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The Swan Washwood Heath
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oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
There is a 1910 pic in the forum post below
The Swan On Washwood Heath Rd In 1910
The Swan On Washwood Heath Rd In 1910
pudding
master brummie
Thank you oldMohawk for your reply, I was hoping to find the later building as it is the one I remember, the sat photo was taken in 2001 by 2003 it has gone and is replaced by new houses call swan close.
I think that the Swan was no longer a pub when it was demolished around 2006 or so. Anyway included is a picture of it just before it was pulled down. A pity realy as it had been a landmark on the hill for donkey's years. I wonder if any of the lupins survived in the gardens behind.
Actually you can see that much of the bottom half of the inn was retained and a new addition was added up the hill. So the origins of the lower part of the building dated much further back. The Swan sign seems to be missing; also the urinal lower left. This picture was taken by a member and I can't remember who now. Ansells. What you are looking at is the forecourt parking lot from the Washwood Heath Road sidewalk and I seem to remember that just to the left were a half dozen or so small townhouse cottages.
Actually you can see that much of the bottom half of the inn was retained and a new addition was added up the hill. So the origins of the lower part of the building dated much further back. The Swan sign seems to be missing; also the urinal lower left. This picture was taken by a member and I can't remember who now. Ansells. What you are looking at is the forecourt parking lot from the Washwood Heath Road sidewalk and I seem to remember that just to the left were a half dozen or so small townhouse cottages.
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Hello Dave.
I was also there in the 70s and right up till 84/5 when the end of Metro Cammell was nigh.
We used to drink in the Cross Guns,it was M&B which I was weaned on from an early age...Ansells was ugh to me.
Philip George Watts
Brummie babby
Hi, to your knowledge was it ever called "The White Swan"???
The correct name was the Swan Hotel when first built this was a replacement for an earlier Swan Hotel on the same site from about the early 1800s pictures below.
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Philip George Watts
Brummie babby
I used to work behind the barin the 70s, its name was The White Swan
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
see also
THE OLD SWAN Washwood Heath Road
My GG Grandparents ALEXANDER and MARY ANN DAY were pulicans at The old Swan in 1881. I have been searching all the pub threads to try and trace a possible photo of this building. I have found Wendy's ' Old Swan at Sutton Coldfield ' and another of the ' Swan Pool' but assume these are in...
birminghamhistory.co.uk
It was called the Swan Hotel when built it was know as the Swan in the 1970s I even done some electrical work there a few times during the 1970s do you remember the Disco nights
Philip George Watts
Brummie babby
Yes i remember the disco,s And the band "Ressurection" i remember the ceiling collapsing as the band played.
Philip George Watts
Brummie babby
Yes i remember the disco,s And the band "Ressurection" i remember the ceiling collapsing as the band played.
I don't remember the Ressurection to be honest we lived in Ward End Park Road from1970 to1980? was it between these years or after.
Philip George Watts
Brummie babby
It was the 70s as i recall, we were in the back room a lot playing pool. Jimmy Gately (Taffy) Mick Oconnor, Peter Rolph just to mention a few, But it has been a long time.