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  1. ColinB

    Crown Inn at Deritend in 1860

    There's reference to a ballard The Lamentation of Francis Price…who murdered his sweetheart, Sarah Pratt in 1860 and a source stated on https://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/bbals_15.htm 14. The Sorrowful Lamentation and Farewell of Francis Price who was hung…for the Wilful Murder of Sarah...
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  2. Barr_Beacon

    The Crown Inn, Broad Street

    Many years ago (when the place was a proper pub!) I remember seeing high up on the wall in one of the bars a brass plate commerating the exact spot where the tallest man in Birmingham had reached. The event took place in the 19th century. Anyone know what happened to the plate?
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