Quote from: silhillvilla on April 05, 2015, 11:09:54 PMDamo, 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 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.
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
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?
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.
another old one on the cov roadthe malt shovel ,,,,top of muntz street where the number 8 crosses
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.
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
Quote from: silhillvilla on April 06, 2015, 01:35:09 PMStraddling 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.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on April 06, 2015, 01:41:18 PMQuote from: silhillvilla on April 06, 2015, 01:35:09 PMStraddling 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.