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Lyn,I'm just glad I'm not your parents,I can imagine what damage you did with a bucket and spade on the beach while searching for 'historical finds' at Fairbourne beach.And while on the subject did you jump on the mini railway and do the same at Barmouth? :D Only kidding,just nice to see...

These sites can teach us a lot,just a shame we won't spend the money we need to learn about it. Hopefully your Time Team request will come,great to see somebody so interested in local preservation....after your last 'forced entry' pics I'd not be surprised to find you out at night digging the...

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8186578.stm Funeral is today. It's the end of an era,however good a person Harry was,it's what he stood for,as our last veteran of that hell of the trenches we mourn now,as well as himself. Back in my youth,early 70s I used to help Sister Elsie Jones'...

Thanks for that Eric,you would have remembered it as H.Botterill Tyres when you first knew it.It was bought up by Bill Whitehouse,he owned Warstone Lane petrol station. Bill was not there a lot,the 2 managers were Frank Clarke and Tony Phillips,they were in the same positions from wartime,till...

Lloyd,I would have had no idea there was an Australian link to the name as far back as 1925.Thanks for the research.

Well all we have to do is make you an old drunk in the inner city pubs we're trying to save and the whole point of the thread is achieved.;) Anyhow thanks for some great input,and sure you've got some more to share.

This is a good point,and one I was thinking about when I posted it. Some,probally the minority have bucked the trend,a fine example in the same area you mention is the Lord Clifden.OK that area is helped by the many new flats built,and used by single young people in the main,prime evening...

Arkrite,it's a pub thread,how can you 'bore' by talking about pubs? Talk away my friend,it's why we're all here.Also being a history forum that's why we enjoy talking about the past too. You're dead right about the centres changing at night,Margate where I live now is a real nightclub...

Arkrite,what a nice responce. Yes of course a lot of the old ways will die,in fact this thread was about how pubs can adapt,not survive in present form.Economics drives change,if we look back at pubs in the early 1800s we wouldn't recognise them.The style you're referring to came about in the...

We had a street party in my road in Shirley. In 81 for the royal wedding we just had a barbecue in a local garden. Nice to see the adonis behind the name,Frothblower,Blackpool must have been fun.

Was it always called the Australian bar? I notice on that pic there is no pub name up on the building,quite strange.

Funny pub the Mermaid,and definetely stood out from the norm.I remember bands playing back in the 80s,but as a drinking establishment it went down hill fast.No idea why,maybe others have a better idea? In 1988 I went to look at it,the tennancy was available,and the tennants just wanted to...

The Drum and Monkey Dorridge,do you remember when it was a real country pub Ann? My college friend had the only house near it,as his father had bult it.We spent many a drunken night on the Davenports trad Bitter,before falling over the road.

Well said Phil. Brewery greed put off customers long before the problems became accute. TVs,Jukeboxes etc have a place,but only if you can keep them in a seperate room.The occasional big sporting event may well fill a pub,but it can put off regulars who do not want it. Conversation was the...

I had a friend who lived in Dart Street Bordesley back in the early 80s. I think a lot of the old houses were pulled down,and replaced by council owned houses at some point.I don't know when this happened,and would be grateful for any pictures/dates you may have. There is a picture of the...

My folks live off St Bernards,near the back of the Mere,so only about a mile away,if that. Not been to the Lyndon for years,but glad it's doing ok.We lost the Golden Arrow of course,not much left in the area now,certainly nothing in walking distance for me. Having been paying peanuts for food...

Well if you're Sheldon then not exactly a long way off.:) There's a wealth of pubs in my memory,but I moved abroad for 10 years,and only recently came back,now in Margate.Don't see that much of the area,but have folks living in Olton now,so stay there on visits. Try the Bell in Tanworth,little...

https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=23107&highlight=crawl Talking about the city centre pubs,try the thread above,and read how things have improved in brum centre more recently.

I was down Formans road last week.Seems to be an asian bread shop/curry house amongst the first row of shops after the Stratford Rd.Was one of the best curry/roti take outs I've had in a long time.

Ann B,we certainly have been to the same places.I grew up in Shirley,so saw those pubs from an early age. New Labour,of course not the only PC brigade,but by far the worst.Smoking bans,minimum wage,and most council regulations have come from labour councils.This is not a political thread,but...