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The Anchor Pub walk

Frothy, did you enter any of these premises or was it a punishment walk?
 
Let me tell you Frothy, I have not even poked my nose outside the door today. I have to take her out for a few bits and dabs tomorrow so I thought I best preserve myself for it. Did you have a nice day yesterday?
 
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nice one froth...cant believe you never had a swift half...ah i see.. they were not yet open....:)
 
Shows how often I go into Brum these days - I'm astonished that any of these pubs are still open. They remind me of the days when almost every central Birmingham pub had live music, usually jazz. Even more surprising for their survivial is that they're not in residential areas.

Big Gee
 
Yes Froth thanks. We had dinner out and it was a bit of a flop but over all it was a great day with our son and his girl.
 
Big Gee said:
Shows how often I go into Brum these days - I'm astonished that any of these pubs are still open. They remind me of the days when almost every central Birmingham pub had live music, usually jazz. Even more surprising for their survivial is that they're not in residential areas.

Big Gee
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It was good to see these back street pubs still going. I will be doing it again soon, when they are open this time. Now there's idea BHF pub crawl:grin2:
 
Someone sent this as part of a Christmas card in 2003. I don't think it will take long for you to guess where it is and what the pub is called. I'm told it has changed much over the years. Don't you just love the cars and motor bikes. :) Mo
 
Frothblower said:
It was good to see these back street pubs still going. I will be doing it again soon, when they are open this time. Now there's idea BHF pub crawl:grin2:
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I'd go along with that, FB!

I used to have a customer near to the Wagon & Horses in Adderley Street, and asked him if he'd like to have lunch. The Wagon was his choice, but we couldn't get into to the place, it was so packed. This was about 20 years ago, though.

Strange that the back street boozers seem to be doing all right, while the big estate pubs are going through hard times.

Cheers (hic!)

Big Gee
 
Frothy you could have given us the wire and we'd have joined you. Pete know his way round most pubs from his drayman days. Jean.
 
Hope I'm not off topic big gee but he was on the brewing at Ansells then moved to Aldridge where he worked for the then Carlsberg Tetley as a dray but finished off at Gravelly Park as a chargehand. That is how he knows most of the pubs around the region. Jean.
 
Hi Jean,

I wonder if he knew our old neighbour (I mean when I was a kid) Charlie Sealey in The Broadway, Perry Barr, who worked at Ansells? As far as I can recall Charlie (who is long, long gone) was something to do with deliveries to pubs.

Drayman - what a wonderful old occupation, eh? Are they still called draymen these days, I wonder?

Cheers (hic!)

Big Gee
 
Sorry even before Pete's time. They are still called drays minus the hosses. Ask JKF his brother is ten years older than Pete but not sure how long he worked for the company. Will ask my brother who was a checker there many years before Pete started. Jean.
 
Not so many years ago I was in London and I happened to be following the Watney's dray, pulled by shire-horses. What a fabulous sight! There must have been 50 cars doing the same as me - just following. When the dray pulled into a pub to make a delivery the drivers waved and doffed their hats! Is this is a thing of the past, or are the Watney's horse-drawn drays still operating?

And all I've got for a toast is flippin' Stella-Artois...not a patch on a proper, well-kept pint of lovely Ansells Mild in days gone by....

Big Gee
 
Same here Big Gee. Pete won 6 packs of S A in the Xmas raffle. 24 bottles per pack plus lots of other goodies in bottles and can. On saying about the Ansells brew from the Cross Pete used to come home smelling of finings and hops which should have put me off beer for life. He was there when the beer went down the drain and all the rats got drunk. Bye. Jean.
 
G G Jean said:
Frothy you could have given us the wire and we'd have joined you. Pete know his way round most pubs from his drayman days. Jean.
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It was a spur of the moment thing.
I was looking for information on Allcock Street where me Mom and Dad got bombed out during the war. The pub walk popped up on one of my searches, where you have to walk down Allcock Street, that is the reason I done the walk:)
 
Frothblower said:
It was a spur of the moment thing.
I was looking for information on Allcock Street where me Mom and Dad got bombed out during the war. The pub walk popped up on one of my searches, where you have to walk down Allcock Street, that is the reason I done the walk:)
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My father lived in this area before the war in River St, interesting that there's a smashing buliding that sweeps around the corner of River St that was what my father says was a doctor Crabs mission. You can see a picture of it on the Phyliss Nicklin shots of the 60's.

BTW the best pub by far in that area is the Anchor followed by the White Swan,

Brumgum.
 
It is Northfield Frothblower and the pub is the Bell, although I'm not sure you can see it I think it is behind the tram. I really like the picture as we lived in Northfield after we were married.:)Mo
 
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