Janet Olsen   10 #25 Posted November 12, 2017 Middlewood Tavern & we all called it the Tavern. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Padders   2,756 #26 Posted November 12, 2017 Middlewood Tavern & we all called it the Tavern.  Wonder why ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Audilad   10 #27 Posted November 12, 2017 In response to Echo Beach The Old Crown at Handsworth is the " Low Drop" not the Keys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
echo beach   520 #28 Posted November 12, 2017 In response to Echo Beach The Old Crown at Handsworth is the " Low Drop" not the Keys  Thanks for that Audilad.  I never lived in Handsworth but my mother in law's house was just across the road from both pubs and she always referred to one of them as the 'Low Drop'; a reference to the graveyard. I always assumed it was the Cross Keys as that was the closest to her house. If I recall correctly the two pubs are side by side with the Cross Keys built in St Mary's graveyard and the Old Crown adjacent to it. Wow, all these years believing the wrong thing. Thanks for putting me right. You're never too old to 'live and learn' as they say.  echo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RiffRaff   10 #29 Posted November 17, 2017 Travellers at Apperknowle. "Corner Pin"... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Janet Olsen   10 #30 Posted November 18, 2017 Well Padders...we would hardly call it the iddlewood would we haha.  ---------- Post added 18-11-2017 at 08:07 ----------  Oh God really stuffed that up, I meant MIDDLEWOOD not Iddlewood Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Padders   2,756 #31 Posted November 18, 2017 Well Padders...we would hardly call it the iddlewood would we haha. ---------- Post added 18-11-2017 at 08:07 ----------  Oh God really stuffed that up, I meant MIDDLEWOOD not Iddlewood  Hey, I like that, the iddlewood tavern. sounds cute. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ontarian1981   10 #32 Posted November 18, 2017 Well Padders...we would hardly call it the iddlewood would we haha. ---------- Post added 18-11-2017 at 08:07 ----------  Oh God really stuffed that up, I meant MIDDLEWOOD not Iddlewood  Could have been worse, you could have said Tiddlewood. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
EdmundH Â Â 10 #33 Posted November 18, 2017 (edited) gggghjjkkkjjhghgh Edited February 3, 2018 by EdmundH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ontarian1981   10 #34 Posted November 18, 2017 a lot of pubs in the town centre had their nicknames. The Black Swan was the mucky duck, the Wapentake was the Wap, the Buccaneer was Buck's  When they changed the Compleat Angler to the Mucky Duck, did everyone start calling it the Black Swan? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Janet Olsen   10 #35 Posted November 20, 2017 You might like this then Padders. A friend of mine & I used to work in reception & on the switchboard at Middlewood Hospital back in the 1960's. Sometimes when we were feeling a bit naughty, we would answer the phones & say "Good morning (or whatever time of day) Diddywood & Morbid.  Sorry got off track here, just thought it might amuse you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Padders   2,756 #36 Posted November 20, 2017 You might like this then Padders. A friend of mine & I used to work in reception & on the switchboard at Middlewood Hospital back in the 1960's. Sometimes when we were feeling a bit naughty, we would answer the phones & say "Good morning (or whatever time of day) Diddywood & Morbid.  Sorry got off track here, just thought it might amuse you.  Were you patients? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...