The bowling green seems to have been an important feature of Birmingham pubs outside the city centre. I can remember the Custard House and a pub on Foxhollies Rd where my uncle played bowls. I think the Good Companions, Yew Tree and Broadway also had greens. My mother in law, who came to Birmingham as a military driver in the war, was so impressed by such large public house developments.Certainly has the immaculate look of a bowling green, but has a corner missing around the tree on the left. Never went in the New Inns always gravitated towards the Swan.
In 2/5 there appears to be a betting shop, so post 1961. When were trolley buses withdrawn?Some more pics of that Pub.......now and then.......
hi ann ancestry is a good place to start for looking up the census years...you will have to subscribe to thisI may have a family connection to the New Inn but have no census records
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I don't know when they were withdrawn but I can only recall them running as far as Hay Mills. Did they run past the New Inn ? Did they run as far as Sheldon?In 2/5 there appears to be a betting shop, so post 1961. When were trolley buses withdrawn?
I may have a family connection to the New Inn but have no census records
to support this, offers anyone?