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A mid-1960's photograph of the Waggon and Horses in Adderley Street with the pub in Ind Coope livery. That may be the publican cleaning the small yard next to a nice-looking Ford saloon. The route to being an Ind Coope pub was circuitous but logical. Showell's Brewery acquired the Waggon and Horses in the 1870’s. They were based at the Crosswells Brewery at Langley near Oldbury. The company also had a brewery at Stockport and also operated some pubs in London though these were later sold to Reffell’s Bexley Brewery Ltd. Showell's initiated improvements to the newly-acquired Waggon and Horses and, in September 1878, the brewery commissioned William Jenkins, an architect and surveyor based at 34 Bennett's Hill to draw up plans to improve the existing building. Samuel Allsopp Ltd. of Burton-on-Trent acquired Showell's Brewery and its estate of 194 tied houses in 1914. This company merged with Ind Coope in June 1934. The pub can be seen in this company's livery in this 1967 photograph. Ansell's later merged with Ind Coope & Allsopp and Tetley Walker to form Allied Breweries in 1961. The pub was later changed to sell the local Aston brews. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: 31-05-1967 Source: 6" x 4" Photograph Maximum Size: 963x1267 Pixels Maximum File Size: 3.49 Mb Format: JPEG
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The Waggon and Horses in Adderley Street is one of the oldest surviving public houses in Bordesley. Many of the neighbouring taverns in this part of Birmingham were completely rebuilt but the Waggon and Horses is one of the originals. Remodelled rather than rebuilt, it shares some of the characteristics of another survivor - the Spotted Dog in Meriden Street. The Waggon and Horses is a slightly later building than the Spotted Dog but this is simply because it is a little further from the centre of Birmingham. During the late 18th and early 19th centuries Birmingham gradually “moved out” during the march of the industrial revolution. The Midland Railway constructed a goods station on Camp Hill in 1840 - just a few years after the opening of the Waggon and Horses as a public house. An early recorded licensee of the Waggon and Horses is John Muddyman, a coal and corn dealer turned brewer who produced homebrewed ales in the pub's back yard. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: 06-06-2007 Source: Canon EOS400D Maximum Size: 3888x2592 Pixels Maximum File Size: 6.49 Mb Format: JPEG [Also available in colour]
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A photograph of the bar inside the Waggon and Horses with publican Derek Rivitt behind the counter. John Muddyman was the licensee of this pub in the 1840's. By 1845 a small brewery had been established in Adderley Street and it is possible that John Muddyman opted to buy in a more consistent ale for his customers. George Jones, who later moved the business to Watery Lane owned the Kingston Brewery, which was founded just along the road from the pub. Ironically, Watery Lane was where the second licensee of the Waggon and Horses moved from. Builder and brickmaker Henry Jackaman took over the pub following the death of John Muddyman. Widow Sarah Muddyman moved along the road to continue trading as a carter. Born in Bury St Edmunds in 1812, Henry Jackaman kept the Waggon and Horses with his wife Elizabeth who hailed from the Kent village of Farningham. The couple employed Sarah Sharp as a cook and Walsall-born Fanny Cook as general servant. Sarah Sharp was also from Farningham - a relative perhaps? It would appear that homebrewed ales were still being sold at the Waggon and Horses as Henry Jackaman was recorded as a retail brewer in the 1851 census. He and his wife later moved to the Great Western Inn at nearby Allcock Street. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: 06-06-2007 Source: Canon EOS400D Maximum Size: 3888x2592 Pixels Maximum File Size: 8.02 Mb Format: JPEG [Also available in colour]
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A splendid image of the rear Smoke Room of the Waggon and Horses. At the time of the 1891 census 34 year-old licensed victualler John Hunt was the licensee of this pub. The son of a lock maker lived here with his Birmingham-born wife Georgina, 29, and their 4 year-old daughter Theresa. The couple employed 16 year-old Alice Butlin as a general servant. Enjoying inn status, the pub had a visitor on the night of the survey. George Edmunds, a Metal Roller, was possibly helping to impart his skills at a nearby firm. The Hunt family later moved to the Royal Mint on Icknield Street which, like the Waggon and Horses, was operated by Showell's Brewery. The Langley-based company installed 51 year-old Henry McCann as manager just before the 1901 census was conducted. He was born in Bermondsey, London but had moved to Birmingham when his father found employment in the Jewellery Quarter. He kept the Waggon and Horses with his wife Brummie-born wife Elizabeth. The couple lived here with their eight children - Florence, Louis, Alice, Dorothy, Frederick, Sidney, Lily and George. Herbert Pickering was the incumbent detailed in a 1912 rate book for Adderley Street in which the pub was listed as a licensed public house with shopping and stables. The ground rent on the property was £87.0s.0d. per annum. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: 06-06-2007 Source: Canon EOS400D Maximum Size: 3888x2592 Pixels Maximum File Size: 9.83 Mb Format: JPEG [Also available in colour]
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