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I would say it is preferable but at least close by and or with a strong connection to Birmingham or to Brummies Nico.
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hi bayliss
just cross checked my golby whom married my grand fathers brother she was named as elsie goldy living in those local address i had mentionioned
i have yet to research whom was her parents and sibblings and where she came but i will research and asked a family member for info ;
best wishes astonian;;
just cross checked my golby whom married my grand fathers brother she was named as elsie goldy living in those local address i had mentionioned
i have yet to research whom was her parents and sibblings and where she came but i will research and asked a family member for info ;
best wishes astonian;;
I Am Nico
master brummie
My old pub photo belonged to my family in Hereford. It is now relocated near Ludlow now a tea room. I was born in Brum as are other descendants so maybe not then.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
This is the Woodbine Tavern Grove Lane Handsworth, obviously taken a few years back as it looks to be surrounded by open space. I would think it was named for the plant and not the cigarette. I note that from Google maps it's being renovated, anybody know what it's going to be, in fact it might be open by now. In all the times I travelled up and down Grove Lane I never even noticed this pub, anybody ever use it?
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I Am Nico
master brummie
I do have a spirit measure from the Wig and Pen or Pen and Wig that my Great Great Aunt and Uncle kept in Brum. Clutching at Brummie starws here I think. Nico:ambivalence:
Dennis Williams
Gone but not forgotten
FRH
proper brummie kid
Well done Astoness. Spot on. You can see the St Martins flats in the background. My uncle Bill lived in that place in the 1940's and 50's and my grandad used to have his jug of beer from there. All the family lived in Balsall Heath until the late 50's then we got scattered all over the country like so many other families. Thanks so much for the photo you've made an old man very happy tonight.
debbieironmonger
master brummie
I have really enjoyed looking at these old photos and some of the comments. Any of you know anything of a pub on the corner of Birchall Street and Cheapside called Duke of Edinburgh?? I would be interested in some history / photo's. I believe it was a home brew pub, later taken by Holts Brewery, unless someone knows different?
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Hi Debbie
All I have been able to find out is at 64 Birchall St which was on or near the junction of Cheapside there was a beer retailer in 1903 it was listed to Albert Chinn and in 1913 it was listed to Edward Hill. My next Kelly's Directory 1937 does not list it at all so it was most likely gone by then.
All I have been able to find out is at 64 Birchall St which was on or near the junction of Cheapside there was a beer retailer in 1903 it was listed to Albert Chinn and in 1913 it was listed to Edward Hill. My next Kelly's Directory 1937 does not list it at all so it was most likely gone by then.
hin mike;
i was wondering whether opr not as you have got alot of maps on old pubs can you come up with an answer for the pub that when
walking up from springhill passing the colledge pub and before you get to clissold passage just befor the cannal there was a little pub
along side of the little shops that you come to as no sooner you have passed the colledge arms they was a tiny pub
is it possible you come up up with the name i used to used that one as well in my time but for love nor money i cannot think of it
i know the names opf all the other pubs but just cannot think of it many thanks astonian;
i was wondering whether opr not as you have got alot of maps on old pubs can you come up with an answer for the pub that when
walking up from springhill passing the colledge pub and before you get to clissold passage just befor the cannal there was a little pub
along side of the little shops that you come to as no sooner you have passed the colledge arms they was a tiny pub
is it possible you come up up with the name i used to used that one as well in my time but for love nor money i cannot think of it
i know the names opf all the other pubs but just cannot think of it many thanks astonian;
hi mike and phil;
many thanks to you both for your time thats excactly the pub i wanted to know as it was on our door step
my dear old mother was the cleaning lady for them and the landladys daughter was a stage dancer on tour with the old batchelor
brothers and they was in blackpool on this occasion so the daughter thought i will pop back home to her parents for afew days
before they moved on to there next gig in some part of the country
It was a sunday morning for mom to clean ; early in the morning , mom knew the daughter but not her other half
whilst in the smoke room ; a fella cam,e out from tjhe quarters ; and he asked would she like a cup of tea and she said yes
and then looked up and not really taking much notice of his face even thou he had the irish twang
he brought out a cuppa tea ;to her and sat down ; she thought to herself his face is familiar
eventualy the land lady came out and said do you know whom that was that made your tea ;because she was not thinking
she said his face is familiar to me she said yes joyce thats connie one of the batchelor brothers the singers
