“In the (Birmingham) City there’s a thousand words (OK 342) I wanna say to you“. Yes, one for Beer Mat now as we finally enter some Digbeth pubs you’ll all have heard of, even if you’ve never been further out of Brum than the funny bull statue. It’s the Anchor ! It must be 17… Continue reading DIG THE NEW BREED (OF DIGBETH PUBS)
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OPTING OUT OF THE CASK ALE LOTTERY
Packets of Bombay Mix are fine, bit some of our esteemed (i.e. old) pubgoers get a bit hungry between pubs, so we resolved to make the Big Bulls Head an”official” lunch stop. On the way we lost a Sheffield Hatter, but did find a Melox Marvel. While Mrs RM is quite taken with the shops… Continue reading OPTING OUT OF THE CASK ALE LOTTERY
FOOD FOR THOUGHT IN DIGBETH
Well done to Life After Football for identifying the Ansells sign from Digbeth’s Eagle & Tun. It is just possible he has local knowledge, though. We popped there, across the road from the Woodman, having admired the old Curzon railway building, because all ale men are also rail men, aren’t they ? (A: No) Now,… Continue reading FOOD FOR THOUGHT IN DIGBETH
DIGBETH ’18 – IT BEGINS
Three days off pruning hedges and feeding teenagers, then off to Brum on World Cup Semi-Final Day. I won’t tell you how many England won by, just in case you still haven’t watched it on I-Player. The journey took 2 hrs 20, compared to the 90 minute stroll to St Andrews before the A14 improvements… Continue reading DIGBETH ’18 – IT BEGINS
BRUMMING WITH CONFIDENCE
Yes, it’s Jimmy the Hoover on the front cover of Smash Hits from 1983. How low can this blog go, you ask ? Answer – very low. I left a group of imbibers enjoying lunch in a busy Old Contemptibles, heading back to the Jewellery Quarter to tick two more Guide new entries. A couple of very modern… Continue reading BRUMMING WITH CONFIDENCE
MORE LUNCHTIME SECOND CITY FUN
From the Jewellery Quarter, Pete Allen took me on a mini tour of Birmingham heritage. On his own pub blog Pete looks at the changing face of canalside pubs over the decades; here we strolled through the Victorian and Edwardian centre. The beer range may have changed this century (bye bye Ansells), but the remaining pubs… Continue reading MORE LUNCHTIME SECOND CITY FUN
IN THE LICKEY HILLS -CHIP TANKS AND EMBER GRANNIES
Back down to earth after Dulwich, with a night out in Worcestershire. This did give us the chance to visit some more exciting suburbs of south Birmingham, with Barnt Greens’s attractive roadworks meaning a half hour journey to a pub two miles off the M42. I know Mrs RM had been looking forward to a hike… Continue reading IN THE LICKEY HILLS -CHIP TANKS AND EMBER GRANNIES
THE LITTLE NIBBLE
Somehow I’ve managed to resist the charms of Bearwood over the years, while walking pretty much all of the neighbouring honeypots of Harborne and Oldbury, and knowing every inch of the A456. Hagley Road is the home of one of my regular curry nights with former colleagues, and I can recommend Bengal Delight for a… Continue reading THE LITTLE NIBBLE
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