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Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
Nice one Moma P.
I like old pub photos. Is the Pub still there?
I like old pub photos. Is the Pub still there?
Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
Ta Alf.
I don't know that side of Brum too well.
I don't know that side of Brum too well.
mike jenks
master brummie
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Wendy
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Phew Mike what a difference. The new pub looks realy nice, I don't know the pub it was just in the collecton of postcards I have. I am trying to post them for interest. Thanks for posting the photo. Wendy
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O.C.
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It is Alf and I shall pass it tonight going to the Cricket Club in Kings Heath to hear a bit of Live Country Music
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O.C.
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Dont know that years you are talking about Alf but just up the road was The Billesley Hall club house and Golf course and tennis courts etc. in the 50's
Alf
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Thanks Colin my records safe, I played for the Birmingham City Transport Football team Tyburn Road Works and scored 8 out of 9 Goals in a match there one Wednesday Evening in the late 50s8)
We caught the No 11 back to Tyburn Road the Bus Stop may have been outside the Billesley Pub
We caught the No 11 back to Tyburn Road the Bus Stop may have been outside the Billesley Pub
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BernardR
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Billesley Arms 'New Pub'
Out of interest the 'new' pub has been as in the second postcard since I was at school in KH in the late 1950's. The publican's son - Gary Surman' - was in my class and seen as quite a cool guy. He went to see 'Rock around the Clock' with Bill Haley and His Comets at the KH cinema and when they came out the whole audience walked up the High Street stopping all traffic.
Out of interest the 'new' pub has been as in the second postcard since I was at school in KH in the late 1950's. The publican's son - Gary Surman' - was in my class and seen as quite a cool guy. He went to see 'Rock around the Clock' with Bill Haley and His Comets at the KH cinema and when they came out the whole audience walked up the High Street stopping all traffic.
the silver fox
master brummie
Billesley Arms
Two good photographs of these hostelries. It is nearly 40 years ago that I left Birmingham. I used to go to dog training on the former bowling green at the back of The Billesley. Last time I dropped in it had been covered in Tarmac. Yes, it did serve a good pint!
Two good photographs of these hostelries. It is nearly 40 years ago that I left Birmingham. I used to go to dog training on the former bowling green at the back of The Billesley. Last time I dropped in it had been covered in Tarmac. Yes, it did serve a good pint!
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superlululube
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Billesley Pub
Know it well went to the girls school was called Swanshurst Girls school then.
The bus stop was right outside the pub. Spent many hours on the common with boys from Kings Heath Technical College 'oops'.:redface: In fact went on the marry one of them.
Know it well went to the girls school was called Swanshurst Girls school then.
The bus stop was right outside the pub. Spent many hours on the common with boys from Kings Heath Technical College 'oops'.:redface: In fact went on the marry one of them.
Jayell
master brummie
6 Bromwall Road
Hi Pete
Thank you so much for your offer of taking a photo the house where my Mom and grandparents lived when she was young. However, I do have a photo of 6 Bromwall Road, which I took when I visited some years ago. But many many thanks for the offer, it was very much appreciated.
Judy
Hi Pete
Thank you so much for your offer of taking a photo the house where my Mom and grandparents lived when she was young. However, I do have a photo of 6 Bromwall Road, which I took when I visited some years ago. But many many thanks for the offer, it was very much appreciated.
Judy
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badger
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I went to wheelers lane school, just down the road from there, we did cross country 'runs' up to and around billesly common (opposite the pub)
I seem to recall getting the bus whenever possible and waiting for the leaders to pass and tagging on the end the last 200yds.
I seem to recall getting the bus whenever possible and waiting for the leaders to pass and tagging on the end the last 200yds.
lencops
gone but not forgotten
A poem about the bus transport in Billesley 1922. Len.
In 1922, the Billesley Tenants Association (B.T.A.) Magazine produced a modern-sounding ode, as follows:
THE BILLESLEY BUS SERVICE
Attend all folks who in Billesley dwell,
Whilst I of the bus service do tell,
You who breathe sweet breezes from Evesham's Vale,
And feel the force of the south west gale.
You all remember the time do you not?
When the roads were rough and a dirty lot.
No buses to carry you near or far,
And you had to walk and your pleasure to mar.
