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Oct 20, 2008 · The Shamrock was in town on Hurst St. My elder sister ran the Harp "Tea Bar" and my brother and I worked in it for quite a while in the early sixties ....child labour. We used to enjoy getting into the ruck at the start of a new dance when all the men on one side of the hall stampeded across to the women sat on the other side.
Feb 10, 2011 · Re: Clubs of the 60's and 70's. That's good, because the regular street would be Hurst Street, and there was unlikely to be a club in the north end of the street (going towards the Town Hall), so it would have been in the south end of Hurst Street. Not being a club person, I can't help you further, but there are others on here who might be able to.
Nov 3, 2010 · Though I did occasionally use the Ringway and the Crown until about 1972, but nowhere as often that I used to. Here a few few photos that you might like to see, The Crown, The Ringway (inside), The Tow Rope, The Rendezvous & The Sicilia. Phil. Crown Hotel.jpg (36.53 kB, 400x264 - viewed 1814 times.)
Re: brum prefabs. « Reply #99 on: December 21, 2012, 05:45:09 PM ». It was Riverside Av and Benfield Cres where the pre-fabs were off Cartland Rd. The concrete road around there was laid by Italian prisoners of war. They changed the road names to Riverbrook Dv and Pitleasow Cl when the pre-fabs were demolished.
Sep 5, 2018 · Re: Clubs of the 60's and 70's. Fond memories of the past 21. La Reserve (Sutton Park). On paper this Theatre Restaurant (Like the Cresta in Solihull but not so grand) should have been, and continue to be, a raging success: Stunning location (accessed via the Park's Boldmere Gate and resting on the banks of the giant Powell's Pool with stunning ...
21A Saltley, An excellent photo - it's really good to see the old goods wagons and vans, and those signal gantries are very definitely what railways were all about!
my brother in law came over from dublin 1940s. he joined the army (inniskilling fusiliers) and fought the japs mainly in burma.
Quote from: townie on December 18, 2016, 11:46:46 PM. Someone mentioned a very long time ago on this thread about a club downstairs in Piccadilly arcade late 60's early 70's. Nobody on this forum had heard of it. Well I have done some detective work and found that there was a club called not surprisingly the Piccadilly club.
Apr 29, 2012 · Re: Was this Club: Barbarellas ? « Reply #9 on: February 27, 2013, 05:51:46 PM ». Barbarella's was at 41 Cumberland Street, Birmingham B1 2JA (wherever that is! Logged.
thats a blast from the past phil,that and the shamrock club ,la dolce vita and the garry owen ,i met my husband in the locarno in hurst street at the locarno in 1972 happy days eh!
