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Didn,t know it was due for demolition I know it is having a large extension being built on the playground area.I was a 19 year old electrical apprentice and I work on the building must have been about 1963.I must be getting old they are knocking buildings down that I worked on the next one to go...

I used this pub in the early 60s before (blow in the bag) it was a stopping off point have a few pints of cheap beer and then off to the Tower Ballroom to spend the rest of the night.Also had a great party room upstairs.Dek

Thanks guys and girls I know where we are now. For me the top of the High St would be the old village green. Dek

What street was this in,I don,t remember this one.Dek

Hi Maggs it still belongs to the NHS but I believe it is now offices only Dek

John it has got the name on the front although I don,t know the pub myself. Dek

Just a thought Phil as the one that stood out for me to be missing was The Junction. Dek

Lyn looks to me to be the bottom of the Bull Ring just past the meat market that Digbeth in the distance I,ll await confirmation but i,m pretty sure its correct.Dek

Interesting maps Lyn I notice a lot of pubs highlighted but not all, I wonder if these are issued to pinpoint the pubs for deliveries by a certain brewery I think Ansells. Dek

Now if you had shone me the latest photo i,d have got it, right opposite is a Cafe I used to use quite often when i was in that area. Dek

Hi Lyn Thats the best Photo of the Turks Head i,ve ever seen its on the corner of Bloomsbury St the bus is the 43 going toward Nechells Green and you can just make out Bloomsbury Library on the Saltley Rd Great stuff thanks for posting.Dek

Hi Lyn Thats the best Photo of the Turks Head i,ve ever seen its on the corner of Bloomsbury St the bus is the 43 going toward Nechells Green and you can just make out Bloomsbury Library on the Saltley Rd Great stuff thanks for posting.Dek

Of course not Mike don,t know why I said that I know where the Selly Park Tavern is just past the old BBC at Pebble Mill.The pub in question I only went there once one Saturday night in the 60s they used to have gigs on in an upstairs room took a girl there but as it was the wrong side of town...

This Is why I seldom go to the doctors. Being in the middle of an attack of Virtigo the doctor advised me to be careful when showering not to let to much water get into my ears as this can unbalance the ear drums.I often wonder if we have qualified people all singing from the same hymn sheet. Dek

I am 68 and have never had a problem with wax in my ears but do suffer from Tinnitus and occasional attacks of vertigo. Dek

Pic 1 I think is on the Bristol Rd I think the pub was the Selly Park Tavern the bus is about to go up Oak Tree Lane towards Bournville.Dek

His name was Brian Harris he lived down in the dip almost by Cranbury St he would have been about 18 in 1960 I lived with him for a bit after a fall out with my stepdad. Dek

No problem Tommy no offence taken we are talking 50 years ago I had a friend in Scolfield St back in the 50s-60s.Dek

Hello Tommy I think your on about #post 171 Tommy you are coming from the wrong end, the photo is the corner of Cromwell St and Gt Lister St. Dek

I,ll see you all tomorrow I must support this worthy cause.Dek