The Retreat Public House

[Roger Baker]

Does anyone remember The Retreat Pub situated on The Retreat in Aston circa 1960 ? I can't find any photograph or information on this site.

Cheers
RB

 

[JKC]

Hi Roger......I was born just a few yards away from the Retreat, and I can say that I cannot ever remember seeing a pub in the Retreat....the nearest one to it would have been the Clarendon Arms, I could be wrong...but has a nipper growing up in that area 1953-1969, the Retreat was mainly a bomb peak.

 

[Roger Baker]

Thanks Jkc I Am Now Doubting My Memory !! I Have An Old Kellys (1969-70) And It's Not Listed. The Only Mention Are Of The Retreat Garage And Adams & Simkins Ltd Spring Mfrs. The Retreat Ran From Sutton Street To Wilkinson Street. My Memory Tells Me That The Street Had An Incline And The Pub Was At The Top.

I Think I Am Suffering From A Senior Moment !!

Thanks For Your Reply
Rb

 

[connect]

I managed the Clarendon Arms in 1968 and I used to walk round the retreat and there was no pub There was a little garage before you got to Sutton st
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[connect]

The garage owner was known as norman He used to take his wife to the clarendon for a drink and they would stop back and have a chat on saturday nights, norman was into Motorcycle sports
the retreat ran from Sutton st to clarendon st just across from the pub

 

[Roger Baker]

Thanks I Have Obviously Got It Wrong. Thought I Knew My Pubs Better Than That !!!

 

[JKC]

Roger.....its the Clarendon Arms you are thinking of.....the Arms was on the corner of Clarendon St and Upper Webster St, facing the Arms was Wilkinson St, which was only a short street beginning on a slope, the Retreat was on the left about 30 yards up......

 

[mblanks]

hi can anyone tell me what happen to the pub called the horse and jockey
bordesley park rd smallheath

 

[maz]

my mom worked in claredon arms untill 1969 when we moved and i was told was a very good bar maid (betty) an it was reggies 2nd home