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    Pubs Of The Past

    The Emily Arms was situated on Emily Street (corner of Emily St and Dymoke St). The original Victorian pub was demolished and replaced with a new pub of the same name. Later known as The Hideout, it is now in use as an Islamic centre.
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    Mitchell's & Butler's Ltd.

    Apologies for the quality of the photograph, I took it from a Youtube video. Any idea of the date?
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    US Base Pheasey Estate

    I saw this photograph years ago and it has been mentioned here. Took me a while to track it down but I have. It shows a US military policeman standing guard outside what is now Pheasey Library / community centre. If anyone has more information about it, I'd love to know.
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    Barbarella's : Bands from March to May 1974....where has the time gone?
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    Lost Birmingham Pubs

    Mazeppa was a poem about a Polish nobleman by Lord Byron.
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    Lost Birmingham Pubs

    You might find this useful... https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/warwickshire/birmingham.html
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    The Cross Guns, Newtown

    The Cross Guns, Rodway Close, Newtown was a Davenports pub. I found an interesting account of the pub by Jane Fletcher who once ran the pub. Her story is contained in the link below: https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/warwickshire/birmingham_b19_crossguns.html
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    Lost Birmingham Pubs

    Saw the demolition in progress today coming from the Fish Market. The pub was 'The Royal George'.
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    Subways

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    The Golden Eagle, Hill Street

    You wait for one bus to come along and then...
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    The Golden Eagle, Hill Street

    I really am overjoyed at finding this photograph but I have to admit thinking what the character in the window is doing.
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    The Golden Eagle, Hill Street

    Can't contain myself, this is the photograph I have been searching for for years! The car parked outside is a Ford Capri Mk 1, so it dates it around 1972/3.
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    Subways

    The Rotunda Subway... ...The things I did to get my Two Tones and Staypressed from Nelson House.
  14. Barr_Beacon

    A Seventies Childhood.....

    For those of you nostalgic for BRMB, you might be interested in this... https://www.mds975.co.uk/Content/brmb02.html Warning! Listening to all the recordings on this page will make you yearn for the past...
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    The Windsor Pub Cannon St.

    I'v posted this photograph of The Winsor in Cannon St from 1976 previously, sadly it only shows only the pub sign (which was the M & B plastic 'box' common at the time. Hopefully I'll find a photograph that shows the actual pub itself.
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    Terence Rigby

    Terence Rigby was an actor and was born Erdington and attended St. Philip's Grammar School in Edgbaston. He appeared in a lot of British television from the 1960s right up to his death in 2008. Played the role of Roy Bland with distinction in the exceptional drama , Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy...
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    Davenport's Pubs

    Can anyone provide me with a list of Davenport's pubs? Two in particular have been driving me mad. 1. What was the name of the Davenport's pub close to St Andrews (I have a feeling it was near Garrison Lane). 2. Was there a Davenport's pub near the bus routes 14, 93, 94 or 55 within a radius...
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    Punch Bowl Unspoilt By Progress Pub Five Ways

    The pub was called The Punch Bowl, it was a Bank's pub who later renamed it The Unspoilt by Progess. Can't find any photographs for it yet.
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    The Golden Eagle, Hill Street

    This is only the second photograph I have found, taken around 1984.
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    The Windsor Pub Cannon St.

    The lounge at the Needless Alley entrance did have a tartan carpet but you're quite correct in saying the downstairs lounge at The Golden Eagle also had a tartan carpet.
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