PUBS AND CLUBS OF BIRMINGHAM 70'S & 80'S

[@sharonvass8700]

Brilliant remembering the clubs and pubs in my 20 s

[@andrewmeah3082]

That was the place above the Bier Keller in New St the rock venue was Bogart fantastic venue spent many a night in there great memories

[@charliesharp4813]

I used to love the Bier Keller in New Street

[@andrewmeah3082]

Yeah That was brilliant in there above it was a rock club can't remember the name of it now but great in there all the rock music you needed

[@chriscoughlan5221]

@@andrewmeah3082 bier Keller led me to Bogarts!! Lucky find !!!

[@samaltima6998]

I worked in the Rum Runner with my mate for a long time.

[@shirleyperry7004]

I used to LOVE the Tavern in the Town in the early 70's...even tho i'm from Wolverhampton, i'd sometimes go in up to 5 times a week, on my own at times as i made some lovely friends there. Devastated in November 1974 .....At weekends, we'd go to Sloopys....such happy memories xx

[@davidsweeney4021]

Great memories. Went to so many of those places

[@djonkelly3378]

The Golden Eagle in hill Street! The Shoop!

[@gobicamelrider]

As a scruffy student 1985-89 my favourite times were in Edwards No.8, The Dome, Powehouse and Rum Runner. Always enjoy a swift half in The Pot of Beer, Sacks of Potaoes or the Penn and Wig before going into the city centre. Curry at Manzils after every student night was a must. Remember a riot seeing Alice Cooper at the Odeon and Digbeth Civic Hall was always good value. Thanks for the memories, I have photos of hair and clothes just like that!

[@user-zw5uh5zi3h]

Everything great no have a look at it break's my heart 😢

[@misterspitfire6564]

The Powerhouse was awesome! Best sound and lighting in Brum back then! So nice to see the ship on the Royal George as it was made by my great Uncle Joe - a real craftsman.

[@JunieA1]

I was always told my Great Uncle Joe made the ship… we must be related somewhere along the way.

[@misterspitfire6564]

@@JunieA1 Quite possibly! Joe's wife was Rose, and I believe that their name was Harman. I know for sure that my great uncle Joe was a metalworker, as he made wonderful metal toys for the children in the family :)

[@bunnyman77]

Thanks fols...Makes an old brummie very happy :-)

[@lesleydonnelly2622]

Ahh Rum Runner and Barbarella's youthful memories dancing around my 👜, happy days

[@madcarew5168]

Still got my life membership to the Rum Runner Casino....1972,apprentice on £7 /week I won £47 on roulette...definitely a Black Cab home!!!

[@grahamlloyd7157]

The Star Club at the back of horsefair/Kohinoor....The Mermaid on the Stratford road...Mercat Cross digbeth....Costermonger next to oasis market...Mr Bills up needless alley off new street..and XLs at five ways...almost forgot the golden eagle at the top of new street down from the main post office. Smiling at the memories that have come to mind whilst writing this.

[@christine899]

My son worked at The Powerhouse in the 80's as a bar man, I still have the sweat shirt he had to wear with Power House in large letters on the back.

[@geoffreyrogers9755]

The opposite Lock club.gas street..great times.

[@billow9721]

Birmingham is so special

[@SuperMeganw]

Very good remember it brings back good memories of the old days.

[@zaperfan393]

I have frequented most of the pubs in this great video

[@Fac323JQ]

I can honestly say that I drank in probably 95% of all the bars an clubs shown ....

[@mikesemon7392]

Good old days. When I visit my mum in Small Heath I am sick.

[@andrewmeah3082]

There was also the cedar club in constitution Hill had a few late nights in there then straight to work some wicked hangovers

[@user-zw5uh5zi3h]

Best pubs ever wot a time I had 🎉❤

[@austen2920]

At Barbarella's, if the live band was not advertised, it would often be Kevin Rowland and his group (later Dexy's). Downstairs you could often see Roger Charlery (Ranking Roger) toasting - R.I.P. Roger.

[@christinelowndes4766]

Great video. I used to work at the Locarno 1970

[@samanthaarlington]

What about the infamous Barrel Organ....fantastic place for punks, goths and rockers!!

[@guyperry4010]

+samantha arlington And Steve Gibbons in the 70s!

[@jaynelacey3380]

what a blast from the past :)

[@deanmark11]

so many pubs have closed down in Birmingham

[@stermindelves4251]

Thank you very much for posting this. Respect from deepest Somerset. I only sneak back in and out on business nowadays, whereas I used to pound the streets of our glorious city centre day after day.

[@Tastytentacle]

Great memories, my haunt was Pollyanna's, very intimate place that. cor blimey the 1970's!

