Pubs: Then & Now

The Pub is one of the few great cultural icons of Britain. We are currently in a phase where the future of the pub is in doubt. This blog shows how pubs have changed (or not) over the past 20 - 30 years. I first started taking pictures of pubs in 1986 and have amassed quite a collection. Most of these pubs are within easy walking distance of the English Canals and most are based in the Midlands. Apart from a (very) few, I have drunk in every pub pictured (and sometimes been drunk in them!)

Sunday, 20 November 2011

#034 Billy's Bar, Digbeth : 1998 to 2011 (RIP)

This bar was a new discovery for me in 1998 when I photographed it. I never set foot in the place and probably never will now!

This was the scene in 1998.

Fast forward to 2011 and it is now the Birmingham Central Backpackers hostel!

Another pub gone, but at least it is being put to good use.

This is the fifteenth in my 'Birmingham Eastside' series.

1 comment:

marty21 May 2017 at 01:50
still a bar there though
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