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    Old House at Home 3d Pub Token

    Thanks Janice....I'll put my specs on next time!
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    Old House at Home 3d Pub Token

    Hi, Can anyone shed any light on this token & the maker please:- Old House at Home, licensee is 'J Maybury' The only pubs I can find are one in Harborne (still trading) and the the other at 24 Friston Street in Ladywood which is long gone. The token was made by J. Catley 25.1/2 Ludgate Hill...
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    The Gunmakers Arms, Bath Street

    Here's a pub token from my collection for 'The Gun'. Anyone any idea of the date S G Tookey was the licensee please?
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    Canal Street, Aston

    Hi, Can anyone shed light on the date of this pub token please? As you can see, it's 3d from American Inn Canal St, S. Aston. Pubwiki has this listed at 71 New Canal Street 1849-1892 (No S. Aston) and Whitmore's Token Collectors Companion has the Publican listed as Sarah Aston.
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    Crown Inn - Villa Street

    Yes, William Houghton took over as the licensee when his father John died in 1903!
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    Crown Inn - Villa Street

    Crown Inn Villa Street 3d pub token !
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    The Eagle and Ball Pub

    Hi, here's a picture of the other side.The link mikejee posted is useful, I've got two theories, first is that if your mate bought a round and you'd already got a drink you got a token instead to redeem later or secondly maybe you gave the landlord a shilling and got more value back in tokens so...
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    The Eagle and Ball Pub

    Here's a 2d pub token from the Eagle & Ball, licensee was John Siddall, anyone any idea what years he was there please?
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    Pub on corner of Hylton Street/Vyse Street that is now the Hylton Cafe

    Thought this might be of interest, 3d pub token from The Nelson Inn, the licensee is showing as A.Howes, anyone know what year this would date it to please?
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    The Laurels Hingeston St Brookfields - PUB TOKEN

    Thanks Simon, the one I'm looking at the moment is 3d from the Peacock Inn, Darwin Street, G. Luckman. I've done a bit more searching online and found out via pubwiki.co.uk that George Luckman seems to have been the publican around 1881. I've just started looking at and buying a few pub...
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    The Laurels Hingeston St Brookfields - PUB TOKEN

    There's a great list of old pubs in the Black Country, www.longpull.co.uk. Does anyone know if there's a similar list for B'ham pubs please? I've got some pub tokens I'd like to try and put a date to.
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