paul stacey
master brummie
I would love to see the beautiful interior of "The Woodsman", again if any one has access to some Colour prints or photos, Paul
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When I used to go to the CBSO symphony concerts in the town hall in my 20's (in the 1950's) I would sit at the back sometimes, behind the orchestra, and during the interval would nip out the back entrance for a quick drink in, I think, The Woodman. Half the orchestra would be there downing a pint before we all returned.
philm
philm
Described as "the handsomest hostelry in the Kingdom" in this 1893 advert. Don't really know what "American, French, German and all Dramatic Papers taken" means. Does it refer to newspapers journals, magazines perhaps ? Is that what "Ordinary Daily" refers to ?
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
i cant disagree with that statement viv...just my opinion but the woodman easy row was one of the biggest pub losses for the city..
lyn
paul stacey
master brummie
I Totally agree Lyn, absolute vandalism, beautiful hostelry!!!
I think it was quite common in the 19th century for newspapers to be available in pubs, though possiblt not the editions of the same day, particularly for foreign ones
pressgazette.co.uk
Local newspapers in Victorian era: Early 'rolling news' and reading as pub activity
Local newspapers were one part of the social revolution stimulated by the swift spread of literacy in the 19th century – when children became the experts, better able to use the technology of print than their parents. In the mid-nineteenth century, when taxes made newspapers very expensive...
pressgazette.co.uk
I think many pubs did that in the Victorian period. Having newspapers available for customers seems to have been quite common.
paul stacey
master brummie
When I was at school we did a period of Birmingham's industrial history of the 19th C, I remember at the time that I was amazed at the amount of foreign interest in our city, and the amount of Industrialists, from all over the world who would come to visit. So maybe as a central pub, which even in the, 1950's and early sixties, was pretty grand would have had them staying , and visiting it?!!