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Pubs Of The Past

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Liz

I think there was only one Leopold St in Birmingham and that was the one in Highgate that ran from Moseley Rd to Vaughton St. The Crown Inn was at number 43.
 
Sylviasayers

According to my 1903 Kelly's 99 Digbeth was called The British lion and was managed by a William Bloomfield at that time. Perhaps there was a name change?
 
Has anyone got a photo of the General Wolfe that used to be on the corner of aston st/rd and Love Lane in Gosta Green? I used to drink in there when I was a student at aston university in the 1970's and when I went back recently I couldn't believe that it had been demolished, especially when the corner where it used to stand is now only a flower bed. As I understand it, it was one of the oldest buildings in the area along with the Sack of Potatoes and the then Pot of beer. Any help would be much appreciated.
 
hi carruthers..just been looking through my box of old pics and ive got one here with the caption aston st/love lane but i cant see a pub on either of corners showing...i can scan it and post it for you if you would like me to..maybe phil may have a pic of this pub..

lyn
 
thanks Lyn, that would help. I'm sure it was on the right hand corner of aston road and love lane after you've walked past the sack of potatoes towards the aston expressway
 
hi carruthers there is actually a thread for the general wolfe...one of members posted a pic of it but when the forum was hacked last year we lost all of our images..i will email moss and ask him if he can repost it for you..in the meantime here is that pic...hope the loaction written on the back is correct...

lyn

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lyn your post 715

Yes lyn that`s the Old Horns, I remember it like that, happy days helping the Blacksmith to the right
 
hi dave...thanks for that info..i did wonder what that little building to the right was...

cheers

lyn
 
Firebird_2.jpgIs the Firebird the place that was edgebaston conservative club and then became a pub. Was looking for it on google maps and see that its not Balsall Heath road between Bristol & Pershore road now, they've named it after a medical centre -Bellevue.

Mike. it's a long shot I know but does this picture help you to locate it better?
 
Phil & Sylvia
Kellys only mentions the British Oak at no 99 Digbeth in 1900 1903 & 1904. However the 1901 census lists The Vintage Tavern at no 99 .The occupants listed by Kelly for the British Oak for 1900, 1903 & 1904 are Charles Shay, William Bloomfield and John Wattis. These do not seem to be regular landlords . Alfred Charles Raybould, however is listed in Kellys as a beer retailer at 12 Thomas st in 1900, 6 Arter St in 1903 and 22 Arter St in 1904 No 22 Arter st was The Flower Pot pub, and 12 Thomas St was the Globe Inn
Maybe Raybould was having a joke with the census returners or maybe the name was changed briefly, but then returned to the original
 
Thanks Stitcher. It is where I thought it was . just wasn't familiar with the recent name. The one occasion I went in, around 1980, there was virtually no-one in there, the beer was awful and the inhabitants not very friendly
 
Sounds about right from what I remember about it in my taxi days Mike.
 
Hi Lyn & Carruthers,
I have only just seen your request for a picture of The General Wolfe.This is the only one I have,not very good quality I am afraid to say.moss
 

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brilliant moss..thank you for posting it...any pic is better than none at all...

cheers

lyn
 
Thanks Mikejee for the information, now to find photos of The Globe Inn, Thomas Street, which I presume is Aston,
and the Flower Pot pub, Arter Street, Balsall Heath, (nice name for a pub).
 
Sylvia

A photo of The Globe, Aston which is not a bad photo and a rather poor photo of the Flower Pot which was on the corner of Arter st & Haden St and was a brilliant little pub.
 

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hi phil im a little confused which is not hard for me....sylvia said she is looking for the globe inn that was in thomas st...the pic you posted is of the globe on the corner of blews and manchester st which is off newtown row and is still very much up and running..

lyn
 
Lyn

No its me that is confused, you are right that is the Globe Manchester St - Blews St, Newtown. I should know better its even tagged Manchester Street.
 
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Lyn

No its me that is confused, you are right that is the Globe Manchester St - Blews St, Newtown. I should know better its even tagged Manchester Street.
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good to know im on the ball for a change phil...so we are still hunting the globe thomas st for sylvia then...nice pic of the flower pot..never heard of it...maybe a kellys look up will reveal the landlords as bill and ben lol...

lyn
 
Re 729 Lyn and 738 mossg re General Wolfe
Thanks for the photos, much appreciated. I am surprised it was allowed to be demolished, I thought it would have been a listed building.
 
happy to help carruthers...shame its not still there but we have lost hundreds of our pubs over the years..

lyn
 
Phil, thanks for the photos, The Globe may be the wrong one, but my grandad was living there as a 14 year old on the 1891 census, and The Flower Pot Inn I will keep these for my family history.
 
the crown inn...leopold st..dated 1958 post 699, Could you tell me please, whats the building next to it, with the writing on
 
r. exchange.1.jpg----R. Exchange.jpgThe Qeens Head.
Not very good pics but they are from the early 1920s. This old pub was in Steelhouse Lane.
 
The Queens Head, Steelhouse Lane. Used to drop in there for a sandwich and a drink on my way down to Gosta Green for night school in the 1960s
 
First time I ever got drunk was at the Queens Head (not the last though)!
It was still there last time I looked, refurbished and with some silly name.
 
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