Frothy, when you say its windows were smashed do you mean it's been shut already? I'll be passing it tomorrow so will have a look.
David
It's open David, just looks like someone has smashed the windows.
No pubs open on the Vale now the Skylark has shut, I bet it's getting the RIF RAF now.:redface:
I must add, this is not a slur on the good people of Castle Vale.
Hi Alberta,
Yes, I think really we were very lucky in a lot of respects for being born in the 40's and witnessing, joining in etc the 50's and 60's. I suppose there is so much to remember (especially in Brum) as far as music,socialising,TV,clothing, are concerned, and certainly all of these were very important to us 60's rock'n'roll merchants, if you know what I mean!
The late 50's I remember been threatened with expulsion at my school (Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School, Bournville) for playing 'See Ya Later Aligator' on the brand new school gand piano. Playing for my first group gig with The Deltas at The Taboo in Stirchley along with The Rocking Berries and Jimmy Powell. I remember making sure, after going to the Saturday afternoon Rock'n'Roll dances at both The West End and The Casino (Corporation Street?) that I got home to watch The 6 5 Special on BBC and O'Boy on ATV - both great shows for the time especially the O'Boy show. In fact, I won (along with, unbeknown to me 100 or so others) a competion in The Sunday Mercury (answering questions on Elvis) the chance to go and see the O'Boy show in London. Brenda Lee,Cliff Richard were some of the guest stars on that occasion. For a black and white only TV show I was amazed at the luminous colours worn by Lord Rockinhams Eleven and all the stars in the studio.
It goes on and on, the joy of playing in a group in the 60's was probably (unbeknown to us at the time) the real time to witness the start of so many successful Brummie individual careers in the music scene. I also remember going to see the movie 'The Girl Can't Help It' never thinking that one day I would be either backing or supporting people like Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry etc, who all starred in the movie.
However, the groups signed by EMI in 1963 - Keith Powell and The Valets (I was in that lot!), Mike Sheriden and The Nightriders, Pat Wayne and The Beechcombers, Danny Duke and The Royals, The Cheetars joined by other well known (at the time) local outfits i.e The Rocking Berries,Carl Wayne and The Vikings,The Modernairs (brilliant band at the time!),El Riot and The Rebels and ofcourse Denny Laine and The Diplomats (blond dyed hair - remember?) all of these groups and more started the 60's music scene in Birmingham and I am so proud to have been part of it.
Great to be born in the 40's? Too right!!!
Cheers...........Mal Ford
Landlady mrs walkerI have some very happy memories of the Tyburn House, dancing there in the early 60's
I can't remember the Licensees name but she was the 1st lady licensee in Brum.......... my friend and I had some terrible run ins with her as we were only 15/16 at the time but all we wanted to do was dance, we only drank lemonade. One night she called the police to us, as it was it was a friend of my Dad. He went mad at me cause he knew my folks would go balastic if they knew where I was.
We stood there crying and said all we wanted to do was dance.. there was no where else for us to go. In the end an appointment was made for us to visit Erdington police station with our respective parents for a meeting with the Superintendant, the licensee and us.
The outcome was that we were allowed into the dance on certain nights and we had to sign a charter promising not to drink and to behave ourselves. If at any time we broke our aggreement he (the super) would make sure we never set foot in any pub in his district ever again ha ha. needless to say we behaved ourselves.
Saw some fantastic groups El Riot & the Rebels( the Moody Blues). Carl Wayne & The Vikings (The Move) Danny King & The Royals, Raymond Frogget, Mike Sherridan and the Night Riders to name but a few!
Yes i would meet with my biker friends on car park and ride to tamworth to Monica cafe and ride back down theTamworth straights back to Tyburn then ride to Alexs on smallbrook ringway to meet other bikersUsed the Tyburn a lot in the mid 60,s Always good groups on and it was Ansells. We used to hang around in the car park with our motor bikes. Tear off to Tamworth then back to the Tyburn. The tyburn was a better pub than the Baggot. no atmosphere there.
Kieth chambers know well brought the snipe of him 1969Hello Michael, what year did you hang out at the Tyburn? Do you remember Chiefy Chambers, big tall lad, rode a BSA. He hated Triumphs, called them "Rubber irons". His favourite trick was to stamp on your gear change if you sat there revving the guts out of your engine. Some nights he would turn up in his Humber Super Snipe. I was also a regular at Alex,s and the Double Zero, great days of the "cafe racer"
I have never quite understood the mania for extreme loudness of so called bands and disco type music. Many people who go to parties and similar events sometimes meet people they haven't seen for a while, or wish to make new friendships and just want to talk. It is usually quite impossible to hold any form of conversation and relies on occasional comments which have to be shouted.I went to the Tyburn a few times in 1966 / 67 to see a band called The Way of Life - their drummer was John Bonham
The manager complained he was too loud once and turned the electricity off on them!