Mitchells and Butlers Brewery, Cape Hill
The brewery was founded in 1898, becoming probably the most recognisable Midlands brewery. In 1961 it merged with Bass. The brewery finally closed down in 2002 following takeover from Coors. The brand ...
Monument Road, Ladywood
A scene in Monument Road, Ladywood, featuring the Bridge Inn. The bridge in question carries Monument Road over the Birmingham and Wolverhampton Canal, the brick wall on the left being part of the bridge ...
New Inns
The old New Inns hotel on the Soho Road.
New Inns Hotel
The New Inns at 42 Holyhead Road, on the corner of Sandwell Road. This photograph seems to have been taken before the Princes Suite, an Edwardian extension which contained a banqueting hall, was built. ...
New Inns Hotel, Handsworth
New Inns Hotel, Holyhead Road, Handsworth, looking down Sandwell Road.
Note walls covered with advertisements, including posters advertising Colman's Starch and El Destino cigars. From a photograph in ...
New Inns Hotel, Handsworth
The New Inns Hotel, Holyhead Road, Handsworth, from the rear. From a photograph in the Birmingham Daily Mail December, 7th 1901.
New Inns Hotel, Handsworth
New Inns Hotel, Holyhead Road, Handsworth, showing the Banqueting Room and Ballroom. This was an advertisement issued by Mitchells and Butlers Ltd. The caption adds that all descriptions of social funstions ...
New Inns Public House
The New Inns is situated at 44 Holyhead Road and dates back in it's present form to 1798. Apart from being a publc house it also catered for banqueting and even had a ballroom. The original inn dated ...
New Inns, 42 Holyhead Road
A public house has been on this site at least since the 18th century. Parts of it were rebuilt in 1885 and 1901, and a banqueting hall, the Prince's Suite, was added on in Edwardian times.
Thomas Crockett ...
New Inns, Handsworth
New Inns, Holyhead Road, Handsworth, from a postcard
Old Crown & Cushion public house, Perry Barr
The Old Crown & Cushion Public House, on the corner of Birchfield Road and Wellington Road, Perry Barr, in April 1959.
Old Crown & Cushion, Perry Barr
The Old Crown & Cushion Public House on the corner of Birchfield Road and Wellington Road.
Outside the White Swan
This is undated but probably post World War II. The crowd happily posing for the camera are outside the White Swan at the corner of King Edward's Road and Stour Street.
Phoenix Tavern, Handsworth
Phoenix Tavern, Handsworth.
Taken from the Brick Builder Magazine, September 1938.
Portrait of a Publican
This photograph was taken in Walsall as part of Caribbean Focus exhibition, and is held in Walsall Library Local History Department.
Queen's Stores Public House on Bath Row
This is the south side of Bath Row. Cregoe Street still runs down from here today and the junction with it is dwon in the distance. This pub stood on the corner of the junction with Piggott Street - what ...
Red Lion Bar, Soho Road
At the bar in the Red Lion, Handsworth. The man with the bottle in his hand has the nickname 'Barleywine', because it is his favourite drink.
Red Lion Hotel
The original Red Lion was an old coaching house and was granted its first license in 1542, in the reign of Henry VIII. The "new" Red Lion Was built on the same site.During the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell's ...