Coach and Horses The Green Castle Bromwich

[Vivienne14]

There’s still a Coach and Horses pub on the Green, it seems to have been rebuilt by the time of the first image. The second photo is from 1927. Today (well Google shows it 10 years ago) it is quite different. Another rebuild ?

Viv.

Source: British Newspaper Archive

 

[Astoness]

ive been in the now pub viv...think it could be a 30s rebuild but not certain by any means

lyn

 

[mikejee]

Another fire apparently




Here is a better copy of the first photo on the thread

 

[mw0njm.]

Fire at the Coach & Horses ! - Birmingham History

When C E Bateman designed a new Coach & Horses inn on Castle Bromwich Green, he little imagined how brief its life would be. A public house with the name of the Coach & Horses has stood on the Green at Castle Bromwich since the 18th century; the earliest record takes it back to before […]

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Castle Bromwich

Does the smithy feature anywhere on this postcard ? (Postcard for sale on eBay). Viv.

birminghamhistory.co.uk

 

[mw0njm.]

it was once a great pub i remember going to my uncles wedding in there in the 50s the best man said now for a toast. i said i dont like toast i thought he ment toasted bread

 

[Vivienne14]

From the Castle Bromwich link given in post #4 (thanks Pete) the Coach and Horses looking onto the Green. The current building today seems almost tucked away and much less visible behind mature shrubs. Viv

 

[mw0njm.]

when we moved to castlebromwich 50 years ago the pub had a huge garden and deer were roaming around the back of the pub in the fields from the hall

 

[mw0njm.]

Old Photographs of Castle Bromwich

The photographs above are from Colin Green's collection and may be used for educational and non-commercial purposes. Our sincere thanks to Colin for letting us use them. The photographs below are from various sources and are believed to be out of copyright. They are not in chronological (or any...

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[Covroad]

The opening of the re built Coach and Horses Castle Bromwich

 

[Covroad]

The old village green Castle Bromwich no date , looks like the original Coach and Horses in the background??

 

[pjbhandsworth]

ive been in the now pub viv...think it could be a 30s rebuild but not certain by any means

lyn

The smithy is probably the building on the right hand side of the Ansells Aston Ales photo - it's still there but now a private house.

 

[pjbhandsworth]

Another fire apparently


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Here is a better copy of the first photo on the thread

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[pjbhandsworth]

I'm only aware of the 1938 fire at the Coach and Horses.