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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: astonvillan on April 04, 2015, 10:35:45 AM
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Hi all
Hope it's ok to put this here. Mods; feel free to move it if not.
Currently travelling back to the Midlands as an exile down in the smoke and wondering if anybody knows of any pubs or sports bars in central Birmingham that will be showing the game today. I realise it's a 3PM kick off and technically they shouldn't show the matches but I've been led to believe a few get it through satellites and whatnot? Rococo is a name I've heard mentioned in the past.
So does anybody know of anywhere that will be showing it? Equally, could potentially get out to VP / Aston area if that was the only option!
Thanks and Up the Villa!
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Rococo - now called Mooch apparently,?- seems to have stope showing Villa games due to some restrictions being placed on Broad Street in general.
If anyone has the answer to the question about town pubs showing Villa games - I also need to know for Spurs next Saturday.
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
Where abouts? Many Noses about commenting on their favourite subject?
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
Where abouts? Many Noses about commenting on their favourite subject?
And their Red mates.
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Yes Broad Street has gone from 3 bars showing the games to none. The high visibilities of the locations probably didn't help.
Couple in Sutton still show the games.
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Yes - I watched in Sutton today.
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Yes - I watched in Sutton today.
In a pub? I'm surprised.
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I watched it in George V.. Villa are everywhere.
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Yes - I watched in Sutton today.
In a pub? I'm surprised.
The pub in question have been showing the games for years, I've watched a fair number of home and away in there this season since Broad Street stopped showing them around xmas time.
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Yes - I watched in Sutton today.
In a pub? I'm surprised.
The pub in question have been showing the games for years, I've watched a fair number of home and away in there this season since Broad Street stopped showing them around xmas time.
I refer the gentleman to Ms A's long-heralded reluctance to enter licensed premises.
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We need a pub in town! It is the other Ms A's hen night!
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We need a pub in town! It is the other Ms A's hen night!
Now?
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No - when we play Spurs!
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do they show man u villa in sutton yates
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
cant you just say
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fox and goose ward end is a good bet
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I thought there'd been a ruling where pubs were allowed to stream now? Something to do with a pub in Portsmouth?
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
cant you just say
Not many pubs in Sheldon are there ? Wagon and Horses ? Wheatsheaf ? The Sheldon? Arden Oak ? The Cabin, Mazeppa are no more
Oh maybe George V ?
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I thought there'd been a ruling where pubs were allowed to stream now? Something to do with a pub in Portsmouth?
Provided they buy from an EU broadcaster and don't show any Premier League logos or music was the latest on that one.
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I thought there'd been a ruling where pubs were allowed to stream now? Something to do with a pub in Portsmouth?
Provided they buy from an EU broadcaster and don't show any Premier League logos or music was the latest on that one.
and the premier league logo is on the arm of every players shirt
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I thought there'd been a ruling where pubs were allowed to stream now? Something to do with a pub in Portsmouth?
Provided they buy from an EU broadcaster and don't show any Premier League logos or music was the latest on that one.
and the premier league logo is on the arm of every players shirt
They have to pixelate them out
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I thought there'd been a ruling where pubs were allowed to stream now? Something to do with a pub in Portsmouth?
Provided they buy from an EU broadcaster and don't show any Premier League logos or music was the latest on that one.
and the premier league logo is on the arm of every players shirt
They have to pixelate them out
how do they do that when their arms are moving
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I thought there'd been a ruling where pubs were allowed to stream now? Something to do with a pub in Portsmouth?
Provided they buy from an EU broadcaster and don't show any Premier League logos or music was the latest on that one.
and the premier league logo is on the arm of every players shirt
They have to pixelate them out
how do they do that when their arms are moving
Intelligent software
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
cant you just say
Not many pubs in Sheldon are there ? Wagon and Horses ? Wheatsheaf ? The Sheldon? Arden Oak ? The Cabin, Mazeppa are no more
Oh maybe George V ?
The Sheldon is still there. One of those family jobbies nowadays. Thought Wheatsheaf was stil there. Or is it strictly hotel nowadays? Not many mind. Is St Bernads Grange still there? Or is that now George V? Horseshoes on Cov Rd and that's ahout it.
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
cant you just say
Not many pubs in Sheldon are there ? Wagon and Horses ? Wheatsheaf ? The Sheldon? Arden Oak ? The Cabin, Mazeppa are no more
Oh maybe George V ?
The Sheldon is still there. One of those family jobbies nowadays. Thought Wheatsheaf was stil there. Or is it strictly hotel nowadays? Not many mind. Is St Bernads Grange still there? Or is that now George V? Horseshoes on Cov Rd and that's ahout it.
The Wheatsheaf's a Toby carvery now. In fact, from memory that, the New Inn, Old Bill & Bull and the Horseshoes are the only pubs still open on the A45 from Digbeth to Coventry.
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There is The Phantom Coach but that's technically Coventry I guess.
The Wheatsheaf is open but it's a Toby Carvery, The Lyndon went ages ago and has been a harry ramsdens and is now an eat til you explode buffet place with a bar, the St Bernard's grange is still open.
King George V is on Common Lane. The stirrup cup is a spar or similar, The Social Club is still open, the swan went decades ago, old bill and bull is in Hay Mills.
