This
pub was once part of a chain of boozers operated by Joseph and Lawrence Lawrence.
They once controlled a small empire of pubs in Birmingham.
An 1881 trade directory
shows that, between them, they operated the
Black Swanin Bromsgrove Street, the
Grand Turkat Hockley
Hill, the
White Hartin Moseley Street [technically
a Sherlock Street pub], the
Turk's Headin Lancaster Street,the
Whittington and his Catin Great Brook Street
and theDog
and Partridge in Birchall Street.