[@ahawkins628]

I have great memories of The Powerhouse, Le Pub, Pagoda Park, Millionaires and Snobs. Town nowadays just isnt the same. I also remember Faces nightclub on Broad Street. Such great days

[@markhemming318]

You must be the same generation as me. I was a townie in the early eighties.

[@wendydavies3401]

Early seventies Snobs Rum runner

[@beckyzwhite]

The best times of my life were in Pagoda Park, Millionaire’s and Edwards No.8. A gang of us used to head up town on a Saturday night. So many cute guys and so many free drinks. I wish I could do it all again.

[@buckneighkidd419]

Trip Down memory lane, thanks for the reminder of how good Brum was in the 70's and 80's. Men with moustache's, I had a lovely one, and a full head of hair to!!!

[@colinp2238]

Top Rank at Bennett's Hill? The Swan at Yardley, I used to go there with my brother in 1972, on a Sunday night then get the 58 bus to the bus station at Deritend and get a special coach back to my army camp on Salisbury Plain.

[@orchidalicia7996]

Sweet, sweet memories..checked out all the clubs..oh to be 19 again!..😍😍😍😍fab post!👏

[@daninkynonk]

Oh the memories :)

[@TheBeeseven]

Great memories. Great track too. Many thanks

[@tomyoung9354]

What about 'Kiss me' by Tintin? No one outside Brum had heard of it...

[@razullah1986]

i loved drinking in the Fillibuster upstairs, then across town to the Costermonger then onto the Temple Bar/Shakespear .The Grapes and then finish off in Rebeccas to dance with some tasty ladies , the 70s was the best time to be young and single xxx

[@georgeloggie2453]

Love the photos of the old pub's and clubs. I worked in The wandering Minstrel in the Bull ring, David Hadland was the publican then. I also worked at Long Johns on New Street. That was over 3 floors with the public bar in the basement. George loggie.

[@abhijeetdeshmukh7925]

It’s so great we can see such different races during those days

[@jadasmith1977]

Lol .

[@baldieman64]

People find it hard to believe that I was seeing three bands a week in the 80's. looking at gig lists like the ones included, it's easy to see how we did it.The powerhouse, The Hujmingbird, Digbeth Civic Hall, Burbury's on Broad Street, The Irish Centre and the occasional excursion over to Wolverhapton.

[@jamiewesson898]

in the seventies i saw 5 or 6 bands a week it was frusterating a good band at the odeon and a gig at the town hall around the corner and you could walk in get a ticket and there was so many good record shops then but we avoided reddingtons rare records and plastic factory who were only out to rip off music fans with there inflated prices

[@ViolentVegan]

Yard of Ale.. loved that place

[@sarahsimmons5373]

oh yh renember that

[@danielgiles2579]

Was that the downstairs bar in new street

[@davidpaddock6474]

cheers, a walk down memory lane....

[@MrGranfield]

I used to work in the shop next to the Rum Runner, see 3:00. There was a connecting door to the club from the shop, but I never went through it.

[@bunnyman77]

Susi, The record is Welcome to the monkey house by Animal Magnet..A massive hit here in the Midlands..

[@midsaint776]

LOVE THE FILM FOOTAGE , BRILLIANT AND SEEM TO REMEMBER THE TUNE . CHEERS FOR POSTING TOP MARKS . I WAS BORN N SEMI RAISED IN COV , BUT HAVE LIVED IN LEICESTER SINCE SEPTEMBER 1968 . NO MATTER I'M PROUD TO HALE FROM THE MIDLANDS MA DUCK !

[@christopherduke2477]

bunnyman77 morphed into Haysi Fantayzee

[@placebohead68]

some top haunts... takes me back a good few years

[@strontium99]

Fantastic video dude. I remember a lot of those places. Some I was a little too young to visit. I remember my brother banging on about the Rum Runner, and the fact Duran Duran used to frequent there. Also, class track. Welcome to the Monkey House still makes me dance lot a total fool, usually end up hurting myself because of it :o)

[@AyebeeMk2]

what about "The Daddylonglegs" at Bordsley Green, or 'the parrot bar' at the top of Temple Street, Mr Bills on Needless Alley, Faces at 5 ways, and the first night club I ever went to ' The Mayfair Suite ' under the old bullring!... the list is endless.........

[@stuarttrevaskiss7421]

Does anyone remember going rock gigs or drinking in costermongers.sputniks.scruphies.edwards no 8.the gallows.hummingbird.the foundry.the priory.xls.subside.flapper and firken.the bham rock cafe.i.e xposures.the subway city.mercat..bham was great place to drink in 1980s.1990s.if you was into your rock.punk.goth music.i remember seeing girlschool.rock bitch. Metalica. Slayer. Danzig.wollfsbane..explioted. Also I use to go with rock friends to the railway inn in Curzon street.and we all use to meet up in Oscars cafe .the oasis shopping centre..its nice to see old footage of Birmingham.

