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Last year I started a monthly 'Taste & Tour' of the beautiful Bartons Arms pub. This includes a 45 minute slide show of the history of the pub (and Aston Hippodrome) a tour of the pub and cellar, followed by a 2 course Thai meal. The good news is that every tour has sold out until March next...

Hi everyone. Just wanted to say how much we enjoyed our first meet up. Great few hours with great people. What more could you want. John & Mandy.

Laurel & Hardy stayed at the Bartons Arms for a week in 1954. A lot of people have said that Charlie Chaplin also stayed at the Bartons, but there is no evidence of this. Charlie was in Birmingham in 1910 as part of the Fred Karno group (with Stan Jefferson aka Stan Laurel). The question is when...

It could be a number of people. The guy with the bald head and moustache who was with Sennett and L&H is James Finlayson. He would always say Doh! And this is where Homer Simpson gets it from. Or it could be Snub Pollard.

Yes, Charlie's relatives are all UK based. Most of them are still in Brum, but I've travelled to Dawlish, and Bath to interview his neice and nephew. Mandy and I also paid a visit to the US, and while we were there, we put flowers on his grave. He came back to Birmingham in 1937/8. His family...

Wendy, I wrote the article about Charlie Hall. It's probally out of date by now. I am writing a book about him, and have tracked down Charlie's surviving relatives. They have provided me with a lot of new info on him. John John

Charlie was born on the Washwood Heath Road. His birth certificate says No. 23. The cottage where he was born was called Gwyther Cottage. Around 1906/7 the house was given the number 580. I named the pub The Charlie Hall. His birth certificate says 'in the sub district of Erdington' John

Yes, I'm on the photo. I'm the small guy (5'4" the same size as Charlie) with the bald head. It was my idea to name the pub The Charlie Hall. The Birmingham branch of the Laurel & Hardy appreciation society is called Laughing Gravy. Charlie Hall played the landlord in this film. We meet on...

Regarding Charlie Hall. He was born where the Ward End Fire Station now stands. It's why we cannot have a blue plaque. He lived in 33 Arley Road, Saltley, but the house is no longer there. He came back to Brum in 1937/8. I am writing a book on Charlie, which I hope will be out this year...

El Stano, Why don't you do something to help me! It's Stan Laurel's birthday today (16th June) and he would of been 120 years old. About how I feel at the moment. Stan and Charlie were great mates, and would often go out drinking together. It got Charlie into a lot of trouble. I'm hoping...

Bob, You have hit the nail on the head. It has to be the Metropolitan Carriage (which became Metro Cammell at Saltley) as Charlie was born Ward End, and then moved to Saltley. He also went to Leigh Road School in Saltley. As for the Gas mask factory, I was told there was a factory in...

My name is John Ullah. I run the Birmingham branch of the Laurel & Hardy appreciation society called Laughing Gravy. I am writing a book about Charlie Hall, who was born in Birmingham, and went on to appear in 47 films with Stan & Ollie. Does anyone have information on the following:- The...