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Pubs Of The Past

Here you are Dek, the Tennis Court, one of the few pubs over that way I have been in. The photo of the Church Tavern I doubt is the one that is standing today. Though I don't know the pub so I cant say.

Phil

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Lyn, when I was old enough to drink in a pub (well a bit before that) I went in the Golden Hind quite often. It was a really nice pub at that time too. So good to hear it's still kept up the reputation.

Thanks Dek. Know where it is now. Viv.
 
The Deers Leap, The Endwood & the Scott Arms. Three Great Barr houses I believe?

Phil
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These last 3 pubs look very substantial. They must have been built along the main roads in and out of Birmingham. I expect they originally provided accommodation too. The Scott Arms looks like it was perhaps once a family home? Or perhaps a brewmaster's house? Don't know the history of these but they were certainly built with a good flow of customers in mind.

A pub I used to visit along Chester Road - The Digby - was a very cosy pub. It was built down a track off the Chester Road. Never worked out the date of the place. Seem to remember thinking it might be relatively modern - maybe 1930s? - but I think it was quite small and had a good atmosphere like that of an old country pub. I think it was a very low level building, possibly with no upstaris. As you approached it along the drive there was a sort of island with a strange, small bollard (or was it a round seat?) in the middle. This was a great pub to visit winter or summer. And served very good beer. Viv.
 
Viv, the Endwood was someone's house, but I cannot remember who it was lived there. I was sure I had a photo of it, with the owner's name, but can't find it just now.

I wonder if the Scott Arms was a farm house. I think it may have been. I remember this old building but only just about, the entrace was almost on the road as the pavement was quite slim.
 
That's very interesting Shortie. Just looked up the Endwood and it's Grade II listed! Lovely.
https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-217229-the-endwood-public-house-birmingham/osmap

And you're right Shortie. According to Digital Handsworth it was once Church Hill House, then re-modelled in the 1820s. The Muntz family lived in it as a home, then it became a hotel, then a pub. Nice bit of history to it. And it's still standing! Here's the DH link:
https://www.search.digitalhandswort...1&direction=1&pointer=2441&text=1&printable=1
 
Unfortunately, Viv, Grade II listed means almost nothing. Grade II* is better, it means you can be prevented from doing most things. That's a lovely photo of it. I know the building quite well, as we used to pass it at least once a week until not very long ago. I have been inside, but many many years ago. Wonderful to have as a house, but much dusting I suppose.
 
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Still following the large old pubs theme, here at Perry Barr two for the price of one. The old and new Boars Head.

Phil

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Shortie. I suppose its a miracle then that the Endwood is still standing!

This info is new to me about the Boars Head - maybe others know this already - but there have been 3 Boars Heads! There was a predecessor to the first photo in #267. Here's a link to a sketch on the Digital Handsworth site. According to the site the first BH dates back to 1758. Quite a modest place by comparison to the later buildings.

https://www.search.digitalhandswort...&direction=&pointer=1700&text=0&resource=1493
 
I think it is. I do prefer the old Boars Head in prefernce to the new, or seeing as there were three, the one in the top photo. All down to moving with the times, I suppose, but we have heard that before, haven't we?
 
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Shortie. I suppose its a miracle then that the Endwood is still standing!

This info is new to me about the Boars Head - maybe others know this already - but there have been 3 Boars Heads! There was a predecessor to the first photo in #267. Here's a link to a sketch on the Digital Handsworth site. According to the site the first BH dates back to 1758. Quite a modest place by comparison to the later build

https://www.search.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?theme=172&originator=%2Fengine%2Ftheme%2Fdefault.asp&page=&records=&direction=&pointer=1700&text=0&resource=1493
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There,s also been three Scott Arms and that,s just in my life time. Dek
 
thanks for the pics of the boars head phil..i must try and find the one i had of the very first one..

lyn
 
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There,s also been three Scott Arms and that,s just in my life time. Dek
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Thanks Dek. You started me off thinking a bit more about why so many have been re-built. I suppose pubs in more developed areas have tended to be re-developed when the area changes, maybe to cater for more customers as housing increases or to meet greater demand for accommodation when transport links are developed. Possibly that's why there're many more older pub buildings in villages or the countryside. Not thought about it before. But I think it's interesting to look at the different buildings of the same pub over time - unfortunately not always for the better.

Lyn. Be good to see the original Boars Head if you can find it. It takes us quite a bit further back in its history. Viv.
 
racking my brains as to where i got the older pic viv..must have been at least 2 years when i posted it on the forum..cant find it in my pic files but will keep searching.
 
Thanks Oldmohawk. This is Boars Head version #2 built in the 1800s and replaced in 1937 by the present building. The view is 1906 and must be looking across what is now the Aldridge Road. Rather less busy in those days! The Boars Head on the advertising board (or wall)!is the crest of the Goughs of Perry Hall. Viv.
 
Some Handsworth Giants,

1. The Uplands
2. The Ivy House
3. The New Inns
4. The Red Lion
5. The Farcroft

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1867 in Park Street Digbeth, and the results of the Murphy Riots a couple of days before make it unrecognisable as a pub. It is the building next to W. Broughtons Stables and it was named the Old Phoenix Inn.
 
Thats correct jukebox but the photo is from 1950 so it was the Man In The Moon.
 
HI LYNN; AND STICHER ;
Does anybody recall the belle vue pub ; on the corner of wheeler street and gerrard street around the 1969 era ;
and is it possible some one may have a picture of this pub a couple of doors from that pub on wheelers street was a cafe and my dear old friend ray and breeda lived there in the house next to the cafe they went out one day only to find the fire service was attending there house as it burt down
i used to you that pub in my younger days ; it would be great if some one as got one ; thanks alan ; astonian
 
hi alan you can just see the belle vue on the corner by the no 8 bus..sorry its not a better pic of it for you..

lyn

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Lyn & Alan

This is a half way decent photo of the Bell Vue Inn on Wheeler St was it? I have no doubt that I will be reinstating it somewhere later as I just know I have posted this before.

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Three more good old pubs (at one time) all in Yardley Wood all gone now. Have they got any pubs left in Yardley Wood now? The Warstock, The Valley, and The Haven.
 

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thanks for the belle vue pic phil..ive also posted 3 on the belle vue thread..

cheers


lyn
 
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Bristol Road looking towards Selly Oak with the Gun Barrels in the center of the photo.

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This is a closer view of the Gun Barrels with Edgbaston Park Road on the right. 1925. The pub is still in same location today after all the building and road widening that has taken place.
 
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The Saddlers Arms used to be almost on the corner of Franchise Street but it was knocked down and cleared away to make room for the Birchfield Road Underpass.
This picture is the Saddlers Arms on Aldridge Road Perry Barr where it was rebuilt. The photo is from 1959.
stitcher
 
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