rooms would it have had.

I have relatives living there in the 1881 census...
 
You're probably correct mikejee, it doesn't fit in with those shown in #47 does it.

They lived at No55, which i had assumed became part of the premises of the Horse and Jockey PH.

Would No55 have been on that corner with Miles Street?
 
That picture of Bordesley park rd brings back a few memoriesI lived their in the 1950s our entry was facing the shop next to the Retreat owned by Mr Pretty at the time and the shop below was Mrs Bignells newsagent the pub on the right at the top was the Prince Arthur
 
I know this is an old thread... But I played music with 'banjo bill' Dick Greer and Kevin Walsh. As part of the resident band in the Horse and Jockey during the early 80's. It was during the time when Noel/Mary McGuire had the tenancy. I used the 'stage name' Tony West and was the whipper-snapper of the bunch.
 
beamish said:
I mentioned earlier that I thought the Horse and Jockey was a Davenports' House. I've looked in National Archives for the brewery, found it listed, but can't see the Horse and Jockey among their premises, so perhaps I was wrong - either that, or the beer was stronger than I thought!
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was davenports we drank there in 1950s
 
dwilly said:
My wifes Grandfather used to play a clarinet and banjo in this pub apparently, his name was William Patrick Wilson, guess he was known as banjo bill! Would be great if anyone has an memories of this chap, he might well of played in other local pubs.
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When Noel and Mary McGuire ran this pub in the 70's. I joined the 'inhouse' band fronted by Kevin Walsh (saxaphone/lead guitar/vocals) Myself Tony West (rhythm guitar/vocals) Pat Greer (drums) and your wife's grandfather W.P.Wilson whom I knew just as Paddy Wilson. Though I do recall him being called 'Tug' from time to time... Paddy did indeed play Clarinet and the banjo, but he regarded himself as a guest (informal) member of the band. I have no idea why since in truth, he was a better musician than I would ever even turn out to be. All things considered.
 
Hi Rob. I can categorically confirm that The Horse & Jockey Miles Street. Was indeed, a Davenports house. I wouldn't drink 'Bitter' in any other!
 
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