RE: OLD BRUM PHOTO REQUESTS - 7

#91 by berniew , Thu Nov 06, 2014 9:49 pm

an early Lea Hall Tavern Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)

#92 by berniew , Thu Nov 06, 2014 9:50 pm

Lea Hall TavernBild entfernt (keine Rechte)

#93 by Sheldonboy , Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:00 am

Quote: berniew wrote in post #91
an early Lea Hall Tavern

Well done Bernie, I doubt if many people ha camera's in those days.

#94 by berniew , Sat Nov 08, 2014 3:52 pm

Certainly not me SB there are a few old ones knocking around

#95 by Voltman , Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:08 pm

Can anyone please provide me with photo's, or anything else, for the following pubs.

The Watt Tavern, 7 Soho Hill
The Malt Shovel, 103 Smith Street
Unknown at 189 Hunters Lane

Only the Hunters Lane building still stands.

Thank You
Voltman

#96 by astoness , Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:19 pm

hi ya volty...the watt tavern soho hill i have not heard of so a kellys look up will have to be done to confirm where abouts it was...

the malt shovel smith st i think i have a photo of...

hunters lane changed to hunters road the only pub i know to that was there is the burton and its still there today although not a pub...goes back many years...

will need to go upstairs to my pc where most of my info and pics are stored...

will do that now...

if mike sees this post he could maybe provide us with a map showing where the watt tavern was..

#97 by Voltman , Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:36 pm

Astoness, I have just taken another look at Hunters Road and I found that the old school building is No.169, so it is possible that the pub in question was knocked down.
Having said that the blue and white building looks like it was a pub and the numbering may have been up one side and down the other in 1880, which is the era I am interested in.
Any photo's of any era will be gratefully accepted.

#98 by Voltman , Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:45 pm

Is this the Burton?

#99 by astoness , Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:49 pm

right voltly the pub you are looking for is the coulbourne arms corner of villa road and hunters road..see map...i have been after a pic of this pub for many years now...it certainly was not there in the 1950s so was demolished before then and the ground was used for willets greengrocers..i remember it well...the blue building on the other side was the burton pub...i do have an old photo somewhere showing just a tad of the coulbournes lamp high up but as to date that is all i have..will post next

oh and yes thats the burton..dates back to around 1850 could be older

#100 by astoness , Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:57 pm

coulbourne on the right volty with the two big lamps

#101 by Voltman , Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:20 pm

That's great Astoness, Thank you.
Now I also have more information for searching with.

#102 by astoness , Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:45 pm

my pleasure volty...i have asked mike to jump in re the watt tavern...

#103 by mikejee , Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:31 pm

I admit I hadn't heard of it , but the Watt Tavern, in the 1840s known as The James Watt Tavern was at 7 Soho Hill as shown on 1955 map in red. It is listed in Kellys up till 1965.

#104 by astoness , Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:41 pm

thanks mike cant see the map though...

#105 by Voltman , Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:41 pm

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I have just realised that I spent ages recently trying to place this photo I found on the web.
It was of Barringtons second hand shop on Soho Hill. The presence of Birmingham Mica in the background gave it away as being on Soho Hill.

According to Kellys 1880 No.7 was on or close to the corner with Claremont Road and on the opposite corner was George Biddle, Monumental Mason.
My guess it that the pub is out of shot to the left, especially if it was listed in 1965, and Biddles became Barringtons.
If only we could swivel old photo's.

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