The king edward pub

[Astonian]

Hi does any body recall the king edward pub on the parade
as it was called then [ the parade ]just along from the sand pitts
as you walk down from summer hill heading towards spring hill
it was also oppersite edward rd and the lyric flea pitt picture house in edward rd in those days the 1940-50,s even the 60s
it was summer rd and when they redelveloped the area and built a little ring road and knocked down all the area they called it summer hill it was a vey good cracking pub always busy had a
good darts and dominos team every night of the week
with the arcordian , or piano playing when they redelvoloped the area the pub trade started to dwindle i spent afortune there the shops disapeared first then the houses and last
of all the picture house i worked at radex electrics factory
at the top of edward rd its ow the dvla centre
best wishes to you all astonian,;;;;;;;;

 

[Ann B]

Hi Astonian,

The 19th. January I started a thread 'The Royal Oak' Summer Rd. It was regarding my husband's great grandfather, James Oliver Whitaker. In 1891 he was manager and licensee of this pub. Then by 1901, he is manager and licensee of 9 The Parade, St Paul's. Was that where the King Edward Pub was?

Ann

 

[maggieuk]

Hi Astonian
I remember the pub really well I used to work at A.E.Harris in Northwood Street and at lunch time we would all run down to the pub and the drinks would be on the bar waiting for us..lovely pub and lovely people

 

[Astonian]

HI ANN
The Oak Pub Was The Orinional Pub Down The On PARADE It Was A Very , Very Small Pub ,In Fact I Would HaveSaid A Little Inn , It Was Tiny With The Small Framed
Windows And Its One And Only Little Front Door, And It Was All Wooden Framed And
Made Of Oak And It Was A Dark Brown ,Which Was Understandable In Those Days
It Was The Parade, And Also Known As St Pauls Incidently St Pauls Was A Monastry
In The100,S -1900,S And Years Ago Right Up Util Possible 80,s There Was A Huge Enginnering Factory Oppersite TheSt Pauls Square And It Also Occupied Virtualy Around The Square Of St Pauls But I Do Know Its All Changed The Company AS Long Gone But In There Days Of Occupatin They Had The Axcess To And Throw From The Church Passages And They Used To Travel FromOne End Of The FactoryAround The Square And On The Walls There Was Muriels And DrawingsOf What The Monks Drew,
But Any Way Getting Back To The Oak It Would Have Been About 300 Yards From Where They Built The New Pub Called The King EdwardOn From The Oak To The King Edward, And That Would Have Been About 100 Yards FromThe Three penny Crush Flee Pitt Picture House ,On The Other Side Of The Parade More Or Less The Oppersit
Corner Was ABaqzzar Shop And It Was Own By A Little Old Man ,He Sold Bits Of Work Tools Ciggies From All Around The World , Sweets ,Comics Toys All Very Cheap
And Shirts , At That Time ,And He Would Be Open Until 9,3o Seven Days A Week
And As I Have Previously Said When They Decided To Redevelop The Area And Move
All Those Tiny Back To Back House They Moved HimAs Well And He Went To Winson Green Rd And Openened A Seconand Shop But With in 12 Months He Died ,
And Then They Renamed Summer hill And They Never Touched The Sand Pitts They Are Still There So Yes Thats Where The Old Oak Was About 300 Yards From The King Edward And My Dear Old Freind Maggie Is Quite Right It Was AWell Kept And Warm Welcoming Pub To Any Strangers ,As I Am Typing Here The Name Of The Gather Ecapes Me And I Recall Him As A Kid From The Old School He AS Had Alot OfPubs , Still Not To Worry The Name Will Come Back To Me
Best Wishes To One And ALL Astonian ,;;

 

[mikejee]

Astonian
That is very interesting. Unfortunately most pubs like that have now disappeared
Ann
Sorry to disappoint you, but the King Edward VI (which i assume is Astonian's pub)was no 17 The Parade.
Mike

 

[Ann B]

Astonian,

Thank you for your wonderful description of The Oak. You had me walking through the door. And all the information on St. Paul's.

Mike,
If the King Edward VI was No 17 The Parade, and Astonian has said that The Oak was the original pub, and the new one, being the King Edward was built about 300 yards from The Oak. Then The Oak could possibly have been The Royal Oak, the one I am looking for. Or not?
Time I got another pub book from the library!

Ann

 

[mikejee]

Ann
Have gone back to 1912 kelly's. There were only 5 licensed premises listed in the Parade, 2 named (King Edward Vi and the Navigation), and 3 un-named beer retailers. These are marked in red on the map. There is a little bit of difficulty in deciding whether some markings are very narrow buildings or alleyways, but i think i've got it right. On the north side, going from left to right are No 17 King Edward VI, no 9 James whitaker, beer retailer and no 1 the Navigation . on the south side (left to right) are no 37 , Thomas Monk, beer retailer and no 49, James Clark, beer retailer. In 1956 No 49 is listed as the Burton Stores PH. This leaves nos 9 or 37 being the Oak. No 37 seems to have disappeared around the first world war. Therefore, although i would estimate the distance between the Edward VI and no 9 as being nearer 100yds than 300yds, because Astonian remembers The oak very well, i would think that No 9 was the most likely place for the Oak.
mike

 

[Charlie]

I worked at Lustre Anodising in the early 60s (part of the Britachrome Group) in Camden Drive. Most of the factory workers lived locally and used The King Edward. We all went there at Christmas - a 'proper' pub and always lively and welcoming.
Another one sadly missed. The list gets longer by the day!

 

[Ann B]

Mike,

Thank you so much for the map and the detailed information. I've printed off the map. I'm going to see if I can find some photographs at the library of that area and The Parade in particular. As it is very central I would think that the main library should have some.

Thank you again
Ann

 

[TCWARDPLUMBERS]

A couple of pics of the parade may help , terry

 

[mikejee]

Thanks Terry. those are two great photographs
mike

 

[maggieuk]

Thanks for the pics Terrybought back a lot of memories

 

[Ann B]

Terry,

Great photos of The Parade. Thanks for posting them.

Ann