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Crown And Cushion Pubs Perry Barr
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hi zonda...yes i used it most lunchtimes in the early 70s when i worked in the office block that was at one stop...i also remember the indian restaurant in that block..if memory serves me right (and i dosnt always) i think it was on the 2nd floor....
astoness
astoness
Do you mean the 'big' Crown & Cushion on the corner of Wellington Road, or the 'little' Crown & Cushion right opposite, on Birchfield Road?
Being dragged up in Perry Barr, it was the 'little' pub that was known as the 'old' Crown & Cushion.
In the 1960's the 'big' C&C used to have some good bands on, on Sunday nights if I recall. I know for sure I saw John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton there (my life-long heroes) and I think I remember seeing The Alan Price Set (not sure about this - you know they say that if you can remember the Sixties, you weren't there...)
Big Gee
Being dragged up in Perry Barr, it was the 'little' pub that was known as the 'old' Crown & Cushion.
In the 1960's the 'big' C&C used to have some good bands on, on Sunday nights if I recall. I know for sure I saw John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton there (my life-long heroes) and I think I remember seeing The Alan Price Set (not sure about this - you know they say that if you can remember the Sixties, you weren't there...)
Big Gee
A Sparks
master brummie
I used to go to dances at the Crown and Cushion on the corner of Wellington Road/ Birchfield Road in the late 60's. There were two 'ballroom' areas, one upstairs and one at ground floor level. Saw loads of different bands there.
I might be wrong about this but I understood it was the OLD C&C because there was an older pub building of the same name on that site.
The small C&C on the other side of the Birchfield Road was the 'New' C&C because it was new in comparison to the original larger one - if you can understand what I mean?!!
One of Aunts used to work in the office at the big C&C in the 30's (taking bookings for functions) and I think she told me this.
I might be wrong about this but I understood it was the OLD C&C because there was an older pub building of the same name on that site.
The small C&C on the other side of the Birchfield Road was the 'New' C&C because it was new in comparison to the original larger one - if you can understand what I mean?!!
One of Aunts used to work in the office at the big C&C in the 30's (taking bookings for functions) and I think she told me this.
All I can say is that when I was a sprog living in The Broadway, my old man always referred to the 'small' pub as the 'old' C&C...and one tended not to argue with my dear daddy.
Never ever been in the 'small' one, but had a mis-spent youth in the 'big' one, I'm more than happy to say!
Good health!
Big Gee
Great pic Lyn - a watering hole I remember well. At least most nights! Viv.
hi viv i used to go in there at lunchtimes when i worked in the office block that was in the middle of one stop...this pic is not so nice though as its the demolision of the pub..i really dont know why this pub had to go...have you seen the one that has been built in its place...oh sorry i forgot you dont live in brum now...the little crown and cushion that was opposite side has also gone..its some house letting place now i think..
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hi viv i used to go in there at lunchtimes when i worked in the office block that was in the middle of one stop...this pic is not so nice though as its the demolision of the pub..i really dont know why this pub had to go...have you seen the one that has been built in its place...oh sorry i forgot you dont live in brum now...the little crown and cushion that was opposite side has also gone..its some house letting place now i think..
Such a pity it's gone Lyn as it looks like it was once quite an important pub (maybe a stopping off place on a main route? Sorry don't recall all the history although I do remember a discussion we all had about the tollgate and the earlier C&C which was built here) And from memory in the 1960s it was probably one of the few landmarks along this stretch of road through Perry Barr that hadn't been messed up when they put the underpass through here. I expect
whatever replaced it was no improvement either. Ah well, all lost now..... Viv.
thats right viv i remember talking about it before....didnt someone post an old pic of the toll gate..could be my memory going though lol..will have look tomorrow and see if i can find it...you really would not like the pub that is there now..last time i looked it was painted blue and yellow..i usually close my eyes when i go past it....
Yes Lyn. I had a postcard of the tollgate (produced for Geo. Ellison, Welhead Lane) and uploaded a photo of it. It was frpm a drawing. But can I now find either the postcard or the photo? Must try and get myself more organised, but meanwhile will keep looking. :stupid::stupid: Viv.
Michael_Ingram
gone but not forgotten
I often went to the Crown and Cushion in the forties with my parents, aunt and uncle and cousins. However, I was always outside with pop and crisps I am afraid.
Michael_Ingram
gone but not forgotten
Me and my mates would often catch the 33 bus to Perry Barr Park in the late forties and early fifties, and so the Crown and Cushion was a familiar sight. We would often walk home though. There was a grocers oppposite the park, near the Crown. That was were we first saw frozen foods. They had something called something like Frofruits which was a block of frozen pureed black currents. They may have been meant for puddings but for us they were better used as ice lollies and so we spent our bus fare on them.
sylviasayers
master brummie
I went to many dances at the "big" Crown & Cushion in the 1950s early 60s, usually they were organised by the social clubs of b ig firms, one of our friends worked at Lucas and he would get the tickets for us. I also went to a friend's wedding reception there 8th September 1959.
That's incredible Dek. So the Old C&C in the newspaper picture must have stood just about over the underpass - if you get my drift. And the original Birchfield Rd would have been in front of the Old C &C. Isn't this roughly then where the tollgate was? Viv.