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Au contraire Phil...Joe Mckenna...page 149 of his Central Birmingham Pubs Book Vol 2 states..."Lawley Street is now Lawley Middleway; at No. 47 was the Seven Stars. It originated in 1839 on the corner of Belmont Row, then on the edge of the Victorian town. William Mills was its first licensee...

'The Avenue', 227 Bristol Road, Gloucester: https://goo.gl/maps/y4JsA 18 hrs · Like · 1 Ian Jelf - The presence of a Bristol Road route, the rough shape of the coat of arms on the side of the tram and the architecture of the buildings on the right. Peter Martin Baggett I used google after...

This might help...Worcester Street before and after...

Well if I am ever accused of something I may have done that's illegal, and they want a witness to pick me out in a line-up PLEASE let it be you Old Boy...pretty please?

Before my time...but I Would NOT like to face these guys...they look very very hard! Especially the guy bottom row, second from right! Super pic acer!

Blimey...that looks like Tom Finney bottom left!!

Not sure if this will help you Albiol, but this was the original I posted....

Tremendous thead folks........Cheery Street origins and other relevant stuff here...cough, cough...https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=40423&page=2&p=466474&highlight=Coffee%20Pot#post466474

A little more history of this fascinating Building...with thanks to Marie Fogg's book on the Smalbrokes, and the Birmingham Library The Smalbrokes of Birmingham The Parish of Yardley, in which Blakesley Hall stands is first mentioned in 972AD, when it belonged to the Benedictine Abbey of...

One for the pub crowd...the old Earl Grey....Balsall Heath...

And two more nice ones posted yesterday....the first of the Malt Shovel, corner of Muntz Street and Coventry Road, Small Heath...and another of Selly Oak High Street...no mention of dates.....

Magnificent old print of New Street dated 1825...Christchurch in view.....

Maybe this is the wrong spot for this....but found this picture of the old Beggrs Bush yesterday, and copied some of the text from the excellent Midlands Pubs Site, link included below...hope they don't mind........used it a few times many moons ago, when my mate's dad kept the Mount, just roud...

Well Jayell...I'm sure they would know Phil then....I think he used it in the 20s....?

Great pic Phil...and for what it's worth...I concur with Phil...in my memory (I'm 72 now), when I came into Town on the bus (53 or 54) to cross town for work or play, Albert Street was one way traffic only...up....the buses turned and stopped in Carrs Lane round the corner.... and apropos of...

Indeed Jayell....one of m all time favourite buildings....the Hotel, NOT Woolies!

Ha...Phil beat me to it! sorry....

It was the Clarendon Jim.....my Gt Uncle kept it for a while.... The Nelson was on the corner of Temple Row and Bull Street, opposite the Minories....until Hitler called....

Ok.....but surely someone might notice THIS one..?