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Because I live 150 miles away from Manchester it's a hotbed of Utd support
There is a pub in town that shows every man Utd match on live,
it's always rammed when they play, I actually play darts for a team there and the landlord tells me it's the busiest the pub ever gets including fri/sat nights
Just shows you what a load of plastic bell ends they really are
Btw I was in there yesterday and made my presence known when we scored, I made sure I was standing with two of my biggest mates when I stood on a stool and and jigged about like a twat,
Short lived, but hey ho
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
cant you just say
Not many pubs in Sheldon are there ? Wagon and Horses ? Wheatsheaf ? The Sheldon? Arden Oak ? The Cabin, Mazeppa are no more
Oh maybe George V ?
The Sheldon is still there. One of those family jobbies nowadays. Thought Wheatsheaf was stil there. Or is it strictly hotel nowadays? Not many mind. Is St Bernads Grange still there? Or is that now George V? Horseshoes on Cov Rd and that's ahout it.
The Wheatsheaf's a Toby carvery now. In fact, from memory that, the New Inn, Old Bill & Bull and the Horseshoes are the only pubs still open on the A45 from Digbeth to Coventry.
Blimey. 25 ywars ago there was 10 or 11 from Arden Oak to The Watering Hole by The Sty. Brighton Arms and George and Dragon gone too?
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There is The Phantom Coach but that's technically Coventry I guess.
The Wheatsheaf is open but it's a Toby Carvery, The Lyndon went ages ago and has been a harry ramsdens and is now an eat til you explode buffet place with a bar, the St Bernard's grange is still open.
King George V is on Common Lane. The stirrup cup is a spar or similar, The Social Club is still open, the swan went decades ago, old bill and bull is in Hay Mills.
Wasnt Harty Ramsdens Good Companions? That was 20 years ago. Pretty sure Lyndon is still there as drove past it a year or so ago.
Lyndon is in Olton not Sheldon
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
cant you just say
Not many pubs in Sheldon are there ? Wagon and Horses ? Wheatsheaf ? The Sheldon? Arden Oak ? The Cabin, Mazeppa are no more
Oh maybe George V ?
The Sheldon is still there. One of those family jobbies nowadays. Thought Wheatsheaf was stil there. Or is it strictly hotel nowadays? Not many mind. Is St Bernads Grange still there? Or is that now George V? Horseshoes on Cov Rd and that's ahout it.
The Wheatsheaf's a Toby carvery now. In fact, from memory that, the New Inn, Old Bill & Bull and the Horseshoes are the only pubs still open on the A45 from Digbeth to Coventry.
Blimey. 25 ywars ago there was 10 or 11 from Arden Oak to The Watering Hole by The Sty. Brighton Arms and George and Dragon gone too?
yeah i remember the george and dragon by the park and you forgot the greenway by the sty
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
cant you just say
Not many pubs in Sheldon are there ? Wagon and Horses ? Wheatsheaf ? The Sheldon? Arden Oak ? The Cabin, Mazeppa are no more
Oh maybe George V ?
wasnt the cabin and the mezeppa the same place
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Blimey. 25 ywars ago there was 10 or 11 from Arden Oak to The Watering Hole by The Sty. Brighton Arms and George and Dragon gone too?
I think Small Heath Coventry Road has still got a couple but I was using the A45 main road route.
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Whats the one opposite the Bill and Bull, Redmond or somesuch?
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The Redhill Tavern is all boarded up aswell now
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There is The Phantom Coach but that's technically Coventry I guess.
The Wheatsheaf is open but it's a Toby Carvery, The Lyndon went ages ago and has been a harry ramsdens and is now an eat til you explode buffet place with a bar, the St Bernard's grange is still open.
King George V is on Common Lane. The stirrup cup is a spar or similar, The Social Club is still open, the swan went decades ago, old bill and bull is in Hay Mills.
Wasnt Harty Ramsdens Good Companions? That was 20 years ago. Pretty sure Lyndon is still there as drove past it a year or so ago.
Lyndon is in Olton not Sheldon
Sorry yes got mixed up
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
cant you just say
Not many pubs in Sheldon are there ? Wagon and Horses ? Wheatsheaf ? The Sheldon? Arden Oak ? The Cabin, Mazeppa are no more
Oh maybe George V ?
The Sheldon is still there. One of those family jobbies nowadays. Thought Wheatsheaf was stil there. Or is it strictly hotel nowadays? Not many mind. Is St Bernads Grange still there? Or is that now George V? Horseshoes on Cov Rd and that's ahout it.
The Wheatsheaf's a Toby carvery now. In fact, from memory that, the New Inn, Old Bill & Bull and the Horseshoes are the only pubs still open on the A45 from Digbeth to Coventry.
has the redhill tavern shut
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
cant you just say
Not many pubs in Sheldon are there ? Wagon and Horses ? Wheatsheaf ? The Sheldon? Arden Oak ? The Cabin, Mazeppa are no more
Oh maybe George V ?
wasnt the cabin and the mezeppa the same place
Yes. It may have had another name two before and after. Car dealership now.
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
cant you just say
Not many pubs in Sheldon are there ? Wagon and Horses ? Wheatsheaf ? The Sheldon? Arden Oak ? The Cabin, Mazeppa are no more
Oh maybe George V ?
wasnt the cabin and the mezeppa the same place
Yeah mate it was, I was thinking the cabin was the stirrup cup.
