the barrel inn watery lane

[Phil]

col h

Believe me it is a photo of Watery Lane, I remember the location so well. Here is a photo of the corner of St Andrews Rd and Watery Lane looking in the other direction. There was no hill, it's most likely the angle the photo was taken at.

Phil

 

[col h]

Then I'll bow to your superior age and local knowlege.
tbh I dont femember Watery Lane as it was all that well. Only place that really sticks in my mind is the Union Cold Storage building, whatever that was, and the Sailors Return !

Wasnt dsiputing your judgenment, as you know, pics in books are quite often wrongly named.

 

[Phil]

col h

Nobody knows more than myself how photos in books can be misnamed and dated wrongly. In areas that I am unsure of that can often lead to mix ups. With Watery Lane I so often tramped up there from Nechells on my way to Balsall Heath when I was a kid in the 50's that I knew the place off by heart.

Here are some more views one from almost the same point as the last, another showing Causers Café just up from St Andrews St and yet another showing The High Stool Café on the corner of Little Barr St.

Phil

 

[dek carr]

Hi Phil that photo of the High Stool Cafe would that be the end wall of the Sailors Return on the R/h side just past the Telegraph Pole??? Dek

 

[Phil]

Dek

There were quite a few properties between the Sailors Return and Little Barr St. The Coachsmiths Arms and a couple of demolition yards come to mind. Here is a photo of the Sailors Return, I have a couple more photos of Watery Lane but I'm having difficulty in loading them at the moment. I'll have another go later.

Phil

 

[col h]

Anybody else hear that the upstairs room in the sailors return was haunted by a soldier ?

 

[nickcc101]

Jean the Viaduct was on Lawley St next to Belmont Passage directly under the first railway bridge coming from Watery Lane. Dek

I used to work for Tommy Baumber in the late sixties who had a commercial vehicle repair garage in Belmont passage, seem to remember a pub on the corner but not sure what it was called.

 

[dek carr]

Hello Nick have a look at post# 27 by Phil you can just make out the Ansells sign.Dek

 

[nickcc101]

Hello Dek

Many thanks for that, never visited myself as I only worked in the yard for a couple of weeks then re-located to Esso Bromford lane under contract to Baumbers. Best move I ever made as after twelve months I started work for Shell Mex & BP at the new Kingsbury distribution terminal, stayed with Shell for the next 26 years then took early retirement when I was 50.
Regards
Nick

 

[Astoness]

a new one to me...the barrel watery lane/kingston road dated 1956

lyn

 

[Phil]

Hi Lyn

I have that photo and according to the text with it the photo is dated c1936, which is more likely that 1956 as the Barrel Inn in Watery Lane was replaced by this newer version in the 1950' and this is the one I remember.

 

[Phil]

Another view of Watery Lane that I don't think has been aired on this forum before (or has it?) showing the junction of Keeley St and the Crown & Anchor public house on the right.

 

[Astoness]

hi folks been given a few photos of watery lane taken in the 50s and 60s so i will be posting them under the watery lane thread as this one is really more about the barrel pub

lyn

 

[bombed out brummie]

Was this picture of "The Barrel" pub the old pub? because in the late 1950 s I played football for a team called St Andrews Colts and our meetings were held in "The Barrel" pub in Watery Lane, and that was a white stone clad building on the corner of Watery Lane and I think it was Adderley Street, there is a picture of old pubs I have seen recently like the one I remember, but I can't remember which site I have seen it on

 

[Astoness]

Was this picture of "The Barrel" pub the old pub? because in the late 1950 s I played football for a team called St Andrews Colts and our meetings were held in "The Barrel" pub in Watery Lane, and that was a white stone clad building on the corner of Watery Lane and I think it was Adderley Street, there is a picture of old pubs I have seen recently like the one I remember, but I can't remember which site I have seen it on

cant be certain but i would say that the photo was of the older pub

lyn

 

[bombed out brummie]

a new one to me...the barrel watery lane/kingston road dated 1956

lyn The picture of "The Barrel" pub must be a very old pub before 1956, because in 1956 I played football for a team called St Andrews Colts, and The Barrel Pub, Watery Lane, was where we held our meetings every week. That pub was a white stone clad pub, on the corner of Watery Lane, and I think Adderley Street. Kingston Road was on the opposite side of Watery Lane to Adderley St. In fact I have recently seen a picture of the Barrel I remember on one of the Birmingham Sites, but I can't remember which One. I am not sure if I am using this site correctly to reply. If not please correct me Bombed out Brummie

 

[Astoness]

hope this helps..this is the pub as it was...it was not demolished until 81 but it was totally revamped as shown on post 41

lyn

 

[jmadone]

Just discovered that ancestors on my paternal grandmothers side were resident at the Barrel Tavern. I am presuming they were the landlord and landlady. 1922 and 1925 electoral rolls show them there. This is from 1925 Electoral Roll.