Can only remember going to Yates in Corporation Street on one occasion I was in my late teens and was on a pub crawl with a mate who was home from a tour in the merchant navy.
We had lunch at a pub near The Bull Ring then went to The Odeon to see The Vikings. We were politely asked to leave after a few hours for accompanying the Viking who played the ramshorn when the boat sailed up the fjord.
I think this was when we called into Yates and went up in that lift to either the 3rd or 5th floor.
My mate Terry was a real Patter Merchant and from memory we joined some middle aged ladies and despite a couple of Red Velvets ( a pint of Guinness enhanced by adding a glass of port , no wonder I'm in this state at 78! ) we did leave under our own steam and handled that front step.
We had lunch at a pub near The Bull Ring then went to The Odeon to see The Vikings. We were politely asked to leave after a few hours for accompanying the Viking who played the ramshorn when the boat sailed up the fjord.
I think this was when we called into Yates and went up in that lift to either the 3rd or 5th floor.
My mate Terry was a real Patter Merchant and from memory we joined some middle aged ladies and despite a couple of Red Velvets ( a pint of Guinness enhanced by adding a glass of port , no wonder I'm in this state at 78! ) we did leave under our own steam and handled that front step.