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I grew up in Solihull,but did live in a stone back to back in Bradford. It was well built,but had no back window.It was made of stone,so was cold,but had no problems with damp.

Very unusually I'm up in brum thursday,and am driving.As it's going to be the last time I'm around with a car thought it'd be nice to see if anybody from here fancied a night out,ferried from pub to pub? After all these years be nice to see some of the old pubs that could easily be gone...

Small world Stitcher,my parents lived round the corner in Shirley road from '87-94.I lived there in between moves occasionally. The local walking distance pubs were never the greatest,but seemed popular enough at times.I expect the late 80s were not a great era for any pubs to be fair. Just...

Lol Robert,customers should be seen,but not heard. Never was a great place,but it was a just about serviceable local back in the 70s.

Just seen the place on Google Streetview,annoyingly they were having a beer delivery,and it obscures most of the frontage.

Never been to Eire,but from the info I got years ago they were mainly privately owned pubs,not managed houses. Breweries killed the British pub scene with their greed and bad planning.Monopolies never work longer term,and even looking at the contrasts of the 11 years since I left the pub trade...

I know pubs are having a bad time,but never thought the Weoley would be gone.

Yes of course,Witherspoons is opposite sainsburys,and that Casey Jones looks quite newish.The Boundary,had a good few nights in there back in the mid 80s,now Zorba's resturant. The Boundary was always one of those places where there was plenty of trouble,but you never really noticed it.The old...

Too right,far too easy for the rot to set in,hardwork to turn the corner back again. I left the UK for many years,and being teatotal for nearly 20 years probally didn't feel the same need for pub life quite as often as before.But after coming back to the Uk last year,and seeing the state of the...

You were quite central for that one,be interesting if you could post any you do a bit away from the centre,especially the areas where a lot of pubs have closed,help us to see how the rest are coping.

The area's ok,but once a pub gets a name for bad behaviour it often spells the end. Recent local examples of this in that area are the Fox hollies,the Greet and the Speedwell.All closed down due to bad clientele.

I lived locally in '89,and this was a pub I used to use.Remember Villa player Alun Evans dropping in during his testimonial. It was not very popular then,an ansells tenancy,but like a number of other pubs in the area does seem to have reinvented itself sucessfully.

Drove past it a few weeks ago,no signs of life.

When I worked at the Colebrook Shirley the landlords were Sandra and Graham.They ran the Weoley castle fora number of years,during the 80s till '92.The assistant manager was a lady called Edna,she followed them to the Colebrook too.

Went in the Golden Lion a few times in the mid 80s,really had no atmosphere. One of the things you notice about the Warwick road from Acocks to Solihull is the lack of pubs.Now the Lion is gone there's no pub now between the Trader/Red Lion in Sainsbury's car park and the Barley Mow...

Lewis Badges,and the sister firm White and Lambert. My mother worked there from 1975 to 1986.I worked casually there from 1976-1983. Situated in Howard Street Hockley,there were some great characters there at this time.Some still lived locally in Newtown,while others had been moved during the...

Shame we lost Davenports.Obviously a short sighted decision. While the big breweries collapsed some of the smaller ones have taken advantage of this. I now reside in Margate,and here in Kent we have Shepherd Neame,a small brewery,but with a collection of exellent positioned pubs,and a choice...

My great uncle started H.Botterill Tyres on Constitution Hill/Northwood Street. Sometime around the late 20s/early 30s.His name surprisingly enough was Harry Botterill. It later got sold on his death in '67 and became Midland Tyres.This lasted till around 2000,when the daughter of the owner...

https://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/jul/08/birmingham-budget-restaurants-uk-food Not exactly pubs,but couldn't think where else to post it...hence here it is. The Lord Clifden does star here,as does the whole of the Balti Triangle...quite a 'wide' choice.

Shirley,where I grew up.;) You'll note of course those pubs have mostly evolved into eateries,where do we find the room to put all this food we find surrounding us?:D