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Does anyone have any memories of drinking in this pub or do you know any of the names?
Victoria Inn - Sparkbrook [pic attached]
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A rather grainy photograph but it's much better to show the pub in the 1960's than use an image captured by me in the 21st century. In fact, the last time I took a photograph of this pub in 2002 it looked like the licensee of the Victoria Inn had a sideline in flogging motors. At that time the corner boozer had the livery of Gibbs Mew, a company that can trace its origins back to 1750. The brewery was founded at The Swan, a pub in the Surrey town of Haslemere.
In this photograph you can just see a painted wall advertisement for Mitchell's and Butler's beers. Located on the north-west corner of Stratford Road and Long Street, the pub was originally owned by Emma Harriet Allenby. She appeared in the 1891 Ratebook for Aston alongside the name of the licensee John James Mitchell. He paid the rates of £2.7s.11d. The annual ground rent on the building was £60.0s.0d.
Looking at this photograph, the pub looks like an extension of the terrace facing the Stratford Road. Licensee John Mitchell was a Brummie and born in the town in 1860. He kept the Victoria Inn with his wife Elizabeth and employed three servants including a barman.
By 1896 the pub was operated by Henry Mitchell's Cape Hill Brewery and, following their merger with William Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd in 1898, the pub became part of the vast Mitchell's and Butler's estate. As part of a block purchase of almost 200 pubs, the Victoria Inn was sold to the Centric Pub Company in 1992. This company was later acquired by Gibbs Mew. The Victoria Inn was sadly vandalised, bricked up and set alight in the 21st century - a sad tale for Sparkbrook.
Post-War Licensees of the Victoria Inn
1938 - 1955 Ernest Charles Woodhouse
1955 - 1961 Edward Arthur Harris
1961 - 1962 Lewis Arthur Cowen
1962 - 1963 Francis Leslie Burden
1963 - 1965 Donald Albert Birch
1965 - 1969 John Aosgood
1969 - 1970 David John Taylor
1970 - 1972 George Thomas Moon
1972 - 1974 Thomas Regan
1974 - 1974 Thomas Patrick Reilly
1974 - 1993 William McGrath
1993 - 1993 Paul Roger Heath
1993 - 1995 Michael Healy
1995 - 1996 Bridget Christine Roche
1996 - Jane Martin Laird
Cheers
Kieron www.midlandspubs.co.uk
Victoria Inn - Sparkbrook [pic attached]
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A rather grainy photograph but it's much better to show the pub in the 1960's than use an image captured by me in the 21st century. In fact, the last time I took a photograph of this pub in 2002 it looked like the licensee of the Victoria Inn had a sideline in flogging motors. At that time the corner boozer had the livery of Gibbs Mew, a company that can trace its origins back to 1750. The brewery was founded at The Swan, a pub in the Surrey town of Haslemere.
In this photograph you can just see a painted wall advertisement for Mitchell's and Butler's beers. Located on the north-west corner of Stratford Road and Long Street, the pub was originally owned by Emma Harriet Allenby. She appeared in the 1891 Ratebook for Aston alongside the name of the licensee John James Mitchell. He paid the rates of £2.7s.11d. The annual ground rent on the building was £60.0s.0d.
Looking at this photograph, the pub looks like an extension of the terrace facing the Stratford Road. Licensee John Mitchell was a Brummie and born in the town in 1860. He kept the Victoria Inn with his wife Elizabeth and employed three servants including a barman.
By 1896 the pub was operated by Henry Mitchell's Cape Hill Brewery and, following their merger with William Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd in 1898, the pub became part of the vast Mitchell's and Butler's estate. As part of a block purchase of almost 200 pubs, the Victoria Inn was sold to the Centric Pub Company in 1992. This company was later acquired by Gibbs Mew. The Victoria Inn was sadly vandalised, bricked up and set alight in the 21st century - a sad tale for Sparkbrook.
Post-War Licensees of the Victoria Inn
1938 - 1955 Ernest Charles Woodhouse
1955 - 1961 Edward Arthur Harris
1961 - 1962 Lewis Arthur Cowen
1962 - 1963 Francis Leslie Burden
1963 - 1965 Donald Albert Birch
1965 - 1969 John Aosgood
1969 - 1970 David John Taylor
1970 - 1972 George Thomas Moon
1972 - 1974 Thomas Regan
1974 - 1974 Thomas Patrick Reilly
1974 - 1993 William McGrath
1993 - 1993 Paul Roger Heath
1993 - 1995 Michael Healy
1995 - 1996 Bridget Christine Roche
1996 - Jane Martin Laird
Cheers
Kieron www.midlandspubs.co.uk
