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As I mentioned in an earlier post (back in 2010 apparently!) my great-grandparents ran The Australian back in the 1930s. I have never been in the area, but I recall my father saying it was right by the Birmingham Hippodrome. Is that correct? Perhaps it always catered for colourful customers...

Apologies for not posting since 2010! The attached photo shows my grandfather, who was landlord of The Royal George from 1943. He died in 1954. Until I saw the above photo, I had forgotten how my late father used to tell me about the smell from the HP Sauce factory! If you have a higher res copy...

Found this picture online a few years back - the pub name was at least clear in this one.... Lost Photo replaced

The Roebuck on Darwin St, are you sure? I had heard it closed down way, way back... My father already bristles when I tell him what happened to The Australian!

I only have the attached, which I made up several years back (2003?) from pictures I trawled off the www.midlandspubs.co.uk site. Although they are marked Copyright, the smaller photos were actually thumbnails for full size photos you could buy, so I don't think the owner will mind. That site...

My great-grandparents (Thomas Henry Fowler and Annie nee Roper) ran The Australian Bar from 1932 to 1944. Around the same time my grandfather (also Thomas Henry Fowler) was running first The Roebuck and later The Carpenters Arms (both nearby). That's the limit of my knowledge, unfortunately.

Thanks Mike - that's great information! Your info reminded me that my Dad had told me that, after they left The Roebuck, the new tenants were also Fowlers (but unrelated). Apparently, Albert Fowler broke the unwritten rule of landlords at the time by marrying his barmaid... My grandfather was...

That's the one. Doesn't look to have too bright a future, judging from Google street view... This may belong on another thread, but other Brum pubs my family were associated with: The Roebuck - my Dad was born there in 1930, so Thomas Henry might be listed as landlord The Australian Bar - Dad'd...

Hate to sound repetitive, but I believe MY grandfather was also landlord of The Carpenters, during WW2 - Thomas Henry Fowler. I think he managed it along with his mother, Annie Fowler. Can anyone confirm?