This pub, near the Five Ways roundabout, has an unusual name. In the 20th century the owner, Mercedes Griffith, had a small cottage with a licence to sell beers and ...
If you have any memories of these, it’d be appreciated.
I was sad to see this former pub on the corner of Newbold Road and Essex Street has been sold and is being redeveloped. It opened in 1897 and belonged ...
The De Montfort Hotel (now the Holiday Inn) opened in 1967, occupying part of the site destroyed by the landmine of the 21st November 1940. Historically, the Square had been ...
This unusual pub name refers to the famous song from the First World War ‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary’. The author – Harry Williams – was born in Aston ...
The two houses formerly alongside the Red Lion were very thin and long, and had become semi derelict. It is believed that they were pulled down mainly to widen access ...