Pubs of Hockley/Newtown

[Astoness]

 

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[Charlie]

Brill! Thanks for the time and effort Lyn. I'll buy you two pickled onions to go wiv yer chips.

 

[Astoness]

at this rate i may even get some mushy peas charlie lol....think i will try and get a few pubs on over the next few days...
lyn.x

 

[Vivienne14]

Blimey Lyn, what a lot of pubs! Didn't think Hockley was that big. Must have been one on every corner.Viv.

 

[Astoness]

lol viv..theres plenty more where they came from...i guess there were so many pubs around then as they were a great source for meeting people and i bet that every pub had a darts and dominos team going...alas that is all dwindling now....i know our dad at one time played for 3 darts teams at the same time...different leagues of course...

lyn

 

[katyjinny]

Hi all, I've just come to the site looking for the Guildford Arms on Farm Street Hockley. My mother in law was born in the pub in 1921 when the landlord was James Cooper. Does anyone have a photo they'd be willing to share for me to include in my ancestry family tree please?

 

[mossg]

Hi Katyjinny,I hope this will do.It shows The Guildford Arms on the corner of Farm St and Hospital St.moss

 

[katyjinny]

That's brilliant thank you

 

[mossg]

A nice picture that appeared in todays Birmingham Mail.It shows The Green Man Inn,Summer Lane.

 

[Elaine Hadley]

Hi Lyn&Mikejee,
The pub in your picture was the "St Georges Tavern" that I remember as "The Lights"(nickname).It stood on the corner of Hospital St&Tower St.

Here is a very poor quality picture of "The Vulcan" Corner of Hospital St&New John St West.
I hope this resolves the problem.

Maurice.

Can you post the pic of the Vulcan, my dad used to,play darts in there in the 50's

 

[Elaine Hadley]

lol viv..theres plenty more where they came from...i guess there were so many pubs around then as they were a great source for meeting people and i bet that every pub had a darts and dominos team going...alas that is all dwindling now....i know our dad at one time played for 3 darts teams at the same time...different leagues of course...

lyn

Hi Astoness which pub is the Vulcan my dad used to play darts for them.

 

[Astoness]

hi elaine i will look for it in my files tomorrow and post it for you unless someone else can post it first

lyn

 

[mikejee]

This is the Vulcan on the corner of New John St west and hospital st

 

[mikejee]

And here is map c 1951 showing Vulcan in red

 

[Elaine Hadley]

Thank you both, my dad will be thrilled, as I also found another of his haunts the horse and jockey.

 

[Astoness]

happy to help elaine if you need anymore just give us a shout..from memory our dad did not play for the vulcan but he most likely played against them

lyn

 

[Elaine Hadley]

And here is map c 1951 showing Vulcan in red

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Where would I get a full map like this one I think if I moved a little to the right and down a bit I'm sure that's where my dad lived.

 

[mikejee]

The map is from the old maps site ( https://www.old-maps.co.uk/ ) This should be what you want

 

[mossg]

Hi Elaine, is your dad named Tony?

 

[Elaine Hadley]

The map is from the old maps site ( https://www.old-maps.co.uk/ ) This should be what you want

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Thank you so much

 

[Elaine Hadley]

This is the perfect area, I see the secondary modern school he went to, I will ask if he lived on the other side of new St. John st and the check out and register st old maps, thanks for the link

 

[Elaine Hadley]

Was the Horse and Jockey in Hockley too?

 

[OuterCircleBus]

I'm a bit late joining in with this, but I came across a photograph of a Hospital Street pub posted elsewhere and there seemed to be some confusion as to where it was. I landed on this thread and found it useful, but around 2008 there seemed to some confusion here, or was it lost memories? I have attached the photograph, which was either St Georges Tavern/Inn, "The Lights" (Was that a nickname? If so why), The Vulcan or the name The Vine also got thrown in (Inn) for good measure. I've also attached a map showing the location of The St Georges Tavern (just along Tower Street from St Georges Church) in 1961. I'm sure this will not add much to the discussion, but I suspect this is one of BHF's "lost" photographs as it was refered to (in 2008) as being next door to houses with front gardens - rare in this neck of the woods I think.

 

[Astoness]

that is definately st georges tavern corner of hospital st and tower st..the vulcan was on the corner of hospital st and new john st west..here is the vulcan and a not so good one of st georges tavern

lyn

 

[mossg]

Yes Lyn what a great picture of The Lights, I’m told it got this name because of the huge lights that once hung over it’s doors.

 

[Astoness]

i agree moss..great photo of the st georges tavern/the lights that outercircle bus has posted...must say i cant recall seeing it before

lyn

 

[mossg]

Yes and a first for me Lyn. I came across this today I think it was copied from a book called Lost Pubs of Birmingham.

 

[Astoness]

wow...thanks moss what a pub it must have been and how tragic that we have lost so many

lyn