The Grapes, Heneage Street, Aston

[pooley35]

Hi
My great grandfather, Henry Bates, was the landlord of The Grapes, Heneage Street, Aston, where he died in 1917. Does anyone have a picture of The Grapes or any history of this pub.

 

[dek carr]

My best friend at school lived in Heneage St it was in Duddeston although it did come under Aston Manor but I can not recall a pub called The Grapes.It may have disappeared by my era the 50s 60s. Dek

 

[Phil]

The Grapes Heneage St according to Kelly's Directory 1913 was at 178-179 Heneage St which would have been on or near the north corner of Willis St. The Manager in 1913 was H Bates. I have no doubt that in 1913 Heneage St might and Nechells might well have been part of Aston.

Phil

 

[mikejee]

It was on the corner, as you can see on the 1913 map. Below is also a picture, presumably from the forum, showing people outside the Grapes . The pub seems to have gone between 1956 and 1962, and your grandfather went to the pub between the 1912 & 1913 Kellys directories. There has been a pub on the site since sometime between 1845 & 1848, when James Archer was the landlord, but I do not know if it was called the Grapes at that time
Mike

 

[Phil]

Hey Mike

Great photo, I only lived around the corner in Francis St and I have no memory of the Grapes at all. Which doesn't mean a thing as I was only a youngster then just a little more than an ankle biter. It had probably gone by the time I started to take note of pubs.

Phil

 

[dek carr]

Phil I know exactly how you feel my mate only live 50 yds. from Willis St up towards Henry St if that pub was still there in the middle to late 50s I must have passed it a couple of 100 times or more. Dek

 

[Paul2022]

Found in old box of slides - early 1950s