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The Bulls Head Stechford
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Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
thanks phil....well i guess that answers my question then...wonder if thats frothy walking past in protest....another one bites the dust..
It's been gone a few years now, but I think that sign is still there? Would go nice with my Reservoir pub sign.
would be nice for you to own that one froth..ive go me eye on a swinging pub sign...pub is now closed and will be turned into something else...keep passing by to see if the owner are about to ask them for it but no luck so far...
Densell*
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This was my Grandads pub and I would drop in to have a pint with him in 1985. Does anyone have more pictures? My Grandad always called it The Bull
Densell*
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I’m trying to get some pics. Yours are not showing. Can you email them to me. Cheers.A couple more photos of the Bulls Head.
Phil
A postcard of the Bulls Head. It may be one of the earlier images which are no longer visible on this thread. I don’t have a date for this one Viv.
The rebuild couldn’t be more different Rob. Must have been a thriving pub to rebuild on that scale. Maybe #12 was just after rebuild - 1930s perhaps ? Viv.
Assuming it went ahead on this 1911 planning application
the building was rebuilt at a position “set back” 35 yards from the road to accommodate City of Birmingham road improvements. By doing so it revealed more of the houses between the tree and pub in post #13.
Source: British Newspaper Archive. Viv.
the building was rebuilt at a position “set back” 35 yards from the road to accommodate City of Birmingham road improvements. By doing so it revealed more of the houses between the tree and pub in post #13.
Source: British Newspaper Archive. Viv.
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This later 1916 application shows just how popular the Bull was. And other press cuttings show there were many clubs and societies over time who held meetings at the pub. However the shelter for children wasn’t allowed. (Source: British Newspaper Archive).Viv.
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The pub was rebuilt 35 yards further back from the original frontage. So a substantial part of the old pub ended up under the road. The road would have run through the middle of the pub !
I think it would have been a fairly significant change to the pub position. Also I vaguely remember reading somewhere the #11 bus turned around here, but could have got that wrong. One thing’s for certain, it must have become a pretty busy junction
For info about the original pub, here’s an auction notice. Viv.
Source: British Newspaper Archive.
I think it would have been a fairly significant change to the pub position. Also I vaguely remember reading somewhere the #11 bus turned around here, but could have got that wrong. One thing’s for certain, it must have become a pretty busy junction
For info about the original pub, here’s an auction notice. Viv.
Source: British Newspaper Archive.
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MWS
from Bham
Again that makes me think that they are 2 different pubs. The Bulls Head in the maps is not close to the railway station.
And if you look at the photo in post #13 the pub appears to be next to the bridge over the railway at the top of the hill. The station would be to the right beyond the bridge.
Also the name J Waring Bulls Head seems odd, as if it distinguishes it from another Bulls Head.
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And if you look at the photo in post #13 the pub appears to be next to the bridge over the railway at the top of the hill. The station would be to the right beyond the bridge.
Also the name J Waring Bulls Head seems odd, as if it distinguishes it from another Bulls Head.
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I agree MWS. The various photos of the later pub on this thread just don’t match up. For example the first photo in post #one (albeit a replacement) had another name “The Manor House”. I wonder if they had other names to distinguish one from the other - that is if they were both in Stechford.
The Bull/Railway Inn must presumably be the one on Station Road and that on Janice’s post #22. So where would the other Bull be ? Viv.
The Bull/Railway Inn must presumably be the one on Station Road and that on Janice’s post #22. So where would the other Bull be ? Viv.
Matching the later pubs together we have this #1 and #12 match and #15 and #16 match. So are 1 & 12 different pubs to 15 and 16 ? And which of them was on Station Road Stechford? Maybe some one with local knowledge can tell us. Viv.
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MWS
from Bham
I think they are all the same pub at various times and from various angles. I think I'm right that the Bulls Head changed its name to the Manor House. This being the one at the bottom of Station Road on the left after you go over the River Cole before Flaxley Road.
It's the pub in post #13 & #17 that is different. This one still being on Station Road but at the top of the hill just before you go over the railway bridge.
It's the pub in post #13 & #17 that is different. This one still being on Station Road but at the top of the hill just before you go over the railway bridge.
