RE: BIRMINGHAM PUBS as is and was - 25

Ok Mike done that!

Excellent bit of history Mikejee.
Is there any possibility that the photo is in New Street or Pinfold Street?

Phil,
My memory of a Pub was the Lamb Tavern, corner of Clissold Street and New Spring Street, my father used to frequent there quite often, especially after coming back from his allotment in Handsworth, I used to run errands for the Landlady, used to get an old Halfpenny or Penny for them, she once asked if I would like a chemistry set which she had bought for her son but he was not interested in it, I had to run many errands for it before I finally badgered her into giving it to me, we had an old wash stand in our bedroom and I used to experiment with the Vials of powder in them, I loved that set, (bearing in mind we did not have toys in those days).
Brookieboy

Hi Norman

Not a pub I knew I'm afraid, it would have been a bit off the beaten track for me. I do remember toys being a rarity in childhood and can remember one Christmas when my only present was a book. Good job I was an avid reader.

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The 2 roughest pubs I ever worked in were THE AVENUE in Green Lane and THE BEECHES in Hoggs Lane Northfield, and it was always the paddies that started it.

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SB

Maybe you can tell me why this pub The New Inns at Yardley was demolished, replaced with a temporary pub for years and then finally replaced with a pub that is no better than the temporary one.

Mind you me and my mate Alf used the temporary one often on a Saturday when we picked his kids up from his ex outside the Swan.

Phil

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As I understood things the Swan at Yardley was quite a fine pub for its day and for an Ansells pub. the Santiago room if I remember rightly was the steak bar which was great at a time when steaks and Mixed Grills were popular, they started to fade out as curry houses started to appear. Remember the Kashmir across the road with big Jim on the door.
The Swan was one of if not the biggest pub in Europe at the time, it was also one of the biggest white elephants, I am sure I read that it never made any money it was so big. It was also at a time when so many other local pubs were thriving and imagine if it was still there today they would need an army of security guards. It wasn't the cheapest pub in the world either.

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John

When did you work at the Avenue? I knew the gaffer and misses there in the early 70's.

Phil

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As I understood things the Swan at Yardley was quite a fine pub for its day and for an Ansells pub. the Santiago room if I remember rightly was the steak bar which was great at a time when steaks and Mixed Grills were popular, they started to fade out as curry houses started to appear. Remember the Kashmir across the road with big Jim on the door.
The Swan was one of if not the biggest pub in Europe at the time, it was also one of the biggest white elephants, I am sure I read that it never made any money it was so big. It was also at a time when so many other local pubs were thriving and imagine if it was still there today they would need an army of security guards. It wasn't the cheapest pub in the world either.

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Quote: Sheldonboy wrote in post #367

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As I understood things the Swan at Yardley was quite a fine pub for its day and for an Ansells pub. the Santiago room if I remember rightly was the steak bar which was great at a time when steaks and Mixed Grills were popular, they started to fade out as curry houses started to appear. Remember the Kashmir across the road with big Jim on the door.
The Swan was one of if not the biggest pub in Europe at the time, it was also one of the biggest white elephants, I am sure I read that it never made any money it was so big. It was also at a time when so many other local pubs were thriving and imagine if it was still there today they would need an army of security guards. It wasn't the cheapest pub in the world either.

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I am sure you are right s. b. I used it quite eary in its heyday probably late 60,s as I said it was a great place at that time a good place to take a young lady on a Saturday night and I have had many a meal in the Kashmir and remember big jim I also heard it was losing money and became rather run down in the 70,s however ihad moved from the Yardley area then and remember fondly only the goodtimes during the week I used more humble drinking holes the blakeseley Richmond and ring o bells but all these pubs where lovely pubs when I used them I went to the blakseley pu b years later my favourite local and found it had changed its name to the village or something what a dump I could not get out quick enough. also liked the meadway mackadown and 3 horseshoes.

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Phil,
My memory of a Pub was the Lamb Tavern, corner of Clissold Street and New Spring Street, my father used to frequent there quite often, especially after coming back from his allotment in Handsworth, I used to run errands for the Landlady, used to get an old Halfpenny or Penny for them, she once asked if I would like a chemistry set which she had bought for her son but he was not interested in it, I had to run many errands for it before I finally badgered her into giving it to me, we had an old wash stand in our bedroom and I used to experiment with the Vials of powder in them, I loved that set, (bearing in mind we did not have toys in those days).
Brookieboy

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