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Lyn - In case Phil isn't online at the moment, see his photos on posts 54 and 59. The toilets and hoardings can be seen beyond the left side of the pub.
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Lyn - In case Phil isn't online at the moment, see his photos on posts 54 and 59. The toilets and hoardings can be seen beyond the left side of the pub.
Viewfinder
master brummie
Out of interest, what does Bromsgrove Street look like now? Is the terrace on the right still standing, and what is - or was - the curved brick building on the left?
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Rather different to how did look, I've positioned it near the ice rink (if it still is) and you can turn it around a go along the street.
https://goo.gl/maps/JpWFt
https://goo.gl/maps/JpWFt
Viewfinder
master brummie
Thanks, oldMohawk - yes, it's completely unrecognisable!
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
When I said it was Bromsgrove St, I wasn't quite right. It's actually taken from the end of Bromsgrove St looking along Moat Row toward Smithfield. Mike has photos of those shops on the right that he took when he was active with his camera. The curved brick building on the left is the bottom of the old fruit & veg market.
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Viewfinder
master brummie
The Lost Pubs Project is a useful resource. Here are some photos of closed pubs in Aston, though I can't see anything that matches Phil's photo: https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/warwickshire/birmingham_b6.html
An unusual single storey structure to the right - with net curtains I think. And the road is only one side of it. The buildings which once faced the pub have been demolished. Could it be narrowed down as to which this was in the 1960s/70s by locating the industrial chimney? Or maybe there were too many chimney's around Church Lane. And it looks like it was originally a terrace of 4 (or more)houses, not a purpose built pub. Viv.
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devonjim
master brummie
I think it's Moat Row, Drovers in back ground. Old Market Hall on left. See map attached.
devonjim
master brummie
Well, I was catching up, been out most of the day!
Phil
That was the one I was going to put up next. Here it is. It was in the midst of several around church lane Aston. It is obviously a pub, but have been unable to identify it. The highest resolution seems to show Mitchells & Butlers on the fascia.
To the right of the building in the far background is a modern building. Is it the back of this one? The modern building is actually on Church Lane. Viv.
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That also crossed my mind at first Phil, but couldn't get my head around Aston Uni in relation to Church Lane. Viv.
All I know is that it is among photos of that area. I could have gone a bit away and then come back, or even returned the next day and come via that place.
I agree it does look a bit like Aston. Here is that part of the photo in more detail
Looking at the enlargement it could be Aston Uni after all - the lower level building I posted of Church St seems too low. Also this reminds me a little of the area near Midland Counties Dairies. I worked there as a student. The factory backed on to the canal and the area to the right has the same look about it. So if all those assumptions are correct, this would be near the Aston Exoressway. Also in the enlargement there's a church spire left of the chimney. Viv.
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master brummie
On the extreme left edge of the enlargement above, there seems to be lettering or numerals over a (blocked?) doorway to the pub. Is this decipherable? There's a spirelet next to the factory chimney, which could be a school if not a church. Does anyone have a large-scale map of the from the 1960s, on to which we could plot lines from Aston University and the chimney and spire?
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master brummie
Or perhaps the spire is on Vicarage Road school: https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=23229
Judging by the aspect of the pub in relation to what we assume to be Aston University, the pub may have been on Queens Road, which ran off Church Lane. There is apparently still a 60s-style pub on Queens Road, The New Adventurers, which a post on the pubsgalore website says "replaced a pub on the same site during wholesale changes to the area".
Judging by the aspect of the pub in relation to what we assume to be Aston University, the pub may have been on Queens Road, which ran off Church Lane. There is apparently still a 60s-style pub on Queens Road, The New Adventurers, which a post on the pubsgalore website says "replaced a pub on the same site during wholesale changes to the area".
