bickster Posted March 4, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 4, 2021 Romeo and Juliet's (Smallbrook Queensway) 1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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markavfc40 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, bickster said: The Romulus (Never heard of it) Looks like Liberty's on Hagley Road, just before five ways. May have been called Romulus previous to being called Liberty's. Edited March 4, 2021 by markavfc40 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sidcow Posted March 4, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 4, 2021 11 minutes ago, bickster said: The Romulus (Never heard of it) 9 minutes ago, markavfc40 said: Looks like Liberty's on Hagley Road, just before five ways. May have been called Romulus previous to being called Liberty's. Yes I would say definitely Liberties but at some point the remodelled the building and the main entrance was then at the side. You can tell from this picture if you look at the circles in the plaster under the window. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 4, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 4, 2021 The Hummingbird, previously The Top Rank, laterly the Academy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 34 minutes ago, Xela said: Did that become XLs in later years? Indeed it did; a rock/rockers type place 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 4, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 minute ago, bickster said: The Hummingbird, previously The Top Rank, laterly the Academy I occasionally used to go there after The Ship Ashore. Once nearly got battered by a Hells Angel type. I had left my beer on a shelf and gone to yeb toilet. When I got back there were a bunch of biker types standing right next to it. I stood by the shelf right next to this guy and eventually picked my beer up and took a sip. He went nuts saying it was his beer I'd just started drinking. I had to do some fast talking, it was a close thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 This old bus station (i think) holds some memories Sanctuary (now O2 Institute) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 4, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 4, 2021 7 minutes ago, Xela said: This old bus station (i think) holds some memories I remember it as a bus station, I seem to remember we got a National Express to London from there a few times when I was very young EDIT, That wasn't the bus station though, the bus station was at the back iirc This was the old coach station entrance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mottaloo Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) Some great pics - bringing back memories of happier, stree free days of my youth Edited March 5, 2021 by mottaloo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 14 minutes ago, bickster said: I remember it as a bus station, I seem to remember we got a National Express to London from there a few times when I was very young EDIT, That wasn't the bus station though, the bus station was at the back iirc This was the old coach station entrance Just looked it up and Air was an old bus/coach spray shop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 5, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) OK, so this photo has freaked me out. I was looking for something else, however I'm claiming this as an old photo of The Hummingbird but: 1) All those lovely Victorian buildings on the right knocked down to create the desolate 80's building's now there (and shortly to be knocked down) 2) I had no idea that the former Argos (now B&M Stores I think?) used to be a Tesco. 3) The main point is I used to slink around every nook and cranny on every subterranean level of the quite ludicrous maze of Oasis market like I had designed it (it's a big assumption that anyone actually designed such a nonsensical place). It was my Manor, I owned the place. My favourite 80's shirt mentioned earlier in this thread was bought there. I ventured in there in my 30’s and felt like I had landed on Mars, I lost my bearings. Haven't been there since and that makes me sadder than any other nostalgia thing. Edited March 5, 2021 by sidcow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 11 hours ago, bickster said: Romeo and Juliet's (Smallbrook Queensway) 1979 Nana Mouskouri i believe ? 84 now........her and Demis Roussos (RIP) carved up the greek charts between them for years, i bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 5 hours ago, sidcow said: OK, so this photo has freaked me out. I was looking for something else, however I'm claiming this as an old photo of The Hummingbird but: 1) All those lovely Victorian buildings on the right knocked down to create the desolate 80's building's now there (and shortly to be knocked down) 2) I had no idea that the former Argos (now B&M Stores I think?) used to be a Tesco. 3) The main point is I used to slink around every nook and cranny on every subterranean level of the quite ludicrous maze of Oasis market like I had designed it (it's a big assumption that anyone actually designed such a nonsensical place). It was my Manor, I owned the place. My favourite 80's shirt mentioned earlier in this thread was bought there. I ventured in there in my 30’s and felt like I had landed on Mars, I lost my bearings. Haven't been there since and that makes me sadder than any other nostalgia thing. My favourite 80s shirt was bought in oasis. Being from the sticks if I went to Birmingham it was either to buy records, visit Oasis or go to a gig. My first ever gig was down there at The Hummingbird. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 On 05/03/2021 at 05:45, mottaloo said: Nana Mouskouri i believe ? 84 now........her and Demis Roussos (RIP) carved up the greek charts between them for years, i bet. Really? Thought it was @Seat68 out on the razz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 On 05/03/2021 at 06:01, Seat68 said: My favourite 80s shirt was bought in oasis. Being from the sticks if I went to Birmingham it was either to buy records, visit Oasis or go to a gig. My first ever gig was down there at The Hummingbird. Wow me too, used to go to oasis regularly to shop 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 On 04/03/2021 at 19:33, bickster said: I remember it as a bus station, I seem to remember we got a National Express to London from there a few times when I was very young EDIT, That wasn't the bus station though, the bus station was at the back iirc This was the old coach station entrance Something in this thread I recognize. When I started going to Birmingham in the mid-90s it was cheaper to fly to Stansted and take the coach to here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 7, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 7, 2021 On 05/03/2021 at 05:45, mottaloo said: Nana Mouskouri i believe ? 84 now........her and Demis Roussos (RIP) carved up the greek charts between them for years, i bet. Nope. some woman who complained that the acts were shite so they offered her a spot. Quote Birmingham nightclub Romeo's & Juliet's in Smallbrook Queensway, in June 1979 when 34-year-old Carole Williams was offered chance to perform on stage after complaining about the talent on offer in the nightspot. She sang classics including 'I Will Survive' and 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' in a 30-minute performance Meaning Evil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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