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Now added the Wonder Inn at : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/brearley-street/wonder-inn.htm

Two more for you Lyn : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/brearley-street/beehive-tavern.htm and https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/brearley-street/ivy-house.htm

Cheers Maurice, I think it is even more complicated by people. For example, the house in which I grew up was technically in Old Hill but I identified with Cradley Heath. A key reason for asking the question is that I am doing a little work on Brearley Street and would not wish to upset somebody...

Where does one district end and another one begin. There are parish maps with boundaries clearly marked so it is easy to determine which parish a given street was in. However, take Brearley Street for example, where EXACTLY does it leave New Town and enter Hockley? This crops up in many streets...

Moving along Lyn, we come to the Engineers' Arms : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/brearley-street/engineers-arms.htm

Stage 2 Lyn, to prevent dead links etc. Start of the end of the street at New Town Row and plonk a holding page with a bit of info for the first pub : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/brearley-street/white-swan.htm

Stage 1 : Create page for Brearley Street - https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/brearley-street/ Hey, it's a start!

I have just typed a paragraph on this pub which may be of interest : "The name of the house suggests that a mariner returned to Birmingham with sufficient booty to open a public-house. The earliest mention I have seen of the Sailor's Return is an entry in the licence register dated 1819 in...

Joseph Linforth was running it as the Castle Tavern in 1859 but advertised the business as he was in a financial pickle. He was later bankrupt.

A couple of pics :

I see I did a map for this some time ago :

Hardly an expert, just enthusiastic !

Well, I have been on it all day but this should clear up the issue of the location(s) of the Spring Gardens and the birth of the Swan Inn, later to become the White Swan : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/floodgate-street/white-swan.htm Or, if you only like pics and no text ......

Allow me to explain how I started along this route. When I uploaded a brief history of the St. Matthias' Tavern I noticed that Harry and Lily Ashfield moved to the White Swan in Floodgate Street. I was only going to place a link but got intrigued. The building now trades as The Ruin and has a...

I may have started a "Girl In The Painting" scenario here!

A bit of history on this pub with more pics is at : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/great-russell-street/saint-matthias-tavern.htm

Love this pic. Details of the shop can be found at : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/great-russell-street/index.html#Chip-Shop but if you have memories please post.

Harold Lacy, but I was not wanting to sway anybody, rather hoping they would recognise her from playing in the area.

I thought I would ask the question as the forum often comes up trumps .... "Does anybody know who the little girl is in this 1961 photograph?" She is sat on the step of the Justice Inn on the corner of Great Russell Street. IMHO a lovely period pic.