What was the pub on the island at garretts green ?
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
cant you just say
Not many pubs in Sheldon are there ? Wagon and Horses ? Wheatsheaf ? The Sheldon? Arden Oak ? The Cabin, Mazeppa are no more
Oh maybe George V ?
The Sheldon is still there. One of those family jobbies nowadays. Thought Wheatsheaf was stil there. Or is it strictly hotel nowadays? Not many mind. Is St Bernads Grange still there? Or is that now George V? Horseshoes on Cov Rd and that's ahout it.
The Wheatsheaf's a Toby carvery now. In fact, from memory that, the New Inn, Old Bill & Bull and the Horseshoes are the only pubs still open on the A45 from Digbeth to Coventry.
has the redhill tavern shut
Yes mate boarded up and it looks permanent rather than for a refurb .
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and they used to say the swan was the 2nd biggest pub in europe
and there was also the watering hole by the blues ground
and the clock at bickenhill has gone
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
cant you just say
Not many pubs in Sheldon are there ? Wagon and Horses ? Wheatsheaf ? The Sheldon? Arden Oak ? The Cabin, Mazeppa are no more
Oh maybe George V ?
wasnt the cabin and the mezeppa the same place
Yeah mate it was, I was thinking the cabin was the stirrup cup.
What was the pub on the island at garretts green ?
Chestnut Tree. Cousins lived near there when I was a kid.
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
cant you just say
Not many pubs in Sheldon are there ? Wagon and Horses ? Wheatsheaf ? The Sheldon? Arden Oak ? The Cabin, Mazeppa are no more
Oh maybe George V ?
wasnt the cabin and the mezeppa the same place
Yeah mate it was, I was thinking the cabin was the stirrup cup.
What was the pub on the island at garretts green ?
forget now , but i think your on about where kwik fit is
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and they used to say the swan was the 2nd biggest pub in europe
and there was also the watering hole by the blues ground
and the clock at bickenhill has gone
Yep, When runway was extended.
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The swan had the longest bar in the world at one point.
Blimey I'd forgotten The Clock! It used to have a good disco on a Thursday or was it Sunday, and the Aero Club at Elmdon airport.
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The swan had the longest bar in the world at one point.
Blimey I'd forgotten The Clock! It used to have a good disco on a Thursday or was it Sunday, and the Aero Club at Elmdon airport.
god yeah , i remember the aero club
and didnt the civil service have a social club not far from the airport
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The swan had the longest bar in the world at one point.
Blimey I'd forgotten The Clock! It used to have a good disco on a Thursday or was it Sunday, and the Aero Club at Elmdon airport.
god yeah , i remember the aero club
and didnt the civil service have a social club not far from the airport
Well the aero club was linked to the airport which was state owned then ?
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
cant you just say
Not many pubs in Sheldon are there ? Wagon and Horses ? Wheatsheaf ? The Sheldon? Arden Oak ? The Cabin, Mazeppa are no more
Oh maybe George V ?
wasnt the cabin and the mezeppa the same place
Yeah mate it was, I was thinking the cabin was the stirrup cup.
What was the pub on the island at garretts green ?
forget now , but i think your on about where kwik fit is
Plough & Harrow?
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It's the chestnut tree that was on the island by garretts green college , then up the road by cockshut hill school there was a pub, had a fatal shooting about 8 year ago and shut ?
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I watched the game in Sheldon today PM if that's any good.
cant you just say
Not many pubs in Sheldon are there ? Wagon and Horses ? Wheatsheaf ? The Sheldon? Arden Oak ? The Cabin, Mazeppa are no more
Oh maybe George V ?
wasnt the cabin and the mezeppa the same place
Yes. It may have had another name two before and after. Car dealership now.
radley arms
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Wasn't the Radley Arms the Mazeppa/Cabin?
Our nan lived by there.
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Wasn't the Radley Arms the Mazeppa/Cabin?
Our nan lived by there.
Yes that's the one. It's a second hand car lot now
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Remember the Wagon & Horses aswell, we went there on special occasions as it was a Bernie Inn
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It's the chestnut tree that was on the island by garretts green college , then up the road by cockshut hill school there was a pub, had a fatal shooting about 8 year ago and shut ?
i think he is on about another garretts green island ,,,where mcdonalds is just up from the mackadown
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Remember the Wagon & Horses aswell, we went there on special occasions as it was a Bernie Inn
yes i was just going to say that ,,,,wagon and horses where they have built a big aldi
and the bernie inn that i remember years ago
was the toby carvery wheatsheaf
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Is that place down Clay Lane still open, Journeys End I think.
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Is that place down Clay Lane still open, Journeys End I think.
Closed I think.
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Remember the Wagon & Horses aswell, we went there on special occasions as it was a Bernie Inn
Yep me too.
Is Ring O Bells still there? More Yardley I think.
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no it was derelict for years but there is new houses on the site now
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Is that place down Clay Lane still open, Journeys End I think.
Closed I think.
i thought it was still open ,,,,,as one of those sizzling pubs
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Didn't it mysteriously catch fire?
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Didn't it mysteriously catch fire?
It can happen?
Didnt The Swan Shopping centre have that happen to it? Long time ago mind?
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Didn't it mysteriously catch fire?
