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Thank you Astonian with apologies for not responding earlier.
Francis Shaw had an eventful life which I will record here later. However I now know that his first appearance in Birmingham was as a lodger in Peel Street when he became a warder after leaving the Household Cavalry.
Jim Shaw
My grandfather was a warder at Winson Green Prison around 1900.
He had a regular pub.
Near the bar on the floor was an anvil.
The offer was that if you could lift the anvil on to the bar with one arm the landlord would buy you a drink.
However, when the offer was challenged on the basis...
