Julian Parker
proper brummie kid
Hi , nice to meet you all .
I'm afraid my Birmingham local history knowledge and geography in pretty low, so I'm in need of help please.....
I'm researching a picture that has appeared on the Black Country history Facebook page It is of a public house called the Cuckoo Tavern. The location given is Hill Top West Bromwich/ Wednesbury. Research reveals this to be in correct ,as the only reference in Kelly's directory for a licensee of the same name ( Alfred Moses Dabbs) is The Cuckoo Tavern , 62 Cuckoo Rd,Nechells, Birmingham circa 1915 .I believe a previous incumbent was one Mrs Elizabeth Lloyd circa 1900. I have been able to view similar pictures of The Cuckoo from people who have ancestors in the picture, and verify a Birmingham location .
There is some school of thought that says The cuckoo changed its name to The Reservoir Tavern.But The Reservoir Tavern seems to have been on the corner of Cuckoo Rd and Lichfield Rd for years, way back into the 1800s .
Can anyone put a location to the Cuckoo tavern ? .
Was this area ever known as Hill Top ?
Many thanks
Julian Parker
I'm afraid my Birmingham local history knowledge and geography in pretty low, so I'm in need of help please.....
I'm researching a picture that has appeared on the Black Country history Facebook page It is of a public house called the Cuckoo Tavern. The location given is Hill Top West Bromwich/ Wednesbury. Research reveals this to be in correct ,as the only reference in Kelly's directory for a licensee of the same name ( Alfred Moses Dabbs) is The Cuckoo Tavern , 62 Cuckoo Rd,Nechells, Birmingham circa 1915 .I believe a previous incumbent was one Mrs Elizabeth Lloyd circa 1900. I have been able to view similar pictures of The Cuckoo from people who have ancestors in the picture, and verify a Birmingham location .
There is some school of thought that says The cuckoo changed its name to The Reservoir Tavern.But The Reservoir Tavern seems to have been on the corner of Cuckoo Rd and Lichfield Rd for years, way back into the 1800s .
Can anyone put a location to the Cuckoo tavern ? .
Was this area ever known as Hill Top ?
Many thanks
Julian Parker