the old pubs of brum

[ynot14]

Sueb
I wouldn't of known you at The Exchange then as I used it earlier but If you used Pollyanna's in the early 1970s I occasionally did the door there with John and Ash. It was on a strictly when needed agreement and Eddie would give me a shout if I was needed for some shifts. There were certain occasions when we knew things were going to kick off and as I had worked for the Fewtrells for some years I would be in Pollyanna's very occasionally Rebbecca's

[sueb]

Oh yes, I'd forgotten about Rebecca's.  Another old haunt!

I agree about the curry houses Phil, there are so many now, surely they can't all be doing well.  Mind you, I go to one on Ladypool Rd, called Lahore Karachi with the girls from one of the places I work at and it's nearly always full - and it's a big place.  There are lots of Asian families who eat there, so perhaps that's how the restaurants make their money now.

[sheldonboy]

Hi folks Ican clear a couple of things up now, The Alhambra is now Sam Wellars.
Sam Wellars is still open.
The Birdcage in Stephensons Place WAS The Guilded Cage.
Thanks Phil yes thats the Royal Mail I meant
Yes The Lea Tavern was in Lea Hall not Garretts Green.
Another pub gone from that area, The Boars Head, Formerley The Matchmaker
Yes thanks Phil The Midland Hotel bar was The Iron Horse

Can I stop pulling my hair out now, ther's not much left.

[roy one]

i can name a few old ones   the stare in hope street thats going back a bit the criterian   by the triangle flicks the lion and lamb in stony lane

[berniew]

Thanks for that Sheldonboy should have had your hair singed in your youth makes it stronger , but it still falls out Bernie

[sheldonboy]

Bernie
 Id'e probably have done better if I had my Tongue singed, I would have got in less trouble.

[tramp]

I've only just got back from the pool where I was also invited to lunch and share a couple of bottles of a decent red, so that is why I've not posted for a while apart from - I think, one over lunch on someone's lap top (mine - I take it in the car but never leave it there as I want it neither nicked or fried).  I was showing BF and 2 Spanish sites to 3 friends who are also bloggers.

Thanks for these magnificent additions Phil and you others.  A few people's pasts are starting to come out with more detail - aren't they sueb? 

Now please check that this list represents what you know to be correct.   If it does not, please post the number and name to be deleted or amended, and of course (m)any additions!

GSD Girl

211. The Lea Hall Tavern, Lea Hall

SHELDONBOY

212. The Poacher’s Pocket, Cole Hall Lane
213. The Eagle, Hill Street
214. The Royal Mail, Pinfold Street. located by PHIL
215. The Boars Head, Formerley The Matchmaker

PHIL

216. The Midland Bank Club, Stephenson Street
217. The Central Snooker Club, foot of Piccadilly Arcade
218. The Grapes, Hill Street

ROY.

219. The Gilded Cage, under the ramp to New Street station
220. The Star, Hope Street

BERNIE

221. The Glue Pot, Hill Street

SUEB

222. The Antelope, by St. John's church, Stratford Rd.
223. The Queen's Arms, Queen St, cnr Highgate Rd
224. The Brewers Arms, Stoney Lane, named by Bernie

PHIL

225. The Abbey Tavern, Key Hill
226. The Abbey Vaults, Lodge Rd
227. The Albion, Aston St North
228. The Albion Inn, Wheeler St
229. The All Saints Tavern, Lodge Rd
230. The Alma Tavern, Alma St
231. The Anchor Inn, Islington Row
232. The Woodman, Islington Row
234. The Anchor Tavern, Benacre St
235. The Avenue Hotel, Park Rd
236. The Baltic Inn, Sherlock St
237. The Beehive, Bull St
238. The Birmingham Arms, Moat Row
239. The Black Lion, Smallbrook St
240. The Black Swan, Bromsgrove St
241. The Bolton Arms, Bolton Rd
242. The Breedon Cross, Pershore Rd
243. The Bowling Green, Holloway Head
244. The Bridge Inn, Monument Rd
245. The Brook Tavern, Lennox St
246. The Brooks Vaults, Jamaica Row
247. The Bulls Head, Upper Priory
248. The Bulls Head, Smallbrook St
249. The Cabin, Union Passage
250. The Clements, Newtown Row
251. The Clock Tavern, Ashted Row
252. The Cross Keys, Jamaica Row
256. The Talbot, Moat Lane
257. The Crown, Snow Hill
258. The Crown, Leopold St
259. The Crown & Anchor, Gem St
260. The Duke of Cambridge, Hope St
271. The Duke of Edingburgh, Dudley Rd
272. The Duke of York, Duke St
273. The Flower Pot, Arter St
274. The Grapes, Belgrave Rd
275. The Great Western, Camden St
258. The Horse & Jockey, Bordesley Park Rd
259. The Hydraulic, Lodge Rd
260. The Justice House, St Marks St
261. The Justice Inn, Great Russell St
262. The King Edward Stores, King Edward St
263. The Kings Arms, Sherlock St
263. The Lister Tavern, Great Lister St
264. The Kings Arms, Great Barr St
265. The London Tavern, Saltley High St
266. The Manchester Hotel, Snow Hill
267. The Minerva Tavern, Great Barr St
268. The Noah’s Ark, Montague St
269. The Old Lodge, Coventry Rd
270. The Stone Cross, Dale End
271. The Old Turks Head, Lancaster St
272. The Red Cow, Horse Fair
273. The Reservoir Inn, Lichfield Rd
274. The Smithfield Arms, Jamaica Row
275. The Station, Saltley Rd
276. The Station, Bordesley Green Rd
277. The Sun Inn, Bristol St
278. The Swan Inn, Bell Barn Rd
279. The Swan with Two Necks, Gosta Green
280. The Swan with Two Necks, Lawley St
281. The Train, Great Francis St
282. The Victoria Inn, Broad St
283. The Wagon & Horses, Bartholomew St
284. The White House, Vaughton St
285. The White Swan, King Edward Rd
286. The White Swan, Loxton St.

ROY

287. The Criterion, by the Triangle Cinema
288. The Lion and Lamb, Stoney Lane

[sheldonboy]

Tramp mate
 The Clements Arms Newtown Row was still there very recently.

[ynot14]

Tramp
From what I can make out..the pubs along the Walsall Road through Perry Barr and Great Barr north Birmingham are all still with us.. although it seems they are all now Carvers and Harvesters although I cannot see The Scott Arms going that way...or has it?

I remember when I was still living in Brum I lived right next door to The Malt Shovel and it had a great landlord Denis (forget his surname) and he was totally inconsolable when they changed it to a Carver restraunt. It totally ruined the pub as they ripped out it's character and Denis insisted that, even though the old bar had been turned into something you expect in a winebar, the regulars did not have to abide to the new dress code. Needless to say we all drifted away as the Malt Shovel was no more to us regulars

[tramp]

sheldonboy,

Thanks for this, I'll remove it

[tramp]

ynot14,

I'm saddened to read what you said about the UNIQUE character of a pub being destroyed when they're tarted up. The prices go though the roof too I expect - it's social decimation of small groups by big bro marketing....