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In one of my publish-and-be-damned moments I have mentioned John Green in my paragraph but ..... with the usual caveat that I have not seen proof of it myself. https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/ashted-row/index.html#38

Hi Mike, I don't know the book from which this is taken but the caption seems to suggest that Mr. Green is discussed in the text. I assume that house referred to is the one on the right. I don't know why no first name is used. I have found John S. Green at Ashted Row in a number of directories...

Who doesn't like a bit of ghost signs? See : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/ashted-row/index.html#61

Thanks Mike, no had not seen that before. Thanks for posting. Cheers, Kieron

The next pub along the road from the Royal Oak was the Parliament House, a rare inn sign. More info at : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/ashted-row/parliament-house.htm

I have now posted some information on the Royal Oak which was at No.29 Ashted Row. See : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/ashted-row/royal-oak.htm

The photograph posted by Oldun was taken on June 11th 1969 - I know because I have the original negative plate. The pub closed for trading on 27th July 1969.

The urban environment or landscape is a palimpsest but I know of no other city that has eradicated the past so aggressively and with such insensitivity.

Some history of the Clock Tavern now at : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/ashted-row/clock-tavern.htm

A newspaper item from 1950. Clearly there were some people who thought it would be a crime to demolish the old village of Ashted ....

I just found another pic of the surgery at No.109 and am posting it here as, well, you never know, somebody might just recognise the patient. Well, actually, the patient is probably in the pram but the mother is just leaving the surgery and negotiating the steps with what was a fashionable pram...

Now done a little bit on the two houses that adjoined the Clock Tavern. See : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/ashted-row/index.html#112-3

I am going to have a bash at doing Ashted Row. Liverpool do very well in terms of tourism with visitors walking the old Georgian quarter. It is something I have done myself, calling into a couple of old pubs en-route. If only Birmingham had saved and preserved Ashted well, who knows, it could...

Obviously I mourn the loss of public-houses but I have come to accept that life has changed for many people and communities. Old cinemas have closed, many theatres have vanished, even the High Street's cannot keep up with the retail revolution of the 21st century. I am sure that all previous...

I acquired a 1905 photograph of police officers at Sparkhill Police Station and with the amazing help of Matt Pooler [he runs the Worcestershire Police History] website, he provided a full list of names. As I had a good pic I could zoom in on the collar numbers. Anyway, for those interested in...

Oh yes, there were two of them Mike. See : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/berners-street/union-inn.htm#Caesar-Augustus-Jenkyns

You couldn't make it up .... two different people, one named Julius and another named Caesar, both with a connection to this pub. See : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/berners-street/union-inn.htm

I have picked this one out to help clear up some people's misunderstanding of the term beer house. Reading between the lines of some posts, some think that they were of low status, a rough hole with little repute. But here is a good example of a beer house that was well constructed, occupied a...

Yes, Lyn posted this photograph in the Berners Street thread.

Damn, I got sidetracked again. I was more interested at the moment in an old photograph I have of the Union Inn - and only because of a link to the Alma Tavern. Never simple.