and they are touring with our daughter and they are performing in blackpool and he his her partner
well she never washed her face for a week and kept on to all her friends about him ;
yes you are correct thats one of our haurnts pub there was an old gyspy fella in the smoke room sitting in the corner
it used to be 5 30 opening times and he would be there with a big cannariry sitting on his shoulder
we would have started our drinking bender friday nights and saturday nights at the queens head nipp across the rd to the coach and horses
then up to the colledge arms then the guild then to the B,A then a couple of yards to the duke of wellinton ;
then the old windmill ; then the lee bridge taveren and divert down to the shakespear then down to the yorkshire grey then up to seven stars
saturday nights we would do the ickneild street run down to hockley and up to handsworth and end up in the star and garter at the old little town centre of west bromwich with a botle of old johnys walker on the table between the three of us
best wishes Astonian;
many thanks to you both for your time thats excactly the pub i wanted to know as it was on our door step
my dear old mother was the cleaning lady for them and the landladys daughter was a stage dancer on tour with the old batchelor
brothers and they was in blackpool on this occasion so the daughter thought i will pop back home to her parents for afew days
before they moved on to there next gig in some part of the country
It was a sunday morning for mom to clean ; early in the morning , mom knew the daughter but not her other half
whilst in the smoke room ; a fella cam,e out from tjhe quarters ; and he asked would she like a cup of tea and she said yes
and then looked up and not really taking much notice of his face even thou he had the irish twang
he brought out a cuppa tea ;to her and sat down ; she thought to herself his face is familiar
eventualy the land lady came out and said do you know whom that was that made your tea ;because she was not thinking
she said his face is familiar to me she said yes joyce thats connie one of the batchelor brothers the singers
and they are touring with our daughter and they are performing in blackpool and he his her partner
well she never washed her face for a week and kept on to all her friends about him ;
yes you are correct thats one of our haurnts pub there was an old gyspy fella in the smoke room sitting in the corner
it used to be 5 30 opening times and he would be there with a big cannariry sitting on his shoulder
we would have started our drinking bender friday nights and saturday nights at the queens head nipp across the rd to the coach and horses
then up to the colledge arms then the guild then to the B,A then a couple of yards to the duke of wellinton ;
then the old windmill ; then the lee bridge taveren and divert down to the shakespear then down to the yorkshire grey then up to seven stars
saturday nights we would do the ickneild street run down to hockley and up to handsworth and end up in the star and garter at the old little town centre of west bromwich with a botle of old johnys walker on the table between the three of us
best wishes Astonian;
I Am Nico
master brummie
Very unusual name!. I was thinking of your topic as I went to a folk night and an Australian living in the UK sang a song about the demise of our pubs. He reworked "The Pub With No Beer" to 'The Beer With No Pub" and he used about 40 of Coventry's hostelries which are no longer and what they are now, i.e. The Bell doesn't ring and the Acorn has dropped of the tree, The Crow in The Oak is minus the crow etc. I am sure a good Brummie lyricist could do the same or maybe he does one for Brum pubs? I should have asked. One of his punch lines was the unusual places that now sell 'voile' beer rather than a from a pub and a bunch of lads having to drink from a beer crate in a car park.
Dennis Williams
Gone but not forgotten
Clearer pic Mohawk...
BOARD INN, Phillips Street / High Street
Formerly known as the Board Vaults. Up until the First World War it had an early morning licence, and opened at 6.00am for the thirsty barrow boys. Being near the Fish Market it was affectionately known as the COD’S HEAD. During the 1880’s it was also known as FOX’S , taking its name from a popular licencee of the time. The pub was taken over by Atkinsons Brewery at the end of the Century, whence it seems to have changed its name to the BOARD INN. Just before the end of the First World War, its licensee was one Anthony Diamond, the Amateur Heavyweight Boxing Champion of England, needlees to say that trouble was not much in evidence when he was behind the Bar. Incidentally, he later became the landlord of The Great Western in Acocks Green, next to the Station.
BOARD INN, Phillips Street / High Street
Formerly known as the Board Vaults. Up until the First World War it had an early morning licence, and opened at 6.00am for the thirsty barrow boys. Being near the Fish Market it was affectionately known as the COD’S HEAD. During the 1880’s it was also known as FOX’S , taking its name from a popular licencee of the time. The pub was taken over by Atkinsons Brewery at the end of the Century, whence it seems to have changed its name to the BOARD INN. Just before the end of the First World War, its licensee was one Anthony Diamond, the Amateur Heavyweight Boxing Champion of England, needlees to say that trouble was not much in evidence when he was behind the Bar. Incidentally, he later became the landlord of The Great Western in Acocks Green, next to the Station.