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Britannia Inn Hampton Street Tower Street

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could someone tell me please if there was a brittania pub in tower street newtown..

many thanks...

lyn
 
Hi Lyn,I did not know it was called The Brittania,there was a pub on the corner of Tower St and Hampton St,opposite St Georges church.
In the 60s it was called Jack Shaws by most regulars.Moss.
 
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could someone find out if there was a brittania inn in tower st newtown please...the pic i have of it is on a corner but the only corner pub on tower st that i know of is the barrel and the only brittainia i know of is the one on the corner of summer lane and new john st west

many thanks...
 
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morning moss...it does not look like it to me.. what do you think..caption says tower st 1961
 
mosss here they are side by side..

second one is the brit summer lane/njsw and as i said the caption on pic 1 says the brit tower st but i just cant see where it fits into tower st...

lyn
 
The 1956 kellys lists the following Brittanias
Britannia inn, Cyril Thos. Allen, 13 Pigott st 15 •
Britannia, Clifford Baker, 287 Lichfield rd 6
•Britannia inn, Mrs. Phyllis Baldwin, 157 Nechells pl 7
Britannia inn, Harold Edwd. Fowler, 91 Hampton st 19
Britannia inn, Mrs. Hetty May Foxall, 277 Oldbury rd 40
Britannia inn, Rt. Wm. French, 909/911 Warwick Rd 11
Britannia inn, Thos. Hatton, 286 Summer la 19
Britannia, Rt. Rawlinson, 143 Sherbourne rd 12
Britannia inn, Sidney Wm,. Rose, 2 Landor st 8 .​

*Britannia inn, Mrs. Edna May Toon, '114 Inkerman st 7
 
Lyn

I can tell you that this pub is not the Britannia in Inkerman St, Proctor St, Nechells Place, Landor St, Lichfield Rd, Warwick Rd or Summer Lane. Of the others I couldn't say but as I don't remember them well. I would hazard a guess at the Britannia on the corner of Shrbourne Rd & Seymour St Balsall Heath simply because its the only one I can't remember at all.

Phil
 
This is it (on sherbourne rd) on the 1889 large scale OS map. It could be it
Mike

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Hi Lyn,it's all coming back to me now.It was on the corner of Howard Street and Tower Street,known to the locals as Jack Shaw's.
It has been mentioned on the forum before.It was opposite St Georges church gates on Tower Street.Moss.
 
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I think you mean Hampton St, not howard St. the 1900 Kellys gives it as a beer retailer, but lists it as being run by Samuel Shaw. i expect Jack Shaw was a later licensee in the family. Marked in red on the map
Mike
 
ladylinda said:
Does the street name on the right side of the pub read New John Street West?
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hi lynn..pic 2 on my post no 4 is the brittannia inn that was on the corner of summer lane and new john street west as you spotted...its pic 1 that is wrong..i came accross this pic this morning with the caption brittania inn ..tower st but as i suspected there was no such pub there so now we have to find out which brittannia it is...
hopfully lol..
 
I think it must be the Hampton st one Lyn, as it is on Tower st, even though it is listed as 91 Hampton St
 
thanks phil...mike i would think thats it then..it the brit on the corner of hampton and tower st...thanks mike...

lyn
 
wow moss thats fascinating thanks everso much for posting it..here is the pub in question..

lyn


 
What an interesting piece of information about the first conviction by fingerprint technology facinating. Lyn you photo is brilliant that makes the story even more interesting.
 
I'm really pleased to see this great pic. of the "Brit"..Some friends of mine ran it from 1957 to 1960,I'm still in touch with their daughter and she will be thrilled to see this picture,so many thanks for uploading it again !
 
moss i think that pic is this one tarted up a bit ive just found it in my files..

lyn

 
Thanks very much for this much larger picture Lyn,the detail is so much better,I will copy it and email it to my friend,she will be really chuffed !!!
Mick :biggrin:
 
i lived in pigott st edgbaston 1944 to 1959 my dad frequented the brittania inn it was commonly known as cyrals my maiden name was lesley dawson brothers roger tony peter we lived 2/20 then 4/21 in same yard if anymember is familar with steven hanson my old next door neighbor or bill marks could they ask them to get intouch not had much luck so far
 
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