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Various pubs

Astoness

Astoness

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hi folks...been rummaging through a box of pub photos that were taken by a friend of my brothers and were given to me...i can only put down what is written on the back of them but if anyone finds errors of location etc please let me know..if i know the building is still there i will add that..

lyn

THE BURTON..HUNTERS ROAD DATED 1993..THIS BUILDING IS STILL THERe..NO LONGER A PUB

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img729.jpgThe crossways..college road..1989..building still there no longer a pub..
 
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birmingham arms..dudley road/heath st south...1991..building still there but closed...

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img735.jpgthis one upsets me...the duke of york key hill...1989..this pub was boarded up for some years..broken into and the wonderful interior including original bar fittings stolen..a few years ago it just colapsed with no explanation...all thats left of if now is the passage way to the far door on the left..
 
img736.jpgthis was originally the dolphin pub turned into a cafe..i think its still a cafe..coventry st/meriden st..1991
 
img737.jpggreat pic of the bulls head...villa road. 1993..you really dont want to see the state of it now either from the front or the back...
 
img738.jpgGolden Cross...Aston Cross...1992..building still there..
 
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img742.jpglast one until i get time to look through another box..

bricklayers arms..icknield port road..1989
 
Astoness said:
View attachment 93947this one upsets me...the duke of york key hill...1989..this pub was boarded up for some years..broken into and the wonderful interior including original bar fittings stolen..a few years ago it just colapsed with no explanation...all thats left of if now is the passage way to the far door on the left..
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Brings back so many memories, can anyone remember if there was a handbag shop next door, I think it was the shop next to this pub that I used to longing look through the window while waiting for Dad to come out of the pub, how I wish those days where still here so much has changed.
 
astley i think there may have been a handbag shop somewhere along that line of shops..my memory is getting worse as i walked past them every day to and from work in vyse st...if charlie spots this she may remember...

lyn
 
Sorry, I don't remember a handbag shop ... which doesn't mean to say there wasn't one!
My memory's worse than Lyn's!!
 
duke of york 1960.jpgjust found this pic astley..dated 1960 the shop next to the the pub is barrys seperates so a clothes shop but as i say that was in 1960..not sure what years you talking about...
 
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View attachment 93954just found this pic astley..dated 1960 the shop next to the the pub is barrys seperates so a clothes shop but as i say that was in 1960..not sure what years you talking about...
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It was about 64-68 I think it could have been a separates shop which also sold handbags I had a lovely black suede duffle bag that I had saved weeks for, needles to say Dad made the money up for me, After he came out of the pub, bless him.
 
sue it would have been in 1970 onwards that i worked in vyse st and im sure that shop was there then..i know what you mean about longing for something...i recall saving up for a twin set but i got that from a shop on lodge road..the shop is still there..well the building is anyway...happy days

lyn
 
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sue it would have been in 1970 onwards that i worked in vyse st and im sure that shop was there then..i know what you mean about longing for something...i recall saving up for a twin set but i got that from a shop on lodge road..the shop is still there..well the building is anyway...happy days

lyn
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They were .......happy days...... you say you worked in Vyse st was it near Warstone lane, I seem to recall it was, I worked at Anstey & Wilson in Warstone Ln But thats another story ha ha.
Please call me Sue.
 
sue vyse st starts just up from the duke of york on the corner with gt hampton st and finishes at warstone lane...ansty and wilson rings bells with me..what did they do..how long did you work there

lyn
 
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sue vyse st starts just up from the duke of york on the corner with gt hampton st and finishes at warstone lane...ansty and wilson rings bells with me..what did they do..how long did you work there

lyn
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I worked there for nearly 5 years, from leaving school until I got married in 1972, I was a jewellery case liner, they also did clocks.

Sue
 
crikey sue our paths could easily have crossed then.. as office junior i was always being sent out and about the jewellery quarter to different firms to take jewellery to them on appro...that was of course after making the tea..typing up the invoices and appro orders..fetching sarnies from the cafe..taking the post to key hill post office...the list is endless but i loved it...its a small world..

lyn
 
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crikey sue our paths could easily have crossed then.. as office junior i was always being sent out and about the jewellery quarter to different firms to take jewellery to them on appro...that was of course after making the tea..typing up the invoices..fetching sarnies from the cafe..taking the post to key hill post office...the list is endless but i loved it...its a small world..

lyn
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Sure is.... we went to the same school, albeit for a short time for me, worked in the same area I feel I have known you years,

Sue
 
Some great old pubs Lyn, like you I feel so sad to such great places, once so full of laughter and fun, so dead or gone completely. Paul
 
Sue, you might find this picture familiar. I would have taken it between a year before or a year after you left.


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