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Pubs Of The Past

Stitcher,

I think the Bluebell or the Old Bell as it was sometimes called was a little further down Bell Lane at the junction of Bell Holloway rather than at the site of the Davenports public house the Bell on the Bristol Rd.

Phil

Sorry Mike once again we must have been posting at the same time.
 
Hello Paul, that is another one I never went in but I used drive past it almost every time we went shopping or into town. I also passed it almost every day when I was at work.
 
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If you mean the Duke Of York in Harborne, it is long gone.
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Is that the pub that used to have an old fashioned skittles alley at the back?
I remember going to one once (in the 70's) which was in that area but maybe it was called the White Swan now I come to think of it?
 
I used to work at the White Swan in the 70's. What wonderful times we had. I would come in, get 2 tumblers and go along the optics filling them up. I would leave them at the top of the bar, warning whoever was there, that if Roy the manager came round they had to swear black and blue they belonged to THEM!!! Then the staff (quite a few of them in those days) would have a little sip throughout the night getting merrier and merrier.
The place was always packed, 6 or 7 deep at the bar and the tips were magnificent. It has none of that atmosphere any more.
I was called Petal or Flower or Daisy as I always had a fresh flower in my hair. Does anyone remember these days?
Jojo
 
The White Swan was always classed as an upper class one. The shops opposite Chad Square was always very 'posh'.
 
I know the White Swan in Harborne is still standing but it would be lovely to see an old picture of it wouldn't it? Jojo
 
I had to have a blood test for something or other one day. My brother and I called into the Duke of York for a 'quick one'. When I finally got to hospital the blood test was useless. I had to go back for another one bypassing the Duke and the Swan. Jojo :stupid:
 
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This is/was The Duke of York, on Lordswood Road, near to the junction with High Street. It was demolished a number of years ago and a large block of luxery apartments have occupied the site for a coupl of years now.
 
Beloe is an advertising page on the white Swan c 1950. It is from "Time Please" by Andrew Maxim

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My 'puter shows there are 207 pub photos in this thread and there is only one repeat ....:encouragement:
 
Hello oldMowhawk, is that brilliant or what? I still have a few to go so the number of repeats may go up a little but I hope not.
 
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Whats the name of this pub on Soho Road.
 
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Whats the name of this pub on Soho Road.
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I went to bed too early for this one - the 'very old Red Lion' shows in #412 and a 'new Red Lion' colour pic shows in #413.
Sticher's latest photo in #531 does not count as a repeat because it is a different photo...:untroubled:
 
Thanks for the information oldMowhawk, the picture is actually an old postcard.
 
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The Holloway, Holloway Head.
 
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This old pub was featured in the Mail twice last week.
The Great Stone Inn, Church Road Northfield. 1936.
 
little-bromwich-image-2-685454166.jpg This one was in the newspaper a few days ago.
A bit before my time.
 
The Old Engine that stood at 49 Dale End that part of Dale end between Coleshill St and Masshouse Lane (see map). It must have been demolished early last century.

Phil
 

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I noticed this old pub 'The Royal Exchange' in the Alma Street thread. A different 1956 view of it appears in post #397 of this thread where it looks a 'working' pub, but in this colour pic the large window seems boarded up, could closure be on the way? - unless the window had been accidently broken.
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