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    Birmingham Irish

    In the 60's we lived above a shop on stratford road. The area was full of Irish. The main pubs were he Bear and the Mermaid. The Angel and Antelope were smaller pubs. These pubs were popular with the Irish because if you arrived in Birmingham and wanted work these were the pubs where gangs...
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    Birmingham Irish

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    Birmingham Irish

    The Garry was on Wordsworth road. When I started going there it was small. It had a small dance floor and bar and you went there after the pubs closed. It was expanded into a fairly large club but Brendan still sat on the door with Con and Vince turning people away he didn't like the look of...
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