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Pub Crawl photos

ahh now i see.....when frothy goes offline hes not really lurking:rolleyes: hes out on the road with the van....:D

cheers len...
 
chocks2 said:
Hi Frothy. Further to my post #13, I may have been a little hasty. Today I have spoken to a relative of the Waite family who told me that during renovation work in the 1940's evidence was uncovered that suggested that the Castle may have been a coaching inn sometime between the 17th/early 19th century. Just goes to show one should never say never. I'm sure someone can throw more light on this one.
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In 1849 Mary Warham is listed as Victualler Castle Inn, Castle Bromwich. Cheers.
 
Yes it is, I've never been in there myself, but my moms neighbours used to go there for a meal and they said what a lovely place it was.
 
I was in Birmingham on Tuesday for a job interview. Walking back from Broad Street I crossed Chamberlain square and decided I’d stop for a pint. Thinking I’d go into The Mail which used to be in Pinfold Street, that’s where I headed. Gone. Crossed to Bogart’s. Gone. Walked down to The Yard of Ale (aka Teddy’s. Hole in the Wall, Tavern in the Town) I was pleasantly surprised to see it still there and open.

Walking down the steps I was further impressed that I could have been back in the 70’s. It looked just the same. My pleasure soon turned to dismay when during conversation with the barman I heard it was closing early in October to become another Chinese restaurant.

I also visited The Shakespeare, The Crown and unfortunately the Station was another closed pub.


[video=youtube;19sC5wpZ3AU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19sC5wpZ3AU[/video]
 
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