changinman1
master brummie
I live at 110 ....love these stories about dorridge
Hi have you tried dropping in to the Knowle Library as the History Society can usually be found upstairs on Saturdays. Need to check they still do this.Hi just another appeal for a photo of The Vine pub in Dorridge, someone somewhere mustttttt have one , I wonder if the Knowle society have one, does anyone know anyone in the society that could ask. I am convinced that the building that is there today is the original pub building. Helllllpppp
Mike...does it mention the name of the brewery that owned it ?It was Emily Hardwicke in 1924 & Harry D.Clews in 1928
I don't know anywhere. The best bet is finding a picture with a characteristic sign on it
Don't know if you have this little bit of information
https://www.visitoruk.com/Solihull/dorridge-C592-V18284.html
Colin
Glad that you used my Dad's shop. He did sixty haircuts per day in his prime. You don't get that service now!Mr Gillooly was a chirpodist, he moved his practise into Manor Road, actually opposite where the Bouchers lived and very near the church. I was in the same class as Janet Gillooly at Dorridge infants and Junior school. And Jimmy Knibb was the demon barber.
Thanks Paul for this collection.
Actually Poplar road Solihull.Hi thanks for going to the trouble....it is actually Knowle high street...cheers Karl
The reason you can’t find anything after the 1911 census is because my grandfather leased The Vine at the start of WW2 so he could move his entire family out of Birmingham and left when the lease ran out in the early 1970s! We are looking to see if we have any photos of it but my mum remembers that parts of the building were rented to various local businesses - Midland Bank, a local sculptor, cattlemen as there was a cattle yard at the back and Restalls (spellings prob wrong) who made dyes, my grandfather also ran an antique shop from it too! Hope this helps!Hi just another appeal for a photo of The Vine pub in Dorridge, someone somewhere mustttttt have one , I wonder if the Knowle society have one, does anyone know anyone in the society that could ask. I am convinced that the building that is there today is the original pub building. Helllllpppp
The reason you can’t find anything after the 1911 census is because my grandfather leased The Vine at the start of WW2 so he could move his entire family out of Birmingham and left when the lease ran out in the early 1970s! We are looking to see if we have any photos of it but my mum remembers that parts of the building were rented to various local businesses - Midland Bank, a local sculptor, cattlemen as there was a cattle yard at the back and Restalls (spellings prob wrong) who made dyes, my grandfather also ran an antique shop from it too! Hope this helps!
My mum has seen the photo of Vine House and said that used to be the main building of what had been a coaching inn as it had stables, a hay loft and a number of outbuildings, there were also two greenhouses which housed vines and during WW2 one of the vines produced sweeter grapes and they used to barter them for things they needed! We’re still looking for a photo but can’t find one at present!Wow didn't know this , yes it would be amazing if you had some photos , there aren't many at all in circulation , I don't think ive seen one that's more than 30 years old.