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Red Lion Inn - Ridgacre Quinton [pic attached]
A photographer standing in this position today would be mown down by cars emerging from the tunnel whizzing along the Quinton Expressway. Construction of this dual carriageway caused much carnage in the heart of Quinton and many historic buildings were lost when both this route and the the M5 motorway were laid out. And when any old village has its soul ripped apart by such brutal redevelopment it never recovers - and Quinton hasn't.
You can see the Red Lion Inn on the right-hand side of the road, sometimes called Red Lion Hill but officially known as Hagley Road West. However, it was formerly called The Hawthornes. Indeed, in the 1870's the pub was listed as a Beech Lane house. The building stood in what is now the central reservation of the dual carriageway, roughly opposite Perry Hill Road.
The Red Lion Inn would have enjoyed much passing trade as this has been a busy route since the industrialisation of Birmingham. Hagley Road formed part of the Birmingham - Stourbridge turnpike.
The end wall of the pub features an advert for Salt & Co's beers. Based in Burton, the company operated a small number of pubs in this area before they were acquired by the Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton empire in 1927.
What is striking about this image is that the hills heading up to Warley and Bearwood still feature fields. Starting in the 1930's, this area was completely developed with a sea of housing and supporting shops.
James Cooper was the publican in charge of the Red Lion Inn during the mid-19th century. Running the pub with his wife Elizabeth, he also traded as a cattle dealer. The census enumerator in 1861 recorded the building as the Lion Inn rather than the Red Lion Inn. However, it was certainly known as the Red Lion in the 1850's.
James Cooper had succeeded his uncle, also James Cooper, who in addition to running the pub, farmed some 16 acres of land.
John and Emma Cheshire were mine hosts at the Red Lion in the early 1870's. The son of a grocer John Cheshire was born in Titford near Langley and had earlier worked as a nailer. The couple had three daughters but John died at a young age. Emma continued for a short period as publican and employed two servants to manage the house. Although she handed over the reins to William Hart, she returned to the Red Lion during the 1890's. Henry and Annie Cooper kept the pub between this period.
The auctioneer Benjamin Pewtress either dabbled with being a publican in the mid-1890's or he was retaining the licence whilst the pub was sold? He later took up a career as a land surveyor. His father was the manager of the drainpipe works in Dog Lane at Rowley Regis, later known as Doulton Road. Captain and Emma Rose were hosts before Edmund Heath took over the Red Lion Inn at the end of the Victorian era.
Cheers
Kieron www.midlandspubs.co.uk
A photographer standing in this position today would be mown down by cars emerging from the tunnel whizzing along the Quinton Expressway. Construction of this dual carriageway caused much carnage in the heart of Quinton and many historic buildings were lost when both this route and the the M5 motorway were laid out. And when any old village has its soul ripped apart by such brutal redevelopment it never recovers - and Quinton hasn't.
You can see the Red Lion Inn on the right-hand side of the road, sometimes called Red Lion Hill but officially known as Hagley Road West. However, it was formerly called The Hawthornes. Indeed, in the 1870's the pub was listed as a Beech Lane house. The building stood in what is now the central reservation of the dual carriageway, roughly opposite Perry Hill Road.
The Red Lion Inn would have enjoyed much passing trade as this has been a busy route since the industrialisation of Birmingham. Hagley Road formed part of the Birmingham - Stourbridge turnpike.
The end wall of the pub features an advert for Salt & Co's beers. Based in Burton, the company operated a small number of pubs in this area before they were acquired by the Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton empire in 1927.
What is striking about this image is that the hills heading up to Warley and Bearwood still feature fields. Starting in the 1930's, this area was completely developed with a sea of housing and supporting shops.
James Cooper was the publican in charge of the Red Lion Inn during the mid-19th century. Running the pub with his wife Elizabeth, he also traded as a cattle dealer. The census enumerator in 1861 recorded the building as the Lion Inn rather than the Red Lion Inn. However, it was certainly known as the Red Lion in the 1850's.
James Cooper had succeeded his uncle, also James Cooper, who in addition to running the pub, farmed some 16 acres of land.
John and Emma Cheshire were mine hosts at the Red Lion in the early 1870's. The son of a grocer John Cheshire was born in Titford near Langley and had earlier worked as a nailer. The couple had three daughters but John died at a young age. Emma continued for a short period as publican and employed two servants to manage the house. Although she handed over the reins to William Hart, she returned to the Red Lion during the 1890's. Henry and Annie Cooper kept the pub between this period.
The auctioneer Benjamin Pewtress either dabbled with being a publican in the mid-1890's or he was retaining the licence whilst the pub was sold? He later took up a career as a land surveyor. His father was the manager of the drainpipe works in Dog Lane at Rowley Regis, later known as Doulton Road. Captain and Emma Rose were hosts before Edmund Heath took over the Red Lion Inn at the end of the Victorian era.
Cheers
Kieron www.midlandspubs.co.uk