All the kiddies had a terrible time,
Through the rain, and the mud and the slime,
To Dennis Road and Colmore Road they tramped,
And sat all day in clothes that were well damped.
Some trotted north to the number four tram;
Some crossed the fields to to get to Birmingham.
Bad were the means of reaching the City,
You aroused the B.T.A. Committee.
The single man bus came to relieve us,
After much talk and after much fuss.
And we like herrings in a box did ride,
To business and school without much pride.
Down Stoney Lane to the Stratford Rd. end
No farther on the bus to depend.
In queue each morning we stood like sheep,
And heard many growls both loud and deep.
The B.T.A. up a petition drew,
Signed by a thousand and a few,
This to the Council and Dalton present
For a through bus and all that it meant.
Now Billesley has a bus of its own,
From small things it all has grown.
With ease to the City's heart we can ride,
And smile with joy at the whole world wide.
Hurrah! for all the B.T.A. has done,
For you and for me and for everyone.
In its cap it has put a feather fine,
Long may its sun continue to shine
In 1922, the Billesley Tenants Association (B.T.A.) Magazine produced a modern-sounding ode, as follows:
THE BILLESLEY BUS SERVICE
Attend all folks who in Billesley dwell,
Whilst I of the bus service do tell,
You who breathe sweet breezes from Evesham's Vale,
And feel the force of the south west gale.
You all remember the time do you not?
When the roads were rough and a dirty lot.
No buses to carry you near or far,
And you had to walk and your pleasure to mar.
All the kiddies had a terrible time,
Through the rain, and the mud and the slime,
To Dennis Road and Colmore Road they tramped,
And sat all day in clothes that were well damped.
Some trotted north to the number four tram;
Some crossed the fields to to get to Birmingham.
Bad were the means of reaching the City,
You aroused the B.T.A. Committee.
The single man bus came to relieve us,
After much talk and after much fuss.
And we like herrings in a box did ride,
To business and school without much pride.
Down Stoney Lane to the Stratford Rd. end
No farther on the bus to depend.
In queue each morning we stood like sheep,
And heard many growls both loud and deep.
The B.T.A. up a petition drew,
Signed by a thousand and a few,
This to the Council and Dalton present
For a through bus and all that it meant.
Now Billesley has a bus of its own,
From small things it all has grown.
With ease to the City's heart we can ride,
And smile with joy at the whole world wide.
Hurrah! for all the B.T.A. has done,
For you and for me and for everyone.
In its cap it has put a feather fine,
Long may its sun continue to shine
Jayell
master brummie
Smashing Len - I really enjoyed that, and even more so as my Mom and her family moved to Billesley from Aston in 1924. She used to talk about buttoning up her boots and walking across Billesley Common to school and to the tram. So this poem about the bus would be very relevant to them.
Judy
Judy
MiriamB
master brummie
My granny lived in Brook Lane and she had quite a few children, who married and had children [I am one]. Most Sundays the Aunts and Uncles plus various children all visited granny. After Tea, the whole lot of us walked to the Billsley Pub, us kids had our pop and crisps and played about - even now - when I meet my cousins we talk about those times.
One of My cousins was, at one, time going to manage the pub, but had the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath in stead. Miriam.
Funny - alway remember we had lovely sunny weather for these outings.
One of My cousins was, at one, time going to manage the pub, but had the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath in stead. Miriam.
Funny - alway remember we had lovely sunny weather for these outings.
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www.midlandspubs.co.uk
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The Billesley Arms was rebuilt by M&B in 1926 - I have a photograph somewhere of the place half built and people all over the place doing a variety of jobs on the pub.
Cheers
Kieron
Cheers
Kieron
Kevkonk
master brummie
I went to this pub for a while around 1993, function room was very good, saw 'Tony Sheridan & The Knight Riders' perform here, I recall there was a dj playing before they started and kept mentioning that the group would be on soon, anyway as the group came on, the dj thought it was a good idea to play one of their earlier records, I think it was 'Mr Postman'' ( I think the Beatles once played as their backing group). Tony Sheridan was not very pleased and looked daggers at the poor DJ and the sound was slowly faded out by him after the first verse or so. The sound quality of the record did seem poor and dated. I must say the group did put on a brilliant show.
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BernardR
Guest
Re: Billesley Pub
I used to walk/cycle home from Kings Heath past the school - I eyed a few up but no luck
