saddlers arms aldridge road

[Astoness]

dated 1959..some may remember this pub but it was gone before my memory of the area

lyn

 

[A Sparks]

Some information about the photograph...

Date:April 1959

Description:Saddlers Arms, Aldridge Road, Perry Barr, between Franchise Street (to the left) and Birchfield Road School. From a private photographic survey of buildings demolished for the Birchfield Road underpass scheme, April 1959.

 

[Astoness]

thanks sparks...looking at the design of the pub makes me wonder when it was built..maybe someone could check the directories to find out when it was first mentioned..shame its no longer there as i would have been in their long before now

lyn

 

[A Sparks]

thanks sparks...looking at the design of the pub makes me wonder when it was built..maybe someone could check the directories to find out when it was first mentioned..shame its no longer there as i would have been in their long before now

lyn

The reason I found the description was as I wondered whereabouts it was on the Aldridge Road but, after reading the location and as a pupil at Birchfield Road school, I do remember the pub now!

 

[SamJ]

Some information about the photograph...

Date:April 1959

Description:Saddlers Arms, Aldridge Road, Perry Barr, between Franchise Street (to the left) and Birchfield Road School. From a private photographic survey of buildings demolished for the Birchfield Road underpass scheme, April 1959.

I thought this row of shops was on the site of what would subsequently be Birmingham Poly.

 

[pjmburns]

Reference in 1878 paper

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[Astoness]

I thought this row of shops was on the site of what would subsequently be Birmingham Poly.

yes sam...here is a map showing the pub at 16/18 aldridge road

lyn

Georeferenced Maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland

 

[pjmburns]

1966 map

Comparing to 1887 map I think it might have had another use.

 

[Astoness]

not sure about that jan...looks to me as though the pub is next to the brass foundry shown as just works on the 1966 map..also the pub has an entry next to it shown on both maps although by 1966 the entry was larger...i think

lyn

 

[pjmburns]

I just meant it might have been used as something else before becoming a pub.

 

[mikejee]

Certainly the
Saddlers is not specifically marked on the 25 inch 1913 map, but is marked on the similar, but incomplete 1938 map

 

[pjmburns]

The William Siddons from the article in post #6 is named in 1880 directory and on 1881 census as a beer retailer on Aldridge Road.

 

[Astoness]

The William Siddons from the article in post #6 is named in 1880 directory and on 1881 census as a beer retailer on Aldridge Road.

thanks jan...i wished i could have gone into that pub

lyn

 

[brummy-lad]

There is no Kelly's record of The Saddlers Arms up to 1921, first record is 1932 but I have no access to Kelly's between these dates.

 

[Vivienne14]

There's a newspaper report dating Sadlers Arms pub back to 1901, the earliest reference I could find. The latest reference being 1944.


Source: British Newspaper Archive

 

[pjmburns]

The article I posted from 1878 calls it the Saddler's Arms but it isn't listed as such just beer retailers

 

[Vivienne14]

The building in post #1 looks like 1930s to me. Perhaps a replacement for Mr Siddons Sadlers Arms. Maybe he couldn't call it/or list it as a public house because he didn't have a full licence.

 

[mikejee]

The 1924 Kellys lists no 16 as Percival H.Thomas, beer retailer

 

[Astoness]

i would think that by now most members know of this map site but for those that dont leave the map choice on 1944 to 1974 then just change where it says choose a place name ie franchise street birmingham then if you move the blue dot to the left the map will fade out and show you what is there now and you can also move the map around...i have had endless hours of fun moving around birmingham..enjoy

lyn

Georeferenced Maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland

 

[Vivienne14]

The Birmingham archives caption for the photo in post #1 tells us the pub was demolished in 1959 as part of the road redevelopment.

Description:Saddlers Arms, Aldridge Road, Perry Barr, between Franchise Street (to the left) and Birchfield Road School. From a private photographic survey of buildings demolished for the Birchfield Road underpass scheme, April 1959.