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I would hope not. I can't say for sure though and if they did renew it, I would guess they would want it to look as near to the same as was possible. A lot of work was done on the pub (removing partitions between what had been the lounge and the bar for example), around 30-odd years ago, I think.

The firm closed down in 1990.

It used to have a darts board there in the 70s. It may well have been sectioned off before that, I also remember the window was perhaps lower (as in the original picture) back then. It was just a first thought though.

Could it possibly be "The Old Contemptibles", which had a long bar (as I think, I recall from the 70s) before it was modernised (as shown below)?

I see the Golden Lion made Central News last night. Birmingham Conservation Trust is working with a range of partners to try to secure a future for the building. They have asked for the public's support to progress with a full restoration and are asking people to get in touch with stories they...

Opening Day?

I believe that it was built on the site of a brickworks Mark. As far as the rubbish was concerned, it was used to create height for the terracing on the Coventry Road side of the ground. The club offered the site as a tip and local people paid a total of £800 to dump an estimated 100,000 loads...

I was in the year below you I think and moved to the new Erdington Boys School to be one of their first 1st Year intake. I recall Mr Conduct and the Head who replaced him at Slade Road Mr Spinks. Teachers that I recall were Miss West, Mrs Harkin (deputy head), Miss Tooney, Miss Staunton, Mrs...

I still have a couple of my grandmother's shares too. She had cousins who lived in George Road and worked at Kynoch, who had allotment's and won gold medals in the 30's for their vegetables.

Statfold Country Park was featured in a "Bargain Hunt" programme that I watched last week. 3 miles of track and it certainly did look well worth a visit.

I watched that last night on the Midlands news. It must have been difficult to condense 60 years of programming into only a few minutes and they made a valiant attempt, albeit a few more news items would have been nice. I was surprised to hear that the BBC are to move out of the Mailbox and...

I looked back and found some previous pictures and information about this "glasshouse" (1858 - 1924?) - on the earlier pages 3 (post #80), 7 (#182, #201) & 8 (#234 #239), as well as some other informative posts on this, on and around those pages. Hope that helps clarify a couple of points.

Now sold by Nestle using the Quality Street brand name that they bought in 1988. It seems that all the chocolate is either manufactured or owned by a company outside the UK now.

That was true luxury and beyond my budget back then, they will be back on the shelves for Christmas though and they are a tasty little treat. :)

Yes, me too... delicious... :grinning:

I was very sophisticated back then too, I enjoyed one of these at the Palace cinema on most Saturday's....I can still taste that plastic! :laughing:

I remember the Music Box well. I bought Space Oddity and Purple Haze from it in the late 60s. I remember Tesco's on the High Street at the same time too. We used to call their jeans Tesco Tearaways... ;)

I had another one too, mentioning the council this time, but not which one. From a slightly different number this time, which is now also blocked.

A family photographed in October 1940 with their Anderson shelter in Slade Road, Erdington:

A photograph taken inside Mothers around 1970: