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I first started using The Costermongers in 1974 when I had a saturday job at Littlewood's. I remember a small stuffed bear on the bar, the air puck and electronic darts games. The pub sold the usual Ansell's beers but also sold Lowenbrau German lager, which was a lot more expensive than Skol...

This photograph was taken in 1947. Interesting to note that it was called Goldsmiths and Jewellers Arms at this time.

One of the last photographs of it taken in 2006 before it was demolished to make way for ASDA.

My thanks to Lyn and Vivienne for your invaluable help!

Felt quite sad when I read this and I wonder if anyone can help with a query. I remember the WH Smith shop in Corporation Street beside Yates's Wine Lodge and had only just started using it when it closed down around September / October 1974 and opened it's 'new' shop in on the old Henry's site...

Eureka! I have been hunting for this photograph for years and I've finally found it. It shows the actor Dennis Price serving the first pint in The Trusty Servant in Chelmsley Wood on the 28th October, 1971. Price played the suave serial murderer Louis Mazzini in the 1949 film Kind Hearts and...

A very atmospheric photograph of The Council House, Birmingham.

The Travellers Rest pub opposite the Astoria Picture House (later to become The ATV Studio) in Aston Road in 1956. The Travellers Rest (Date unknown)

I thought they might have been, Lyn. I did search in the forum to see if they were there but I couldn't find them (they may have disappeared in the 'Hack') so I put them up thinking there might be one you haven't seen. I hope you've backed up your collection, I'd be heart broken if I lost my...

Apologies if these are elsewhere on the forum. Villa St, ETP & Co 1959 Villa St Vine Inn, Villa Street

I agree Viv, I seem to recall a car crashing into it and causing damage within the last ten or fifteen years or so. Here's another picture for your delectation...

I'll keep my eyes peeled, Lyn!

I did discover some photographs of the church being demolished but have included them because they're quite sad to see. The photograph I have included is the church being prepared for demolition (even that is demoralizing). The pews are gone and the altar rail is dismantled.

I was working for the Urban Renewal department of Birmingham City Council in 1976 and the job entailed a lot of walking. I got to know Lozells and the surrounding area very well and there amazing shops and pubs in the area. A lot of the houses and the 'Places' had very well tended gardens. I...

I agree Lyn, St Peter's Place looks beautiful in the sunshine. I remember St Silas Square in May 1976 with the blossom trees in bloom, that still is in my memory after all these years.

I remember St Silas Square in May 1976 with the blossom trees in bloom, that still is in my memory after all these years.

These photographs may stir some memories... The interior of the church

St. Peter's Place early 1950's. Looking towards Broad Street; The International Convention Centre and Symphony Hall now stand on that site.

Rocky Lane looking towards Park Lane, Aston.

Thanks for that information EB, I'll keep an eye open for anymore photographs or stories.