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where is this part 2

Astoness

Astoness

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hi all i was just looking through my files and came across this pic...i posted it what must be over 12 months back and as far as i recall we did not manage to solve the mystery of the location so maybe with new members joining fresh eyes may just be the thing we need....

caption reads gentlemen at dinner....

lyn
 
Lyn I have this picture in one of my books but can't remember where it was taken. If I get round to it I will browse through. Can't say that I will find it though but will try. Jean.
 
oh great jean..its looks a splendid building wherever it was taken....

thank you.....

lyn
 
Lyn, is it businessmen put up overnight at the Copthorne when the Metro packs up (again) waiting for news of pigeon s**t on the overhead cables?
 
no idea richie....hoping that one day we may just find out the location...watch this space...

lyn
 
Lyn no joy as yet. I have sent it to Keith Linnecor in case it is a room in the council house. Fingers crossed. Jean.
 
thats great jean..thank you..it did strike me that it could have been taken in some grand building...i shall await your report...

lyn
 
Lynn I think it was a civic function and the gentlemen were discussing the rights of women in our male chauvinist gents clubs lol
 
Behave Tom...lol My gt uncle was a Mason at Elkington Lodge in the 1880's now they may have had a posh meeting place but where.
 
WOT MOI WENDY lol the only thing I can make out is the balustrade ..balcony at the back has a knights helmet in the middle have cropped picture it may help idenify it or maybe not ?:D:headhit:
 
I Think it was the digbeth centre when this was a gentlemans club i cannot remember the name of it way back in the early 1900s
before it became a musical hall and it was a polititcal party i beleive dinner forthe comunism party club in those days late 1800 to the very ealy 19oos
before it became a entertang club and it was brought to my attention a couple of years ago and put on he forum the details of the centre by one of our banned member whom i am not allowed to say i beleive astonian
 
morning froth....it looks about the right size room...i was just thinking if maybe alterations were made but i would think it doubtful...

lyn
 
hi old boy..well i got the pic from carl chinns birmingham archives and the caption said location not known so i presumed it was surposed to be somewhere in birmingham...hope im right or else we may all be searching for nothing...:cry:

lyn
 
Hi lynn
how are you keeping my girl do not sweat its birmingham alright
but i am surprized if it was in carls book why was there not a place name with the caption
do we know whom our researcher is at the libary i am beginning to think it may have been all our yesterdays topic in the birm,ingham mail on saturdays or at least it must have been in the mercury i am sure of
so lynn we are all wainting with bated breath for the out come
enjoy your day lynn best wishes alan astonian
 
hi alan...i am ok thank you...hope you are also well...i got this photo from carl chins birmingham lives site but jean thinks she may have seen it a book she has and is going to try and find it when she has time...i am sure we will get to the bottom of it...

have a good day alan

lyn
 
It is in fact the snug bar of "The Bull" in Price St , back in the early 1900s, before all the regulars went down to the Villa match, done a roaring trade did Rosie back then"
 
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