It can happen?
Didnt The Swan Shopping centre have that happen to it? Long time ago mind?
and the dubliner in digbeth
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I watched it in George V. Loads of Villa in there too. I thought I'd posted last night.. Journeys End still open.
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I watched it in George V. Loads of Villa in there too. I thought I'd posted last night.. Journeys End still open.
might go there saturday afternoon then
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I watched it in George V. Loads of Villa in there too. I thought I'd posted last night.. Journeys End still open.
Is there another Journeys End somewhere over there?
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Didn't it mysteriously catch fire?
that was the longbridge a blue nose shite hole
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I watched it in George V. Loads of Villa in there too. I thought I'd posted last night.. Journeys End still open.
You did. I'd never heard of it. It was called something else when I was younger. Never been in it.
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Pretty sure the Journeys is still open. The one further up is gone now a vets (Lincoln Poacher)
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Didn't it mysteriously catch fire?
that was the longbridge a blue nose shite hole
No I'm sure that the ruing of bells closed down and was earmarked for demolition but had some kind of listing which delayed it, then it burnt down
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I watched it in George V. Loads of Villa in there too. I thought I'd posted last night.. Journeys End still open.
You did. I'd never heard of it. It was called something else when I was younger. Never been in it.
The George V on common lane has a decent back room and beer garden now. Used to be a real tough pub, what was it called ?
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Didn't it mysteriously catch fire?
that was the longbridge a blue nose shite hole
Lots of pubs catch fire. The Manor at Sheldon did as well. It's always reckoned to be an insurance job; the possibility of vagrants dossing down and starting fires to keep warm never gets mentioned.
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Was it The Roost?
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Never heard of The Manor in Sheldon ?
What was the pub at the top of Cranes Park Rd past The Sheldon ?
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Didn't it mysteriously catch fire?
that was the longbridge a blue nose shite hole
Lots of pubs catch fire. The Manor at Sheldon did as well. It's always reckoned to be an insurance job; the possibility of vagrants dossing down and starting fires to keep warm never gets mentioned.
Where wss that or do you mean the onr in Stechford
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Didn't it mysteriously catch fire?
that was the longbridge a blue nose shite hole
Lots of pubs catch fire. The Manor at Sheldon did as well. It's always reckoned to be an insurance job; the possibility of vagrants dossing down and starting fires to keep warm never gets mentioned.
Where wss that or do you mean the onr in Stechford
Sorry, Stechford.
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I used to deal with most of the pubs mentioned a couple of years back through work. The Plough and Harrow on the Small Heath island has been gone for years. I think the Hay Mills Social is still going. The Redhill Tavern shut down a couple of years back. The Swan became The New Inn and is still going I think. The Good Companions became Harry Ramsdens and is now Peachy Keens buffet restaurant but has a bar if you just want to pop in for a pint. The Poacher is now a kennels as someone said. The Journeys is still open, as is The Lyndon who used to show the football on Sky Italia last I heard. The Wagon & Horses was knocked down to build flats, The Clock was knocked down too. The Wheatsheaf and also I think the St Bernards Grange concentrate on food. The Old Bill And Bull and The Three Horseshoes are still going. The Sheldon is now The Crane, The Arden Oak is now The Harvester, not to be confused with the other Harvester off the Old Lode Lane by Elmdon Park. Last I heard the latter of those two was run by a biker blue nose who has a tattoo place based at the pub. I don't know if George IV and Stirrup Cup are still open. The first was being run by a bloke who worked at the Rover last I heard. The second was being run by a bloke I know who is one of the biggest tossers going. Another bloke I know who was a great bloke bought the Aero Club with his mates a fair few years back. No idea if he still has it or if it is still open.
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I used to deal with most of the pubs mentioned a couple of years back through work. The Plough and Harrow on the Small Heath island has been gone for years. I think the Hay Mills Social is still going. The Redhill Tavern shut down a couple of years back. The Swan became The New Inn and is still going I think. The Good Companions became Harry Ramsdens and is now Peachy Keens buffet restaurant but has a bar if you just want to pop in for a pint. The Poacher is now a kennels as someone said. The Journeys is still open, as is The Lyndon who used to show the football on Sky Italia last I heard. The Wagon & Horses was knocked down to build flats, The Clock was knocked down too. The Wheatsheaf and also I think the St Bernards Grange concentrate on food The Old Bill And Bull and The Three Horseshoes are still going The Sheldon is now The Crane, The Arden Oak is now The Harvester, not to be confused with the other Harvester off the Old Lode Lane by Elmdon Park. Last I heard the latter of those two was run by a biker blue nose who has a tattoo place based at the pub. I don't know if George IV and Stirrup Cup are still open. The first was being run by a bloke who worked at the Rover last I heard. The second was being run by a bloke a know who is one of the biggest tossers going. Another bloke I know who was a great bloke bought the Aero Club with his mates a fair few years back. No idea if he still has it or if it is still open.
I think the New Inn is a different building to the (new, smaller) Swan. Hay Mills Socal is still going and I believe the Redhill closed for a bit, re-opened then went for good (at the time of writing).
