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Pubs in Key Hill

sorry terry ive only got a pic of the abbey vaults that was on the corner of lodge road

lyn
 
TerryN said:
Would it be possible to send the photo of the Abbey Tavern again as I cannot find it. Might be my stubby fingers causing the problem.
My ancestor Paul Newis and his wife Harriet ran the Abbey tavern in 1867. Any information on this would be appreciated.
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hi terry can you confirm which pub you want a pic of..is it the abbey vaults or tavern..ive got one of the abbey vaults but are they one and the same..the address you have for it would help us...

lyn
 
thanks carol..ive just checked the 1871 cenus and the address was 27 key hill..harriet newis was a widow by this time..will keep my eyes open for a pic of the little abbey pub..

lyn
 
Whilst replacing the images to this thread I noticed that nobody could come up with an image of the Abbey Tavern so I'm uploading this one. I'm pretty sure it was among some photos given to me by Lyn (Astoness), Though it is also in the photo that I replaced at post #2.
 

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hi phil dont think that is one of mine....what is the name of the st on the right...looks like it says hadley st which is not familar to me

lyn
 
Lyn.
Map showing Hadley St c1889. Seemed to disappear c 1960
 

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mike that would explain why i dont know it.....thanks for the map...we learn something every day

lyn
 
I dont think Hadley Street exists anymore Lyn, it lay between the houses and Browns ( I think that was the name of the place). There was a wood yard at what was the end of the street, it had been cut off due to the new road from New John St west and Icknield Street.
 
Lyn

No matter I've never been very good at keeping records of where I've sourced images from but I always try to acknowledge if they have ben passed on to me by someone else. The side street you can see on the photo was indeed Hedley St which was just up Key Hill a little from the Abbey Vaults.
 
thanks phil and mhumphreys...as i said hadley st is a new one to me and must have gone by the time i used to work in and around that area

lyn
 
Carolina

21,22 & 23 Key Hill A & C Timms Ltd Drapers was in the corner of Hadley Street.
 
When I worked in Key Hill in 1970-74 My mother in law to be kept the Abbey Tavern ( Little Abbey) and there was a drapery shop and a sweet shop in the properties going up the hill from Icknield Street. Phil, the Abbey Vaults ( Big Abbey ) was down at the end of the Flat on Lodge Road,they got their nicknames to avoid confusion, also the Abbey Tavern was only a beer house, it had no licence for wines and spirits.
 
Another view of The Bulls Head c1963 looking straight up Key Hill from Icknield St .
 

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My mother in law also took over the Bulls Head after Ansells decided to close the Little Abbey down. I worked in premises that was previously one of Norton's shops and it is the first dark coloured place up from the Bull.
 
mhumphreys said:
My mother in law also took over the Bulls Head after Ansells decided to close the Little Abbey down. I worked in premises that was previously one of Norton's shops and it is the first dark coloured place up from the Bull.
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thanks for that info...you must have been working in the area about the same time as i was...i was in vyse st ..happy days

lyn
 
Yes Lyn I was working as a press toolmaker in Key Hill and used to have a wander around the jewellery quarter in my lunchtimes, always found it a fascinating place and still do although it seems to have lost a little of it's character. If my wife was still alive she could always remind me of things that she remembered them. She worked all of her life in the quarter doing vitreous enamelling. Happy days indeed.
 
mhumphreys said:
Yes Lyn I was working as a press toolmaker in Key Hill and used to have a wander around the jewellery quarter in my lunchtimes, always found it a fascinating place and still do although it seems to have lost a little of it's character. If my wife was still alive she could always remind me of things that she remembered them. She worked all of her life in the quarter doing vitreous enamelling. Happy days indeed.
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i was working in vyse street at joseph staintons wholesale jewellers...used to cut down the entry in hylton st that led to key hill to go to the shops on lodge road..i didnt realise just how many shops etc there was on key hill until i saw the maps and photos...think i must have walked around with my eyes shut in those days..mind you i think most of us did in our younger days

lyn
 
hi pedrocut...i could well be wrong here but i have never heard of weatheroak hill or the coach and horses in this location...of course we do have an icknield st here in birmingham so i would be grateful if anyone could confirm that this photo was taken in birmingham..if so i have just found out something new

cheers

lyn
 
Lyn, the Coach and Horses Weatheroak Hill is at the junction with Icknield Street but is in Worcestershire. There is still a pub by that name there. I think the confusion lies in the road name - not the one in Birmingham.
Janice
 

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Astoness said:
hi pedrocut...i could well be wrong here but i have never heard of weatheroak hill or the coach and horses in this location...of course we do have an icknield st here in birmingham so i would be grateful if anyone could confirm that this photo was taken in birmingham..if so i have just found out something new

cheers

lyn
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You could well be right. This is a problem when a picture is placed in the Mail without any explanation. Seeing Icknield Street and being a Birmingham Paper I just assumed it was "our" Ickneild Street...will have to look deeper!
 
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