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bartons arms/aston hippodrome

Does this picture help with the memories? It's not perfect but......
 

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Great that one Dave its been posted before I believe Dave but still great.

Anyway there are new members joining everyday and they might not have seen it.:)
 
Alf I think he is trying to say it's different as he as stitched them together which gives it a unique panorama it ain't a bad match is it
 
Dave, really enjoyed your panaramic picture of new street,the globe and high street,thats how l remember it.....thanks for the memories..Brenda
 
Thanks everyone,
So my "stitching" wasn't so bad! Now I can go to bed and sleep....... but not before using a little more "thread" at my end of Bracebridge Street featuring The White Hart once again - with "stitching".
 
Astoness said:
this has got to be the best pic i have found of the pub and hip together....i can just see the horses trough that i remember so well as a child...taken mid 1940s...

astoness:)

courtesy of carl chinn birm lives...
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remember going to see a comedian named billy dainty there must be nearly 55 years ago but the old brain may be wrong on dates
 
hi chinnychin...i remember the name billy dainty....think i must have seen him on the old black and white tv....

lyn:)
 
I remember Billy Dainty, and I believe I saw him at the Aston Hip., his mother had a sweet shop in Sedgley, nr Dudley.
 
chinnychinn said:
remember going to see a comedian named billy dainty there must be nearly 55 years ago but the old brain may be wrong on dates
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I remember seeing Michael Holliday at the Hippodrome,it was when he had his hit song 'The Runaway Train',must have been about 1957 or so.I only went because my dad used to get free tickets,and I think he wanted me out of the way for a while.....Mal.
 
Incidentally, I believe Michael Holliday later committed suicide,does anybody remember if this was so?....Mal.
 
This is my first post so I hope it’s in the right place.
This post card was sent I think around 1905/06, the road to the right of the pub should be Potters Lane, where my Fathers Mother family the Richardson lived at number 4 Potters Lane in the 1901 census.
 

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hi david and a warm welcome to you..yes you are in the right place...thats a lovely postcard..dont think i have seen it before so thank you for sharing it with us....

enjoy the forum and please just ask if you need any help....

astoness:):)
 
Thats a beaut of the Bartons Arms Dave,it would have been nearly new at that time.
It does make you wonder about postcards though,who would have gone to an industrial area,for their holiday's?:confused:.
Having said that I am going to Exotic Wolverhampton for a week in August.:rolleyes:
 
Welcome again David, that was a long time coming but well worth seeing :)
The Globe Picture House wasn't opened till 1913.

That Tram will be of interest to our spotters can't see any overhead wires but they will let us know why, can't wait, great post.
By the way I was born in Newtown Row just past Bracebridge Street both on your Map
 
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How could I resist that one Alf, there's no wires because it is a steam tram on the Perry Barr route introduced in 1884.
Mike
 
I noticed the lump on the back but I was not having a guess with you around.:D

Also remembering Peter Walker comes on the Forum most evenings
 
Thanks for the encouragement and interest in the post card I did not think about the tram being a steam tram.

This card I think is a reproduction of series of postcards of Birmingham, Barton Arms 1939, I thought I might be of interested especially with the tram and the Globe Cinema.​
 
David, those postcards of the Barton Arms are smashers and so good to look at! I see that your grandparents lived at 4 Potters Hill in 1901, well my grandparents Tom and Rose Hanson lived at No.10 Potters Hill in 1904, so they all probably knew each other!

Judy
 
Whilst we are enjoying the lovely pics of The Bartons, please remember it is an active pub and needs our support. The beer is firstclass, and the Thai Food marvellous. The multicultural staff are brilliant. Lets use it before we lose it....Oh and don't forget the tiles.
 
i went on a ghosthunt at the Bartons Arms pub till the early hours of the morning, a very good night but nothing to convince me that we were in the company of spirits apart from behind the bar, lol.
 
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