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I used to deal with most of the pubs mentioned a couple of years back through work. The Plough and Harrow on the Small Heath island has been gone for years. I think the Hay Mills Social is still going. The Redhill Tavern shut down a couple of years back. The Swan became The New Inn and is still going I think. The Good Companions became Harry Ramsdens and is now Peachy Keens buffet restaurant but has a bar if you just want to pop in for a pint. The Poacher is now a kennels as someone said. The Journeys is still open, as is The Lyndon who used to show the football on Sky Italia last I heard. The Wagon & Horses was knocked down to build flats, The Clock was knocked down too. The Wheatsheaf and also I think the St Bernards Grange concentrate on food The Old Bill And Bull and The Three Horseshoes are still going The Sheldon is now The Crane, The Arden Oak is now The Harvester, not to be confused with the other Harvester off the Old Lode Lane by Elmdon Park. Last I heard the latter of those two was run by a biker blue nose who has a tattoo place based at the pub. I don't know if George IV and Stirrup Cup are still open. The first was being run by a bloke who worked at the Rover last I heard. The second was being run by a bloke a know who is one of the biggest tossers going. Another bloke I know who was a great bloke bought the Aero Club with his mates a fair few years back. No idea if he still has it or if it is still open.
I think the New Inn is a different building to the (new, smaller) Swan. Hay Mills Socal is still going and I believe the Redhill closed for a bit, re-opened then went for good (at the time of writing).
I used to be a bar manager at another pub for the guy who had The Swan when it had the biggest bar in Europe. Great bloke. He had the Olton Hall (as was then), The Book And Candle in Redditch, The Bear at Bearwood and The Lincoln Poacher too in his time. His missus who died a couple of years back was a legend. The only person I ever met who drank 'shorts' in half pint measures. Up to the 'bubble' in the glass then topped off with pop as you would with a dash of lager. I think you are right about the pub being knocked down then rebuilt. I think it was the same with The Good Companions/Harry Ramsdens/Peachy Keans.
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I used to deal with most of the pubs mentioned a couple of years back through work. The Plough and Harrow on the Small Heath island has been gone for years. I think the Hay Mills Social is still going. The Redhill Tavern shut down a couple of years back. The Swan became The New Inn and is still going I think. The Good Companions became Harry Ramsdens and is now Peachy Keens buffet restaurant but has a bar if you just want to pop in for a pint. The Poacher is now a kennels as someone said. The Journeys is still open, as is The Lyndon who used to show the football on Sky Italia last I heard. The Wagon & Horses was knocked down to build flats, The Clock was knocked down too. The Wheatsheaf and also I think the St Bernards Grange concentrate on food. The Old Bill And Bull and The Three Horseshoes are still going. The Sheldon is now The Crane, The Arden Oak is now The Harvester, not to be confused with the other Harvester off the Old Lode Lane by Elmdon Park. Last I heard the latter of those two was run by a biker blue nose who has a tattoo place based at the pub. I don't know if George IV and Stirrup Cup are still open. The first was being run by a bloke who worked at the Rover last I heard. The second was being run by a bloke I know who is one of the biggest tossers going. Another bloke I know who was a great bloke bought the Aero Club with his mates a fair few years back. No idea if he still has it or if it is still open.
Not being funny mate but that's riddled with errors eg. The new inn is a different site to the swan, the stirrup shut years ago, the Lincoln poacher is a vet, the wagon & horses made way for an Aldi not flats , the aero I thought that shut in the 90's
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The Good Companions was demolished and up went a new Harry Ramsdens which lasted 3 or 4 years I guess, it then became the Shooting Star pub with a wacky warehouse upstairs, then it became peachy keanes, been in once for a pint - shithole full of noses, never tried the buffet.
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I used to know an otherwise reasonable woman who seemed to have devoted her life to getting Harry Ramsdens closed down.
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I used to know an otherwise reasonable woman who seemed to have devoted her life to getting Harry Ramsdens closed down.
Due to the smells ?
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Yup
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I used to deal with most of the pubs mentioned a couple of years back through work. The Plough and Harrow on the Small Heath island has been gone for years. I think the Hay Mills Social is still going. The Redhill Tavern shut down a couple of years back. The Swan became The New Inn and is still going I think. The Good Companions became Harry Ramsdens and is now Peachy Keens buffet restaurant but has a bar if you just want to pop in for a pint. The Poacher is now a kennels as someone said. The Journeys is still open, as is The Lyndon who used to show the football on Sky Italia last I heard. The Wagon & Horses was knocked down to build flats, The Clock was knocked down too. The Wheatsheaf and also I think the St Bernards Grange concentrate on food. The Old Bill And Bull and The Three Horseshoes are still going. The Sheldon is now The Crane, The Arden Oak is now The Harvester, not to be confused with the other Harvester off the Old Lode Lane by Elmdon Park. Last I heard the latter of those two was run by a biker blue nose who has a tattoo place based at the pub. I don't know if George IV and Stirrup Cup are still open. The first was being run by a bloke who worked at the Rover last I heard. The second was being run by a bloke I know who is one of the biggest tossers going. Another bloke I know who was a great bloke bought the Aero Club with his mates a fair few years back. No idea if he still has it or if it is still open.