[@alanrobinson9786]

stuart trevaskiss I remember when they closed Costermongers for redecoration and all they did was stick rock posters all over walls and ceiling.

[@ellismeah5127]

used to drink in the Costamongers and Bogarts rock disco nites were pretty good

[@sarahsimmons5373]

spot on xxxx

[@brendanpmaclean]

I used to play drums for ESP and The Dangerous Sisters in the 80s. Played Liberty’s, Edwards No8, The Hummingbird, The Railway on Curzon Street - what a gig - and many others. Anybody remember The Wharf down by the canal between Broad Street and Bath Row? Not sure it was entirely legal! I play guitar in covers bands these days. All those venues have gone. Hey ho.

[@darrenwilson99]

Remember seeing Napalm Death in The Foundry. Brutal.

[@K0yaanisqatsi]

A great trip .. Thank you. :)

[@simonclare7133]

Oh the nostalgia … From Husker Du at the Powerhouse to the Ramones at the Odeon such a laugh. Thanks for putting this up.

[@austen2920]

At Barbarella's, if you didn't have the entrance money, you could give the doorman (think his name was Tex) a draw instead. I saw Siouxsie Sioux, The Damned, a young Adam Ant and many others, but I missed S.P.O.T!

[@nks80]

My parents ran the town crier on McDonald street in Highgate from 1988 - 1991. We lived in the flat above the pub

[@johnrandall6301]

Swans Way - 'Soul Train' - what a superb track. Cocteaus...£3! I was in Kent at this point at University - I should have stayed home!!

[@robertevans7461]

You missed The Farcroft Pub and Plaza Ballroom in Rookery Road, Handsworth.

[@Peter-it5ht]

Does anyone remember the Odd spots and Pollyanna's ?

[@daninkynonk]

Brilliant video Stu. Some great memories there.

[@nalarewop]

Great memories.. thanks for sharing

[@theoneonlymusicchannel]

i used to go the Dome & The Powerhouse also Millionaires most fridays & saturdays ,great times

[@TheGreaties1978]

wow i’m a brummy and proud but all you lot who were on the town then must really have some nostalgia for what brum was, campared to now we’re pubs close down and religious learning centres pop up instead, how we have fucked up our nation and just give it away, ancestors will be crying in the grave

[@janettetaylor4891]

Top Rank Dale End

[@djadamshelton]

wicked video thanks x

[@akumar7366]

Great memories, remeber trying to get into Locarno as a 16 year old with my mate, we got turned away, my mate knew the chef at the Maharaja restaurant which was next to the Locarno (it's still there great food) we got to eat for free! Latter on we slipped the bouncer a few quid and got in, I can still remember the loud music and of course all the lovely girls. Ps Faces in five ways was impossible to get in another classy place was Libertys Board St.

[@markrhoden68]

We're all 50 somethings now, I wonder how many look able to go clubbing without looking ridicules

[@andrewmeah3082]

Top rank was good as well for the teenagers

[@h4ppychap]

Plenty of memory's there

[@dadshma1234]

God! I went to two of the concerts at the Powerhouse shown near the end! Dead or Alive & Cochteau twins. Memories.........

[@tomyoung9354]

Good memories but mixed with the fear of being turned away from a club cos I wasn't 18 and looked about 12. Happened at Faces at a mate's 18th party and everyone else got in...including the girl I fancied. Such frustration and shame!

[@Laura......]

Lol I was 15 my 1st club I ever went to was faces. 😁

[@bernardprice2777]

I used to work at Liberty's on the Hagley road for many years oh such good times

[@fatwalletboy2]

Add Sam Wellers to that lot!

[@gingerninjachop]

My family ran the crown where my aunts lala was the land lady and my grandad paul worked behind the bar

[@Glorsclaws]

I have a pic taken in The Crown with the bar in the background. I was very much underage as were a lot of the punks that frequented the place but if you didn’t cause trouble you could slip by.

[@georgedeathe4683]

no Bogarts, Yates wine bar, the Winsoror or Parasol

[@stuarttrevaskiss7421]

I and my girlfriend use to go to swordfish.redingtons rare . Hmv.ourprice .virgin .for our rock music albums.costermongers.scruffie murphies.edwards no 8. Xls. Subside. Flapper and firken. Subculture. Mercat. .gallows.foundry.academy for seeing rock gigs.pub drinking.the oasis shopping centre was great for rock gear.

[@MisterRons]

At 2:25... That's my photograph you bounder!!.... But your video made me laugh so I won't be complaining :)

[@Tonyncher]

The Ship Ashore was the Outrigger in the 1980's .

[@colinp2238]

The cast of Crossroads used to go there and they refused Paul Henry as he was dressed as Benny and they had a dress code. He tried to claim fame as an excuse but they still refused him.

