Pubs

[darkie49]

Does anyone remember The Viaduct Lawley St? think the landlord was Charlie and his wife Minnie we were regulars there on a Saturday night in the 60s

 

[dek carr]

I do although i never went in there it was by Belmont Passage under the Viaduct i am sure i have seen a photo of it Phil 1947 may have one i am sure he will read this. Dek

 

[Phil]

Hi darkie

I can't say that I remember a great deal about the Viaduct, it was as Dek says on the corner of Belmont Passage right in the shadow of the Railway Viaduct. I believe it was Browns Demolition yard next door where he sold his reclaimed materials.

I also believe that the pub stood well into the 70's until they altered the bridge and the road. This photo must have been taken before that time.

Phil

 

[Astonian]

HI DARKIE
Yes i remember them me and a couple of old work mates used to pop in of a lunch time for a couple
during our lunch break ; when i worked more or less a few yards along he road
at british ropes way back then ;
they was a very nice couple ; and made you welcome the only problem i found it was
only a very small pub ; small pub ; we did occasionionaly pop in on
the evenings but my pals did not like it there on the evenings
but these couple of pals of mine was big drinkers and they prefered the old coach and horses on spring hll
and my good old favorite was the wind mill oppersite the dudly rd hospital and the lea bridge
and thats only they never had to far to stagger home in the early hours of the morning
to hingestion st and new spring st the adams family
best wishes astonian ;;

 

[mfree]

With regard to The Viaduct pub, Lawley St. Does anyone know if it was ever called the Viaduct Inn? Also when it was built? Researching my family history, I have discovered an ancestor who possibly owned the pub between 1900 and 1926. Her name is Kitson.
Many thanks

 

[mikejee]

It was no 205 Lawley st. The Kellys of that time list it just as beer retailer, but later ones name it and just list it as the Viaduct..
The landlords I have are:
1900-8 John Price ( though he is listed on the 1901 census as a labouer/painter, and it is not listed as pub)

1912-21 John McGee

 

[mfree]

It was no 205 Lawley st. The Kellys of that time list it just as beer retailer, but later ones name it and just list it as the Viaduct..
The landlords I have are:
1900-8 John Price ( though he is listed on the 1901 census as a labouer/painter, and it is not listed as pub)

1912-21 John McGee

Thankyou for the info. My ancestor lived in Moor st, Wolverhampton. I wonder if there was another Viaduct pub in that area?

Many thanks

 

[Phil]

mfree

The only Kitson pubkeeper I could find in the area was William Kitson in 1903 when he kept The Eagle Vaults in Scholefield St, which would be about a mile from Lawley St.

Phil

 

[mfree]

mfree

The only Kitson pubkeeper I could find in the area was William Kitson in 1903 when he kept The Eagle Vaults in Scholefield St, which would be about a mile from Lawley St.

Phil

That's really helpful. Thankyou.

 

[darkie49]

Hi thanks for your reply, yes it was a very small pub, in the 60s we used it every Sat night for our sing alongs, used to go down very well we were all local to the pub, trying to remember some of the names !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Horace & Emily, Alfie, Jimmy, these were members of the Bull family whos mother lived on the corner of Curson St and Lawley St, John & Steve Jennings from Vauxhall Place and their two friends who we knew as the Twins, we also livened things up in The White Towers, The Woodman, The Eagle & Tun, the old original Railway and The Midland Tavern in Erskine St.
Best Wishes Darkie49

 

[gensec]

Does anybody have a photo of The Royal Oak, Stoney Lane, Sparkbrook and The Rose, Edgbaston Street? My gt. Uncle Robert Owen Millward was publican in both of these pubs in 1914/15. He went on to be publican at Ye old Black Boar in Tewksbury and at White Hart Hotel, Charlbury, Oxfordshire.

 

[tom ward]

Can anyone remember a shooting at "The Greyhound" pub on Holloway Head, in the 1970s. It was famous as a Cider house If I remember rightly. I think the gaffer upset somebody!

 

[st.evenlucy]

I remember all the pubs and names you mentioned, John and Steve Jennings are my cousins and we all lived in Curzon Street. did you live near there? regards Pam

 

[dek carr]

Hi you all from Vauxhall i lived in Erskine St nobody mentioned the Adelaide or the Globe on the corner of Barrack St i went to St Vincents in Vauxall Grove we had a Victoria Jennings in my class she lived in the Barrack houses i think in Heneage Place. The Eagle and Tun got renamed to the Moby Dick but is now boarded up hopefully to be renovated as its the only building left standing in that area. Dek

 

[Phil]

Hi Dek

There are mentions of The Adelaide and The Globe and all the local pubs on the Gosta Green thread, and I have posted photos of most of them.

Phil

 

[st.evenlucy]

Hi Dek,
you wre right , the Jennings did move to the flats in Barrack Street, after leaving Curzon Street where we all grew up together. We still keep in touch regularly. The Tower Pub isn't mentioned very often nowadays, or old lady Thompsons's shop
at the bottom of Curzon Street , Mr. Tucker's grocery shop again in Curzon Street, not forgetting Johnny Willis's grocers on the corner of Curzon Street and Belmont row.
Pam

 

[lencops]

The Eagle & Tun, had halfpint or two in this pub with an Irish Gentlman who you knew from when you were born, Pam Cheers Len.

 

[lencops]

Eagle & Tun. #2. Len.

 

[lencops]

The Barrel Inn, Watery Lane. Len.

 

[st.evenlucy]

Happy Day's Len

 

[lencops]

• Mitchells & Butlers to raise £373m through the sale of pubs. With Thanks to the BirminghamMail, Len. Aug 20 2010. Birmingham-based pubs group Mitchells & Butlers has announced the sale of more than 300 pubs as part of its exit from the late-night high street bars market. The group, which owns Harvester, Toby Carvery and All Bar One, is selling the sites for £373 million to a company controlled by TDR Capital, a private equity firm best known for its investments in CenterParcs and Pizza Express.The estate includes 52 Scream bars - focused on the student market - and 71 music bars and late night entertainment venues, including some under the Flares brand.

The 333-strong estate also includes 75 largely unbranded town centre pubs, 67 drinks-led community pubs and 68 smaller outlets.Mitchells' withdrawal from the lower price, drinks-led market will leave it with an estate comprising 1,580 restaurants and food-led pubs.
This has been an attractive area for Mitchells after the smoking ban, alcohol duty increases and the recession impacted the drinks-led market.
Mitchells said it planned to reinvest the proceeds into growth opportunities in the eating out market, where the company's like-for-like sales growth since 2007 has been one percentage point higher than its historical trend.
The company estimates it serves around 124 million meals and 445 million drinks each year.
The disposal, which is subject to approval by shareholders, will mean that Mitchells has raised more than £500 million from the sale of non-core interests.
Already this month it sold its Hollywood Bowl ten-pin bowling business to rival AMF Bowling for £39 million.