Not being funny mate but that's riddled with errors eg. The new inn is a different site to the swan, the stirrup shut years ago, the Lincoln poacher is a vet, the wagon & horses made way for an Aldi not flats , the aero I thought that shut in the 90's
Honestly believed The New Inn is where The Swan was. The guy I knew who bought The Stirrup, I am going back probably six or seven years. I thought The Poacher was a kennels. As a vets it probably has kennels so I'm sticking to that one on a technicality ;) Is there not an Aldi and some flats where the Wagon&Horses was. If not what was where those flats are now (ie, rather bizarrely smack bang in the middle of the Coventry Road)? The bloke I knew was involved in what was The Aero in the mid to late nineties so what happened after that I don't know.
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I used to know an otherwise reasonable woman who seemed to have devoted her life to getting Harry Ramsdens closed down.
I used to know a couple of blokes who devoted themselves to trying to save The Good Companions. One of them covered the amateur boxing for The Argus. Every time he came into the pub I managed I used to grab the payphone off the bar and tuck it under my chin in honour of his little pen picture in The Argus.
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Damo, the flats are where the old snooker club used to be , probably 100m further up the A45 adjacent to the Bp.
What a place for flats ! Landlocked either side of the A45 next to a petrol station . Nice .
The new inn is a block away from the old swan site.
I'm sure the Aero (old prefab building) went early 90's .
Good to see you have your finger on the pulse mate ;D
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Yup
They cooked everything in beef lard, the smells wafting around were pretty horrific I recall
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Damo, the flats are where the old snooker club used to be , probably 100m further up the A45 adjacent to the Bp.
What a place for flats ! Landlocked either side of the A45 next to a petrol station . Nice .
The new inn is a block away from the old swan site.
I'm sure the Aero (old prefab building) went early 90's .
Good to see you have your finger on the pulse mate ;D
Agree about the location of the flats. I have no recollection whatsoever of the snooker club. I didn't realise about The Swan. When was it knocked down? Late eighties? The bloke I knew who had an interest in the old Aero had it in the nineties so he probably had it just before it went. It would have been around '96/'97 when I went in there and he had it to the best of my recollection. It was an old prefab thing as you say.
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The snooker club was called The Triangle.
Used to go there when we were 14/15/16.
Always remember they did rounds of toast and butter at about 5p a go.
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Damo, the flats are where the old snooker club used to be , probably 100m further up the A45 adjacent to the Bp.
What a place for flats ! Landlocked either side of the A45 next to a petrol station . Nice .
The new inn is a block away from the old swan site.
I'm sure the Aero (old prefab building) went early 90's .
Good to see you have your finger on the pulse mate ;D
Agree about the location of the flats. I have no recollection whatsoever of the snooker club. I didn't realise about The Swan. When was it knocked down? Late eighties? The bloke I knew who had an interest in the old Aero had it in the nineties so he probably had it just before it went. It would have been around '96/'97 when I went in there and he had it to the best of my recollection. It was an old prefab thing as you say.
The Swan must have been converted into Ansell's offices with a small lounge remaining in the mid-eighties, then they were gone by about 1991.
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I remember around 86, The Swan was the place to be seen.
If you weren't dressed appropriately or looked under age you weren't passing the bouncers.
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Didn't The Swan at Yardley advertise itself as the largest pub in Europe or of having the longest Bar in Britain or some-such?
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Didn't The Swan at Yardley advertise itself as the largest pub in Europe or of having the longest Bar in Britain or some-such?
Biggest pub in Europe.
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Didn't The Swan at Yardley advertise itself as the largest pub in Europe or of having the longest Bar in Britain or some-such?
Longest bar by linear metre. Guinness book of records
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I remember around 86, The Swan was the place to be seen.
If you weren't dressed appropriately or looked under age you weren't passing the bouncers.
That would have been when my old gaffer had it. They used to have a lot of Wet T-Shirt Competitions. I know because he was still showing off his collection of pictures of girls with eighties hairstyles, wet 'The Swan At Yardley' T-shirts and no bras ten years later. Either that or they had one wet T-shirt competition on one occasion and took a hell of a lot of pictures.
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Bloody hell, wet t-shirt competitions ! The very epitome of late 80'' Britain.
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yeah them flats were futher up the cov road from the wagon and horses/aldi
they were half built for years after some firm went bust or something
and yes in the mid 80s the swan and the new inn were a few minutes walk away and both open at the same time
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another old one on the cov road
the malt shovel ,,,,top of muntz street where the number 8 crosses
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another old one on the cov road
the malt shovel ,,,,top of muntz street where the number 8 crosses
I used to go in The Malt Shovel at lunchtimes in around 2001/2002. The gaffer was an Asian guy called Steve. There always used to be a group of old West Indian guys playing dominoes and slamming them down so hard it made you jump.
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The snooker club was called The Triangle.
Used to go there when we were 14/15/16.
Always remember they did rounds of toast and butter at about 5p a go.
The Triangle. I'd forgotten all about that place. I think it was used in one of the episodes of Give Us a Break which starred Paul McGann back in mid 80s.
It was Aldi that replaced Wagon and Horses.
Has the Malt Shovel gone now.
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Straddling the Sheldon / Marston Green border there was a pub by the park, was it The Bell Inn ? Not sure that's still there anymore either
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Straddling the Sheldon / Marston Green border there was a pub by the park, was it The Bell Inn ? Not sure that's still there anymore either
Turned into a Thai and I think it's closed now.
