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Pubs Of The Past

The Bull. Loveday Street..jpg.....The Crown on Station Street.jpg
The Bull on Loveday Street and The Crown on the corner of Station Street.
 
David

The Old Royal was previously the Red Lion until the Old Royal Hotel moved down from Temple Row due to demolition I think. The Wellington was previously insurance offices of which I'm pretty certain and I think later in its life may have been a building society though I'm not too sure about that.
 
The Fountain, Wrentham Street..jpg.....The Old Raiway, Curzon Street..jpg
The Fountain in Wrentham Street and The Old Railway, Curzon Street.
 
My greatgran dad ranthat pub back in the 1800s WILLIAM WIGHT JENNEY his father in law had it befor him HENRY NOTT HOBDAY
 
We frequently went to The Old Railway on Curzon Street for the music, and more often than not would come away stone deaf. I used to think it was a bit of a dump, and wouldn't have gone other than for the bands.

G
 
Not being a drinker and now being in the later years of my life I do sometimes wonder what the interiors of some of these pubs were like in their heydays. I did work on the doors of some of those where they staged music evenings during the sixties and early seventies but of course in those days I was going to live forever and I was far more interested in other things.
 
The British Oak. Pershore Road, Stirchley..jpg
The British Oak on Pershore Road Stirchley.

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The Great Western, Acocks Green.
 
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Stitch, I can tell you from long personal experience that most of the city-centre pubs, especially the ones around the Market, were what you'd call 'basic' inside. I always had a taste for the products of Mr Mitchell and Mr Butler, and even as late as the early 1970's one or two of their Brum pubs still had sawdust on the floor. You had to move out into the suburbs before you found a pub with carpets, comfortable chairs, decor, etc. The Birmingham Arms in Digbeth, which I knew well, had sawdust on the floors, plain wooden benches around the walls, and just stools. The first thing you did when you sat down was balance the table with a beer-mat - if they had any beer-mats, that is. Pubs like that didn't even pretend to provide comfort - just cheap beer! Lovely!

G
 
There were exceptions Big Gee.The Old Royal Temple St.with it's oak panels,The Woodman Easy Row with it's fine carvings,The Beehive and The Cabin with their large round copper topped bars,The Gem and The Lamp,with ornate woodwork...and ornamental ladies:rolleyes:.Also the beautifully tiled Old Stone Cross in Dale End.
 
Ah yes, Ray, but the pubs you name were toffs' pubs! Back in the sixties it was only the rough dives that seemed to bother with jazz bands, which was the reason we went to them. Some of the pubs in the Jewellery Quarter were a bit more up-market, as they were used by local small businessmen, and deals would be done in them, so a better standard of comfort was indicated. Even the old Salutation on Summer Lane was a bit on the basic side when it came to customer comfort.

G
 
My dad used to partake of the nectar drink but as a child I only hav memories of pubs on the Acocks Green side of Birmingham and these pubs would have a bowls and a fishing team. My dad would be in both teams of whichever pub was his favourite at the time and he would take me to watch the bowls as well as taking me on all the fishing trips. I was never allowed inside any of the pubs. His local haunts were The Gospel Oak, The Three Maggpies, The Red Lion and he would sometimes have a drink in The New Inns.
 
Stitcher I must have missed your stint as "doorman", I too worked as a "Doorman" whilst away from the army in the late 60's in the Brighton area, one very memorable evening I was at the 'Hove' "King Alfred" swimming baths, "The Hot Chocolate" were appearing and there was a riot half way through, I often wonder if "Errol Brown" remembers the big guy in the Chequed jacket on stage with him both with chairs holding back a mob of screaming "mod's, wanting to dismember us, whilst he whispered "save the Speakers, if we lose this".
I also worked at the Rainbow Casino Club, Sillwood Street and one regular visitor was "Reg Kray".
paul
 
Hello again Paul, this may be a little off thread so I will keep it short. I worked for Mothers but was not stationed anywhere in particular as another man and myself were moved to wherever the weight was needed. I put a bit about all this on the Nightclub thread.
 
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nmb.jpgThe Brittania on Warwick Road.
Astonian will like this one because he has commented on the pub in the past.
 
Big Gee said:
Ah yes, Ray, but the pubs you name were toffs' pubs! Back in the sixties it was only the rough dives that seemed to bother with jazz bands, which was the reason we went to them. Some of the pubs in the Jewellery Quarter were a bit more up-market, as they were used by local small businessmen, and deals would be done in them, so a better standard of comfort was indicated. Even the old Salutation on Summer Lane was a bit on the basic side when it came to customer comfort.

G
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Toffs pubs ???.I don't think so Big Gee...they let me in:rolleyes:.At least 3 of them were where ladies of the night did their business..:angel:
 
Ray, I must point out that you are not as innocent as me because I do not know what a 'Lady of the night is.'
 
now ; now ray ; naurty ; naurty ;
you should not say that; by the way what do you really mean ladies of the night ; ? .ha ha;
astonian;;
 
The Gun Makers Arms in Booth Street (?) - Gun Quarter.
Photos taken yesterday..
 

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nice pics of the gunmakers arms charlie...did you do in or is that a silly question lol..

lyn
 
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