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The Gate Pub Saltley

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Astonian

gone but not forgotten
HI EVERY-ONE
Can Anybody Tell Me If The Saltley Gate Pub Is Still There
I Do Have Memory;s Of That Place Some Good And Some Bad , Way Back In The Sixties , And Doe,s Any body Recall The Old Jig Saw Night Club Across The Road From The Gate Pub It Used To Open UNTIL Five In The Morning
I Beleive It Used To Be An Old Picture House In Time Gone Bye
The Same Owner Used To Own The Golden Gloves On Mosely Rd
Along From The Moseley Remand Centre , The Golden Gloved Was Frequented By The Irish Communeety It Was One Of There First Clubs For Irish People In Brum , Best Wishes To You All . ASTONIAN ,;;;;;;
 
Astonian,

I used the Golden Gloves a lot in the sixties. It was on the corner of Stratford Place and Moseley Rd opposite Highgate Park. Not much going for it as a club, but it one thing going for it. You could get one of the biggest and best T bone steaks in Birmingham.

There again when you are three sheets to the wind, everything takes on a different perspective. So perhaps the steak in reality was rubbish, but it certainly was big,

Phil
 
Can anyone tell how the Gate got its name a Toll gate there at one time maybe.:)
 
Yes I think you had to pay a toll to go up the Rock.
Also just there is Gate Street with the gates to the factory at the end. There was a map posted on here somewhere showing the toll gate.
Not a bad place to have a pub. Stop for refreshment..water the horse...pay the toll and on your way.
 
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Alf,

I get the impression the actual tollgate was somewhere by Bloomsbury St.



This is the Gate c1860

Phil
Lost photo replaced

Saltley High St The Gate Inn 1860.jpg
 
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pmc1947. Phil, The tollgates were, one at the corner of Bloomsbury Street at its juxtion with Great Lister Street and the other was Duddeston side of Saltley bridge.
 
The Gate pub had well deserved bad name if you was`nt a local you went in at your own risk so you kept out.
 
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GER22VAN, Very possible through a window maybe through a wall, even if you were 6ft tall and fairly well built as i was in my youth discretion was the better part of valour, you just DID NOT go in.:RailGun: :1024: .
 
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Hi,

Can anyone tell me what year The Gate was demolished? I know it was in the early 1990's. After demolition some of the regulars laid a wreath on the site, the Evening Mail covered the story and I'm trying to find a copy of that.

Macca
 
Macca said:
Hi,

Can anyone tell me what year The Gate was demolished? I know it was in the early 1990's. After demolition some of the regulars laid a wreath on the site, the Evening Mail covered the story and I'm trying to find a copy of that.

Macca
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1989 for road widening
 
My Father was born in the pub on 8th May 1935. His Mother Quilla and Father Howard. Do we have any photos of the pub before it was knocked down.
 
There's a really old photo on this thread...

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Thread 'The Gate Pub Saltley'

HI EVERY-ONE
Can Anybody Tell Me If The Saltley Gate Pub Is Still There
I Do Have Memory;s Of That Place Some Good And Some Bad , Way Back In The Sixties , And Doe,s Any body Recall The Old Jig Saw Night Club Across The Road From The Gate Pub It Used To Open UNTIL Five In The Morning
I Beleive It Used To Be An Old Picture House In Time Gone Bye
The Same Owner Used To Own The Golden Gloves On Mosely Rd
Along From The Moseley Remand Centre , The Golden Gloved Was Frequented By The Irish Communeety It Was One Of There First Clubs For Irish People In Brum , Best Wishes...

...and this more recent one was posted on another site posted by one of our old members...

Saltley High St The Gate.jpg
 
Astonian said:
HI EVERY-ONE
Can Anybody Tell Me If The Saltley Gate Pub Is Still There
I Do Have Memory;s Of That Place Some Good And Some Bad , Way Back In The Sixties , And Doe,s Any body Recall The Old Jig Saw Night Club Across The Road From The Gate Pub It Used To Open UNTIL Five In The Morning
I Beleive It Used To Be An Old Picture House In Time Gone Bye
The Same Owner Used To Own The Golden Gloves On Mosely Rd
Along From The Moseley Remand Centre , The Golden Gloved Was Frequented By The Irish Communeety It Was One Of There First Clubs For Irish People In Brum , Best Wishes To You All . ASTONIAN ,;;;;;;
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When I was a young girl I used to babysit for the landlord and landlady, John & Muriel Skinner, their little daughter Lesley. I just recall bare boards a bit rough. I’d sometimes make cheese and onion sandwiches for bar food! Probably 1961-‘62
 
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