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Straddling the Sheldon / Marston Green border there was a pub by the park, was it The Bell Inn ? Not sure that's still there anymore either
Turned into a Thai and I think it's closed now.
Shame, I guess the location didn't help.
Pretty sure the pub on common lane (George V) used to be The Chlemsley ? No idea why that name though as you'd think Chelmsley Wood would be more appropriate a location.
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Straddling the Sheldon / Marston Green border there was a pub by the park, was it The Bell Inn ? Not sure that's still there anymore either
Turned into a Thai and I think it's closed now.
Shame, I guess the location didn't help.
Pretty sure the pub on common lane (George V) used to be The Chlemsley ? No idea why that name though as you'd think Chelmsley Wood would be more appropriate a location.
It did and The Cornerstone and Red Rooster at one time.
Does anyone know if The King of Bohemia has survived the cull? It was on a side road just off Sheldon Heath Rd.
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another old one on the cov road
the malt shovel ,,,,top of muntz street where the number 8 crosses
I used to go in The Malt Shovel at lunchtimes in around 2001/2002. The gaffer was an Asian guy called Steve. There always used to be a group of old West Indian guys playing dominoes and slamming them down so hard it made you jump.
Drank in there mid 90's and that's how I remember it. In the days of afternoon closing sometimes ended up in a drinking den on Ralph road. Just a house with a bar and fruit machine.
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King of Bohemia ? Don't recall that one at all ?
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King of Bohemia long gone.
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another old one on the cov road
the malt shovel ,,,,top of muntz street where the number 8 crosses
I used to go in The Malt Shovel at lunchtimes in around 2001/2002. The gaffer was an Asian guy called Steve. There always used to be a group of old West Indian guys playing dominoes and slamming them down so hard it made you jump.
Drank in there mid 90's and that's how I remember it. In the days of afternoon closing sometimes ended up in a drinking den on Ralph road. Just a house with a bar and fruit machine.
yeah i remember that place in raph road ,,,,some kind of market traders club , not to be confused with the east birmingham trades and labour club in highfield road nearby
anyway as we have moved onto alum rock/saltley theres ioads closed down round there
including the brookhill recently ,the rock , the havelock , the gate , the tilt hammer , the london tavern , the coachmakers , the whitehouse
the swan , cross guns , barley mow , etc etc
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Went past the Journey's End yesterday afternoon and it was packed out the front. The bikers were out in force. Not sure I'd be going to watch a Villa game there, especially one we're likely to lose. Don't know if they show 3pm Saturday games anyway, they never used to.
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Isn't the gaffer of the Journeys a Hell's Angel ?
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There's a pub on Chester Road called The Toby Jug on Castle Brom / Kingshurst border which purports to show 3.00 p.m. kick offs on a Saturday.
The area seems to be evenly split between Blues and Villa.
However that pub looks like it may attract people banned from other pubs in the area - and beyond. Is this just my perception?
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Isn't the gaffer of the Journeys a Hell's Angel ?
It was a woman called Nina a couple of years ago. I used to deal with her when I was supplying acts for pubs and clubs. A lot of bikers used to use The Poacher down the road when it was still open. Especially when they had the Mr Q's at the back. Although the cue action was often less Jimmy White and more Zorro.
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There's a pub on Chester Road called The Toby Jug on Castle Brom / Kingshurst border which purports to show 3.00 p.m. kick offs on a Saturday.
The area seems to be evenly split between Blues and Villa.
However that pub looks like it may attract people banned from other pubs in the area - and beyond. Is this just my perception?
Fat Barry Austin used to drink in there, in the lounge, all of it.
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I know a pub in Sutton, I need one in the city!
Bloody hopeless you lot - pages of reminiscing about watering holes from hell in bandit country are no help at all!
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Shoulder of mutton in Brownhills has all villa games on. Thats if you have the balls to go in there.
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Isn't the gaffer of the Journeys a Hell's Angel ?
It was a woman called Nina a couple of years ago. I used to deal with her when I was supplying acts for pubs and clubs. A lot of bikers used to use The Poacher down the road when it was still open. Especially when they had the Mr Q's at the back. Although the cue action was often less Jimmy White and more Zorro.
There's a pub on Chester Road called The Toby Jug on Castle Brom / Kingshurst border which purports to show 3.00 p.m. kick offs on a Saturday.
The area seems to be evenly split between Blues and Villa.
However that pub looks like it may attract people banned from other pubs in the area - and beyond. Is this just my perception?
toby jug is mainly blue noses
went in there 2 years ago to watch a villa match and they had a liverpool match on
i asked the gaffer to pub the villa on and he told me to fuck off
cos he was a liverpool fan and was watching them
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There's a pub on Chester Road called The Toby Jug on Castle Brom / Kingshurst border which purports to show 3.00 p.m. kick offs on a Saturday.
The area seems to be evenly split between Blues and Villa.
However that pub looks like it may attract people banned from other pubs in the area - and beyond. Is this just my perception?
Fat Barry Austin used to drink in there, in the lounge, all of it.
before 3 curys at the jeera
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I know a pub in Sutton, I need one in the city!
