Hi Phil
Many thanks for your feed back and yes now I recall the London taven as an old friend of ours whom comes on here from time to time
Used to work there she is an old field from the neibourhood of Ladywood and an old school friend and neibour to my old Dutch ESS
And they have always kept in touch Maureen, she as worked a lot of pubs in her time around the Saltley and the green way by the blues
Where I was gonna take it on but being a villa I thought better of it
It was a shock when she learnt I was the new gaffer they was expecting to come I never introduced myself to any bar staff
Until I move in at any pubs I go in under cover and stand at the end of the bar and whatch the staff to see how they operated
Such for fiddles. If you stand at the very end of any bar in pubs you will see. Alsorts of mister meanders going on
And such be the case when I moved I always where possible brought my staff with me
Yes Maureen said hello All,we are expecting the new gather in today oh yes I said well that's me Maureen oh my god ,
But do not worry I am not coming in changed my mind and went else where,
But getting back on track I recall all the other pubs I am very family with most pubs as I was in with the brewery even banks brewers
I had the job of cleaning them up especially all the pubs with cheques history meaning troublesome pubs
And moved out after retiring to the country but I still see a lot of the people I have barred from certain pubs in. Brum even today
And certain Gathers I meet with
Its nice to know you have a good collection of photographs of pubs Phil, I am always watching the threads of pubs on here quite often
And look to what is said about them some are given the wrong address some time but not quite they are usaly correct
I do have a lot of history on most pubs in brum and past and present gathers today
Have a nice day. Phil keep in touch,,,,,Alan ,,,Astonian,,,,,