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The Two Hands, The Packhorse, The Cheshire Cat and The Harlequin - Shard End!

sandracoley said:
I lived in shard end early 60,s.Married Tony Coley ( deceased)....I had my wedding reception at the Cat pub .1965....I remember Valerie and Harry Dougard and their daughter ...also Rene Hall and family.Anyone remember Albert and Liz Coley from Pencroft Road.....??
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Hi I remember the Susan sutcliffe and the Worths , the griffins all from pen croft
 
Only just spotted this as haven't been on for a while. I used to live next door to Mrs Hall and family.
My sister also had a part time job at the Harlequin around 1965/66 to save for her Italian holidays. I went in the Harlequin a couple of times but wasn't really interested in drinking pubs as loved dancing particularly at the Hunters Moon disco in 1967 when I was still at school before we graduated to Carlton club then town. Happy days.
 
I will take this opportunity to post pics of the 3 remaining pubs left in Shard End. The Brookmeadow, The Trident and the Heathway, though now under a different name. There is one missing of which I have been unable to find a picture of, and that is the Woodside, which was actually on the Yorkswood estate although I think most people would regard it as Shard End. I would love to find a pic of it so if anyone has one could you please post it, I would be most grateful.
 

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bluebrummie said:
Does anyone have any memories of these pubs from Shard End. Like many other pubs these days they have now disappeared! :(

The Two Hands.
The Packhorse.
The Cheshire Cat.
The Harlequin.

My apologies if they already have been talked about. :)
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Aware I am ridiculously late to this party but... I used to live in The Cheshire.. My mum & dad ran it for about 2 years round about 1987.
I have vcr somewhere of Christmas night staff party/lock in.
 
Used to go with my mom to the outdoor at the Harlequin, we lived in the maisonettes in packington Avenue. I left to join the Navy in 74but used to go to the Packhorse and Harlequin during leave.
 
I have a vague recollection of drinking in the Cheshire Cat with a girl from Shard End. We met in a club that was opposite the Timberley P.H. on the Chester Rd. but I can't remember the name of the club. I used to frequent the Hunters Moon especially Sunday lunchtimes but after I was married it was the cabaret nights only!
 
Hi,

Used to go to the Packhorse for the CB Club in the early 80's.
I think the gaffer's name there was Pete, and he left there to go to the
Eagle in Nechells
My handle was Skyking.

Kind regards
Dave
 
fatfingers said:
I drove through Shard End yesterday, first time I been round there in years. Couldnt believe that all those pubs are gone.

What do people around there do for a drink without getting the car out ?
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there is other beverages besides booze . We lived in shard end 50 years. and saw all the pubs go downhill.
it was not the owners fault.it was the folks that used them. shard end doctors surgery moved from the crescent to occupy the old harlequin site.
 
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Cannot think of another beverage, however the national institution that is the British Pub is a dying one. People, cost, trend, mini series, lack of social interaction all in all.
Schade
 
jmadone said:
I have a vague recollection of drinking in the Cheshire Cat with a girl from Shard End. We met in a club that was opposite the Timberley P.H. on the Chester Rd. but I can't remember the name of the club. I used to frequent the Hunters Moon especially Sunday lunchtimes but after I was married it was the cabaret nights only!
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Was the club the chesterfield?
 
chesterfield/rob roy club

Castle Bromwich clubs

Any one remember the club that use to be on what is now the site of Halfords and Aldi on the Chester Rd, next to Morrisons? it had 2 names if I remember correctly, the Rob Roy and the Chesterfield. This would have been the late 50's and early 60's. I never drank in there as I was too young:cry...
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