Summer Lane Pubs

[Astoness]

hi folks...well at last i have had the time to repost the pics of all the pubs that were on the lanethe red lion that was on the corner of bridge st west and summer lane was demolished in the early 1920s and so far a pic of this pub has never been found...the police station now stands on the ground where it was...

there only only 3 of these pubs still standing...the royal george..the barrel and the stags head.....the george and the barrel have been close for a few years now with no sign of them reopening.....this leaves the stags head which is the only pub down summer lane still pulling pints...

first the map pinpointing where the pubs were situated...

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

no 1 on the map....the salutation...summer lane/snow hill

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

no 2 on the map...the woolpack...summer lane/henrietta st

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

no 3 on the map..the royal george..summer lane/william st north

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

no 4 on the map...the bulls head...summer lane/new summer st

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

no 5 on the map...the barrel...summer lane/tower st

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

no 6 on the map...the stags head...summer lane/brearley st

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

no 7 on the map...brittania inn..summer lane/new john st west

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

no 8 on the map...the vine...summer lane....

this is the only pub that was not situated on a corner

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

no 9 on the map is the red lion of which no pic has been found

no 10 on the map..cross guns...summer lane/frankfort st

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

no 11 on the map...the green man..summer lane/moorsom st

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

no 12 on the map....birmingham house...summer lane/farm st

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

no 13 on the map...the three horseshoes..summer lane/cowper st

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

no 14 on the map...the geach arms (my nans local) summer lane/geach st

 

[Astoness]

last one...

no 15 on the map...the woodman..summer lane/asylum road

 

[Frothblower]

Well done Lyn, that took some doing. Now here is your next task. How many had their address's on summer lanelol

 

[BazzM]

Fabulous collection there Lyn. Pity about one missing, but give it time. Someone whos probably not even a member yet is out there with just that picture. Great result for a lot of work.

 

[Ray Barrett]

Re: summer lane pub

Well done Lyn.It's just occured to me I only ever used the ones that sold Ansells,how fussy we used to be about that.As a point of interest,the pub closest to Ansells brewery,was The Royal George,and it was a M&Bs house,must have passed it a million times and never went in.

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

morning froth and bazz...it did take some doing froth....i had already re posted this new thread yesterday and asked jim to delete the old thread....guess what???? he deleted the new one so i got up early this morning and re posted them all again dont worry he got a :headhit::headhit:for his trouble bazz i certainly do hope a pic of the red lion turns up eventually and frothy please do not ask me that question again

 

[Frothblower]

Re: summer lane pub

morning froth and bazz...it did take some doing froth....i had already re posted this new thread yesterday and asked jim to delete the old thread....guess what???? he deleted the new one so i got up early this morning and re posted them all again dont worry he got a :headhit::headhit:for his trouble bazz i certainly do hope a pic of the red lion turns up eventually and frothy please do not ask me that question again

I wasn't going to

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

morning ray...well well...i cant beleive you missed out the royal george...must be slipping its all gutted out now as is the barrel so even if they re opened they would never be the same

lyn

 

[Frothblower]

Re: summer lane pub

Why do I hear it called the "infamous Summer lane" Was there a load of rough necks living down there. Not mentioning names of course

 

[Astoness]

Re: summer lane pub

FROTH....GOT IT IN ONE.. BUT SETTING THAT ASIDE AND IF YOU READ FOLKS STORIES AND MEMORIES OF THE LANE THERE WAS ALWAYS A GOOD SENSE OF COMMUNITY THERE WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE..EVEN IF THERE WERE PUNCH UPS MOST NIGHTS

LYN

 

[dek carr]

Re: summer lane pub

You,ve got it in one Froth

 

[Elizabeth Redmond]

Re: summer lane pub

Why do I hear it called the "infamous Summer lane" Was there a load of rough necks living down there. Not mentioning names of course

NOT SURPRISED WITH ALL THEM PUBS WAS IT A LONG LANE,WAS IT NEAR SPRING HILL:grin2:

 

[Ray Barrett]

lyn,
We were talking about different pubs,I meant the one on Aston Cross.
Frothy, they were not rough necks...well, not all of them...they were the salt of the earth...honest.

 

[Astoness]

yes elizabth...it was a long laneit went from the bottom of constitution hill and finished at asylem road i think... it then merged with alma st....but nowhere near spring hill

lyn

 

[Astoness]

oh yes ray..i see it now..i was getting me royal georges mixed upi do that a lot with pubs...:cry:

 

[Elizabeth Redmond]

oh i know where you mean now thank you liz

 

[jennyann]

Hi Lyn: You have done a great job identifying all the pubs on Summer Lane. Did any area in Birmingham have more pubs in one stretch
of road? I used to go on the bus to school in town in the early l950's and remember seeing all the pubs in Summer Lane. I worked in New John Street West for a year at John Wilson's (Wholesale Grocers) so I had a lot of time to look over these pubs on the way to and from work. The licensing hours were much shorter in those days, of course. Was it 11 until 3:00pm and then open at 6:00 until 11:00pm. Were the hours all the same or different for some pubs. Just curious.