cafe night club

[maryjoseph]

can any one out their remember a café come night club down some stairs the name was the grotto it sold scrumpy cider I am just wondering if any one as any photos of this club just a recap this club was in Bromsgrove street in Birmingham just down the road from silver blades  will have to wait and see if any one could help me out thank you

[Phil]

maryjoseph,


It does pay to look back in here from time to time, I imagine this place was the same as the Grotto Coffee Bar a 7 Bromsgrove Street which was two door up from the Black Swan on the corner of Market Street. In this photo it is the brown fronted building on the right by the fire engine,

[townie]

can any one out their remember a café come night club down some stairs the name was the grotto it sold scrumpy cider I am just wondering if any one as any photos of this club just a recap this club was in Bromsgrove street in Birmingham just down the road from silver blades  will have to wait and see if any one could help me out thank you

Hi Mary. What years are you talking about? The only café I can remember on Bromsgrove Street was the Mexicarno. There was an underground drinking place but that was called the Catacombs.

[maryjoseph]

phil do not know if you will read this message but I used the grooto every Saturday night with some mates you had to go into a café pay your money then you went through a turn stile and down stairs to the club it was a bit dingy but we had a load of laughs students used the place as it was a cheap night cider was rough had to pick the wood out of glass before you could drink it best to put a bit of black currant in it to kill the taste my god were as the years gone the club went onto jazz for some reason not into it so stopped going shame had some good times their

[Tom Tighe]

Also in Bromsgrove St was The Pink Elephant club that became The Ringway club .....

[Scipio]

Also in Bromsgrove St was The Pink Elephant club that became The Ringway club .....

Welcome Tom I hope you enjoy the forum . I used the Ringway in the late 60's great place with all it's characters

[Edmund Fifield]

THE  EL SOMBRERO HAD SOME GREAT CHARACTERS AS WELL

[Scipio]

THE  EL SOMBRERO HAD SOME GREAT CHARACTERS AS WELL

There were some rum characters all over Brum years ago

[Edmund Fifield]

Scipio, there was one character we called Penguino because of his walk who would get you anything you wanted. And I mean anything.