[@andymiles6311]

I remember drinking at the Outrigger in about 1984 before a Killing Joke concert at the Digbeth Civic Hall

[@M1she11]

Does anyone remember the pub just underneath the ramp...Chamberlains I'm looking for a pic of it?? Anyone lol it's now new Street station

[@johnkelley4332]

anyone remember a small bar kinda opposite the ship ashore, I'm guessing the back of what became M&S. It had a small dance floor/stage from what I recall. early 90s was the last time I was there

[@mobythevillan]

Hawkins, of course! End of Corp Street. Remember the laser show they had there? Another one missed was Bogarts, many a happy hour spent there. I actually remember seeing people with their heads inside the speaker cabs....probably deaf as posts now!

[@kazbaz8645]

I can't really remember many nights out....

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Surprised there was no mention of The Castaways on Bradford St. or the Mothers Club in Erdington.

[@chriscoughlan5221]

have all these pubs/clubs gone? or are some of em still going?

[@Upstairsforpete]

Good selection just need a bit of Hawkins and Faces....

[@franchaysi3844]

wat was that pub called that used to be where the new street station opposite bullring is now

[@flyday2189]

the elbow room

[@siebdruck01]

Hello, thanks for uploading...very interesting, i´m from germany and i wanted to ask: who is the singer/band of that dfabolous song?

[@siebdruck01]

thank you soooo much!!!!

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

I think I danced to pig bag in Bobby browns

[@susanlacey6405]

Faces, romeo and juliets, maxamillions, millionaires, boogies brasserie, tressines, the beer Keller

[@ahawkins628]

Does anybody remember 'Bonkers'?

[@johnpettitt4388]

Yeah 👍

[@ahawkins628]

Yes i remember. Also Faces, Tressines, Yorkies in Harborne,The Lazy Fox, The Gary Owen,Snobs

[@bunnyman77]

Sam, I just used the pictures i had to hand...I'm working on another...

[@ozzbow3507]

; , Take it the Golden Eagle and Bogarts were a tad too up stream for ye... Nice nostgic moment, though!

[@martynflynn8368]

Oh yeah, don't forget the Mercat Cross and the old run down Cedar Club on Constitution Hill (Cosmic Fish) oh my.

[@ozzbo6195]

Sooooo.. Long ago. Know one friend who'd appreciate "The Monkie House". Trip down the old road.

[@fearfactorymark]

Brilliant. i remember this shit man makes me feel ancient

[@stephenwalton7811]

Edward's N0 7 and Boogies were our haunts. Remember the 'Brown Derby' near the old Gaumant? What was the name of the pub next to the Shakespear?

[@stephenbuffery180]

Temple bar

[@musiclover5023]

There is a picture at 4.28, two guys in the picture, I was at school with the red haired guy, his name is Dean, not seen him since 1978, do you know where he is these days ? another thing , where are your pictures of "Peppermint place" in Broad Street, that was my hang out in those "heady" crazy days -lol

[@intruderalarmacademy9701]

I was a 'Townie' in the 60s and 70s ... lets see how many clubs I can remember . Lucarno , West End, Opposite Lock, Rum Runner, Snobs, Romeo and Juliet, Rebeccas ( probably the best), Barbarellas, Elbow Room, Cedar Club, Edwards No 8 ( or was it 7). Not sure about liberty's did that open in the eighties? ... Oh, and there was pollyanna,s .. oh! and what was the club in the precinct, Five ways. Sorry, that's all I can remember.

[@paigeflanner3272]

Faces international I think

[@TheBeeseven]

I worked at the Opposite Lock around '77. King Arthurs Court below? Absolute mayhem.

[@BrummieBill]

Hi Ron, I think before it became Liberty's it was known as Romulus, If my memory still works

[@soupeymark]

Faces was there the 1st club I used regularly but also Maximillians was there too (that was the first club I event to in Dec '84)

[@godlessthefree2880]

Some nice memories but how could you not include Bogarts and the Shoop (Golden Eagle, Hill Street)?

[@bunnyman77]

I didn't have any pictures back then mate...

[@paularnold213]

Great memories, Liberties, Millionaires. Clubs owned by the Futural brothers. Elbow room. Rum runner where Duran Duran worked.

[@TheBeeseven]

I think you mean the Fewtrells lol

[@Roatanlova68fmp71lliiiak]

Great live music at the elbow room!

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

I remember The Elbow Room.

[@mattmale7183]

No Pagoda Park?

[@249335773]

My ex Mrs is on here haha ,,, top cats and then tressines on a sat nite after being in Edwards no7 for the happy hour at 5pm

[@user-zm9yc2kb8x]

City tavern was my second home.lol

[@zaperfan393]

You don't look old enough