Pubs round Great King Street

[andyboy]

I worked at Lucas GKS from 1980 and used to drink in the Duke of Cambridge and also the other pub thatb I cant remeber the name of that was part of the Lucas building.
Does anyone know the name of the mystery pub and have any idea where I can get phots of them.

Many thanks

Andyboy

 

[Rod]

Try emailing this lady, you could be of mutual help to one another?

lucashistory@blueyonder.co.uk

 

[esther]

the pub you are thinking of is the lord byron i also worked at king street from 1973 to there move to holford road

 

[andyboy]

Thank you it has been driving me mad

 

[mike-g]

There was also the Queens Arms at the other end of GKS. ( By the directors Enteance.)

 

[JaneH]

Hello,

I'm interested to know a bit more about the Duke of Cambridge as my mother's great-aunt worked there in her youth (1880's). Am I right that it is no longer there? If anyone has a picture of it they can post that would be great (or if you can direct me to one elsewhere). Thanks

 

[mike-g]

Jane go to https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?p=249659

 

[Peter Walker]

Here's a pic of the original building.
Peter

 

[JaneH]

Thanks very much. The picture is great. Is the pub no longer there? It didn't seem to come up when I did an internet search but I'm not in Birmingham so don't know what that area is like now.

Regards,

Jane

 

[bramwell]

Thanks very much. The picture is great. Is the pub no longer there? It didn't seem to come up when I did an internet search but I'm not in Birmingham so don't know what that area is like now.

Regards,

Jane

Janet that picture was before it was remodeled during the mid 30s.
he daughter of the managers Mr & Mrs Bailley was a friend of mine,

Jean,

 

[Astoness]

the new duke of cambridge.(now gone)

jean.did you get my instant message..

lyn

 

[JaneH]

Thanks. My family's connection goes back much further - the pub was run by a relative Robert Tedstone (1881 census) and my mother's great aunt was a cousin of his, working there. She was Mary Tedstone and subsequently married Benjamin Darwood - they had quite a large family and lived in Ladywood. She was there until the second world war period and my mother knew her well when she was growing up. From the photograph it looks as though it was probably not much changed by the 1930's - I'm assuming it mainly served workers from Lucas's? Benjamin was a glass cutter who had come from Worcestershire to lodgings in the area - perhaps that was a trade needed at Lucas's.

Jane

 

[JaneH]

I've now worked out that the Cambridge was run in the 1880's by our relative's cousin and that his father - her uncle - was also a pub landlord - in 1871 he was running the Red Cow in Lydgate Hill (any info on that one?) and in 1881 he is shown as a licensed victualler at 200 Icknield Street but no name of a pub given - does anyone know if that was/is a pub? Any information on either of these would be good - I think they are all roughly in the same area of Birmingham?

 

[Oldun]

Duke of Cambridge

 

[Vivienne14]

It had a public urinal in 1927. Where would it have been ? Not sure of the date of building in the photo in #11, it’s possibly later than 1920s, more like 1930s although could be wrong. And can’t see it on post #8 of the earlier Duke. Perhaps it’s out of shot along the road to the left.

Nice to see “the Snug” mentioned too, a classic characteristic of British pubs. Another feature “a rolling way” another nice reference to earlier barrel delivery methods. Interesting that the pub rooms are referred to as “retail Vaults”.

Viv.

 

[Oldun]

Thanks for your comments.I didn’t know it but I also put it on Berners St and as you say it was rebuilt in the 1930,s.

 

[Astoness]

viv the photo in post 11 as you say would have been taken after the mid 30s corner of berners st and gt king st.. it replaced the original pub on the same spot...i must have walked past it many many times going up and down farm st to visit nan in paddington st..the sights and sounds around there will always be a good memory and of course to see thousands of workers streaming out of the joseph lucas factory with the works buses lined up was another great sight..

lyn