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hi jibo i see you did mention the white horse,but wasn't the bell in either st peters or vicarage rd?

hi jimbo i did come across another in york st called the white horse. had a refurbish like the new inns. good old pubs of my younger days.

my father was a regular in the kings arms for many years back in the early 50s . i did not know it had a name change .i remember the junction the sportsman the green man the vine duke of york the golden cross and a few i cannot recall the name of. i wonder how many are still there . i moved...

I remember the name the hilly fields and st peters church. I used to walk from harborne court oak road to the butchers shop as a kid many times a week . Good exercise for later years.through the churchyard and down harborne park rd. I also have lived in queensland australia for 42 years. Good...

the names that you mention i have never heard of. not surprising for there were lot's of small butchers shops around back then. i have photographs taken back then with some of my workmates,i like you wonder if they are still around or passed on. i would like to hear from one who remembers...

you are going back a long time. i do remember them building those shops in grove lane .i remember the butchers shop and when i delivered orders around the area i looked in to see how busy he was. do you still live around that area ? i mention ludlows butchers because my father owned the shop...

I would still like to hear more from butchers around the 60-70s who worked in the retail butchers meat trade around brum. i can remember dozens of workmates who i would like to make contact with .and customers who remember the staff of those days. supermarkets have taken over but the old...

yes i also visited the cavendish club and judy durham was onstage singing alone after her split with her group who's name escapes me .

you are correct the fewtrells never were owners of the opposite lock.

i used to supply the meat for the garry owen club i owned the butchers shop next to creswells the shoe shop across the road from the club. they always complained that i cut their T bone steaks to thick.

you never quite loose the way brummies and english people in general pronounce certain words. they are a dead give away. i also have been in australia 43 years working in retail . mixing with the aussies mostly ,and never having a strong english accent i have leaned a little to aussie twang...

i worked with john fewtrell for years as a butcher. he bought a butchers in harborne but got to used to the night life at his brother eddie cedar club. the club named because of all the cedar timber decor. any idea what became of johnny fewtrell.

when you say the brummie accent the birmingham area is quite big when you consider the outer suburbs. moving around these suburbs i could pick out dialects so different say from harborne and aston which had a very distinct brummie accent. then go only as far as dudley tipton and what was known...

i met walter smith several times buying at the meat market. butchers changed jobs quite often so maybe i did, no one comes to mind who worked for him. a very successful and clever meat retailer,as was HE HAYNES who i worked 5yrs for. ever heard of H.J.LUDLOW. who had a shop in harborne lane.?

the guy by the window looks like one of my old bosses workers who's name was rod "? coincidence maybe

my first week was at spring hill 1962 .then eventually i became manager about 1965 later we moved across the road next to the co-op. i left there to open my own shop on the coventry road small heath in 1968.we sold out 1971 and came to australia same year ,never regretted doing this for...

Re: Birmingham Nighclubs of the Past- Memories i was at the opening of the ceder club and i knew all the fewtrell brothers. i dont remember driving home as i was one of the catering staff and free champagne was everywhere . many years ago. i still wonder if john fewtrell is around as i worked...

of course i remember most of the main butchers. i worked for my father untill i was 20yrs old .i then worked for H E. HAYNES he owned several butchers shop in the midlands . they were very good years and when i bought my first shop a great deal of experience came from having managed and worked...

:culpability: would like to hear from some of the old shop butchers of birmingham 60---70s

hi i used to own a butchers shop a few shop down from small heath park about 1970.my how the area has changed not all for the best. i moved to australia 1971 had more shops but now retired 1998.not to many butchers shop around now.