Parisian Club Cannon Street

[Lemonella]

The Parisian was owned by Eddie Fewtral (Spelling?), I believe. We played there once, in the late 70's, just when Punk was starting out. We were spat at while playing, country rock, but was supposed to be, a sign of appreciation.

It was a bit rough when I went with my friend, we were standing by a pillar and someone threw a glass at the pillar! Luckily we were not injured, but we never went there again. Brum was never short of pubs to visit!

 

[boilerman]

It was a bit rough when I went with my friend, we were standing by a pillar and someone threw a glass at the pillar! Luckily we were not injured, but we never went there again. Brum was never short of pubs to visit!

That story Lemonella, is amazing, well before we played there, we used to go there regularly. One night, I had a glass thrown at me hitting me on the head, just above my eye. It bounced off me and smashed on the pillar behind me. The blood was everywhere, 7 stitches later, after being driven to the Accy. I was raring to go

 

[Barr_Beacon]

The Parisian was owned by Eddie Fewtral (Spelling?), I believe. We played there once, in the late 70's, just when Punk was starting out. We were spat at while playing, country rock, but was supposed to be, a sign of appreciation.

The Parisian was an M&B pub. If you look at the photograph the M&B logo can be clearly seen to the left of the entrance. Eddie Fewtrell owned night clubs and wine bars in and around Birmingham.

Tributes paid to Birmingham's 'King of Clubs' Eddie Fewtrell

Eddie Fewtrell, who once ran more than 20 night clubs with his family, dies, aged 90.

www.bbc.co.uk

The Parisian became 'Cagney's' around 1984, this time it was a Davenport's pub.

 

[Rabster]

The Parisian was an M&B pub. If you look at the photograph the M&B logo can be clearly seen to the left of the entrance. Eddie Fewtrell owned night clubs and wine bars in and around Birmingham.

Tributes paid to Birmingham's 'King of Clubs' Eddie Fewtrell

Eddie Fewtrell, who once ran more than 20 night clubs with his family, dies, aged 90.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Parisian became 'Cagney's' around 1984, this time it was a Davenport's pub.

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Coming from New St up Cannon St, on the right was the Parisian which later became Le Pub. A little further up on the opposite side was The Windsor then there was Fore St which joined to Corporation St. A little further up Cannon St, heading towards Rackhams on the same side as Parisian and Fore St was Davenports pub Cagneys. It was just down from Reddington Rare Records. Cagneys was a downstairs bar with mirrors etc. and on a Sunday night had a DJ called Paul Burrell who (occasionally) with his mate Jimmy Franks from BRMB played good stuff till they kicked us out at the 1030pm Birmingham drinking hours. I never went into The Parisian/Le Pub or the Windsor but loved the nights in Cagneys. What I don't know was the year - I am thinking about 1977/78 but could have been as late as 1983 but I cant remember. I left Bham in the late 80's but remember with great fondness the Halcyon days of those Sunday nights before I headed for the overnight train back to where I was based then. Very happy days indeed.

 

[Rabster]

I'm sure that The Parasol was on the corner of Hill St. and John Bright St. Did it turn into Sam Weller's or was that another pub next door?

I think I spent virtually every night of the early/mid seventies in Bogarts.

Hi
I believe that Sam Wellers came after the amalgamation of 2 pubs on the same site. One was The Parasol and the other was I think, The Gluepot which were under the Casino. Both were, at the time, downstairs bars but separate to each other. I think they knocked the wall through to make one bar - Sam Wellers.
A little further down on the same side was The Grapes opposite the entrance to the old New St Station car park ramp on the corner of Hill St/Lower Severn St. Last I saw it was a convenience store but that was many years ago. Bogarts (towards top of New St) was indeed scaffolding and bean bags/cushions for seats - great place, vibe and music - often with up and coming live bands. The bier keller was underneath Bogarts downstairs.
Sadly another 2 pubs have gone - The Cabin and Costermonger (with it's famous shuffleboard) to make way for inner city flats.....
.....and planners call this progress allegedly.
If I was to go back to Bham now I doubt I will really recognise it and feel it would be upsetting to the Bham I remember.

Update 13 October 2026
I have found the book I have been looking for - called Brum pubs from 1976. It contains my own scribbles and need to amend the previous post thus:
Sam Wellers on Hill St was formerly The Gluepot but The Parasol changed to Kaleidoscope.
The old Yates Wine Bar (great night out) opposite what was C&A at the station end of Corporation St became the Wimpy burger bar.
The bombed Tavern in the Town became Teddy's before it became the Yard of Ale.
This book is a little gem TBH and I am happy to assist any pubs from the past in the city centre and outlying areas from Northfield, Selly Oak through to Sutton Oldfield that are mentioned - 268 of them. Sadly it does not have an ISBN number to get a copy but does have a Publishers address in Bristol.
Please feel free to make contact and I'll do what I can to assist.

 

[boilerman]

The Parisian was an M&B pub. If you look at the photograph the M&B logo can be clearly seen to the left of the entrance. Eddie Fewtrell owned night clubs and wine bars in and around Birmingham.

Tributes paid to Birmingham's 'King of Clubs' Eddie Fewtrell

Eddie Fewtrell, who once ran more than 20 night clubs with his family, dies, aged 90.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Parisian became 'Cagney's' around 1984, this time it was a Davenport's pub.

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Not sure if I've got the wrong end of the stick here BB, but my mate and I did some work for Eddie in his house, and when he found out, we were in a band, he offered us to "play in my club/pub, The Parisian". Have I got your meaning wrong?

 

[bestcover]

I left Brum in

Have come across a photo of this over here. 1970's??

Maybe someone has information out there?

Richie.

I left Brum in1974 but we regularly had a few at La Parissienne - was that the same place?