Bloody hopeless you lot - pages of reminiscing about watering holes from hell in bandit country are no help at all!
dont think there is one now that its been stopped down broad st
the craven by the mailbox used to have matches on ,,,,,but its changed hands since
but lets face it ,theres not that many pubs in the city centre now apart from on broad st
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The Prince of Wales back of the ICC was always a nice pub, not sure it shows footy though
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another old one on the cov road
the malt shovel ,,,,top of muntz street where the number 8 crosses
I used to go in The Malt Shovel at lunchtimes in around 2001/2002. The gaffer was an Asian guy called Steve. There always used to be a group of old West Indian guys playing dominoes and slamming them down so hard it made you jump.
Drank in there mid 90's and that's how I remember it. In the days of afternoon closing sometimes ended up in a drinking den on Ralph road. Just a house with a bar and fruit machine.
yeah i remember that place in raph road ,,,,some kind of market traders club , not to be confused with the east birmingham trades and labour club in highfield road nearby
anyway as we have moved onto alum rock/saltley theres ioads closed down round there
including the brookhill recently ,the rock , the havelock , the gate , the tilt hammer , the london tavern , the coachmakers , the whitehouse
the swan , cross guns , barley mow , etc etc
If you are listing the Alum Rock and Washwood Heath roads you can add The Ward End and The Pelham to that list. My mate had The Brookhill and then The Cross Guns a few years back. He left the Brookhill around 2008, had a short spell in Kingstanding and then had The Cross Guns till it closed.
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I know a pub in Sutton, I need one in the city!
Bloody hopeless you lot - pages of reminiscing about watering holes from hell in bandit country are no help at all!
dont think there is one now that its been stopped down broad st
the craven by the mailbox used to have matches on ,,,,,but its changed hands since
but lets face it ,theres not that many pubs in the city centre now apart from on broad st
The Craven Arms doesn't have a TV at
all. It's a real ale place and a lovely pub but they don't really like strangers. You have to enter via the side door rather than the front. I asked why and the barman geniunely told me that it was to discourage people from "just walking in".
Smelly real ale anti-social bore.
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I know a pub in Sutton, I need one in the city!
Bloody hopeless you lot - pages of reminiscing about watering holes from hell in bandit country are no help at all!
What was the question again? I came in half way through.
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Think we have a newby to Birmingham, dont know any pubs,
khe call yourself a bloke
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I know a pub in Sutton, I need one in the city!
Bloody hopeless you lot - pages of reminiscing about watering holes from hell in bandit country are no help at all!
dont think there is one now that its been stopped down broad st
the craven by the mailbox used to have matches on ,,,,,but its changed hands since
but lets face it ,theres not that many pubs in the city centre now apart from on broad st
The Craven Arms doesn't have a TV at
all. It's a real ale place and a lovely pub but they don't really like strangers. You have to enter via the side door rather than the front. I asked why and the barman geniunely told me that it was to discourage people from "just walking in".
Smelly real ale anti-social bore.
You called?
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Me?
No.
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Me?
No.
No, the bloke who wanted a smelly anti-social real ale bore.
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I know a pub in Sutton, I need one in the city!
Bloody hopeless you lot - pages of reminiscing about watering holes from hell in bandit country are no help at all!
dont think there is one now that its been stopped down broad st
the craven by the mailbox used to have matches on ,,,,,but its changed hands since
but lets face it ,theres not that many pubs in the city centre now apart from on broad st
The Craven Arms doesn't have a TV at
all. It's a real ale place and a lovely pub but they don't really like strangers. You have to enter via the side door rather than the front. I asked why and the barman geniunely told me that it was to discourage people from "just walking in".
Smelly real ale anti-social bore.
Blimey, all the pubs in this thread and all over Brum that have closed down, most likely due to the recession, and this bloke doesn't want customers just walking in.
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I know a pub in Sutton, I need one in the city!
Bloody hopeless you lot - pages of reminiscing about watering holes from hell in bandit country are no help at all!
dont think there is one now that its been stopped down broad st
the craven by the mailbox used to have matches on ,,,,,but its changed hands since
but lets face it ,theres not that many pubs in the city centre now apart from on broad st
The Craven Arms doesn't have a TV at
all. It's a real ale place and a lovely pub but they don't really like strangers. You have to enter via the side door rather than the front. I asked why and the barman geniunely told me that it was to discourage people from "just walking in".
Smelly real ale anti-social bore.
Blimey, all the pubs in this thread and all over Brum that have closed down, most likely due to the recession, and this bloke doesn't want customers just walking in.
The Red Lion in Shirley used to have a 'REGULARS ONLY' sign on the door.
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I know a pub in Sutton, I need one in the city!
Bloody hopeless you lot - pages of reminiscing about watering holes from hell in bandit country are no help at all!
dont think there is one now that its been stopped down broad st
the craven by the mailbox used to have matches on ,,,,,but its changed hands since
but lets face it ,theres not that many pubs in the city centre now apart from on broad st
The Craven Arms doesn't have a TV at
all. It's a real ale place and a lovely pub but they don't really like strangers. You have to enter via the side door rather than the front. I asked why and the barman geniunely told me that it was to discourage people from "just walking in".
Smelly real ale anti-social bore.
Blimey, all the pubs in this thread and all over Brum that have closed down, most likely due to the recession, and this bloke doesn't want customers just walking in.
The Red Lion in Shirley used to have a 'REGULARS ONLY' sign on the door.
He's taken it down but is still as welcoming.
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My mate Big Shamus used to drink there, doubt they could fit many more in.