Some history of the Pelham Arms on Alum Rock Road in Birmingham in the County of Warwickshire

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Amid concerted opposition from local residents, this public-house was built for Mitchell's and Butler's and opened in 1916.

More information on the Pelham Arms on Alum Rock Road to follow. I probably created the page as I had a link to the Pelham Arms from another page. When building the site it is easier to place links as they crop up rather than go back later on. I realise this is frustrating if you were specifically looking for information on the Pelham Arms. There is information on Birmingham dotted around the website - click here for a suitable starting place.

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This view looks directly along Pelham Road and shows the shops on the corner of Belcher's Lane. The gas-fitter Leonard James Thomas was at No.1 Pelham Road in Kelly's 1921 trade directory. The 1925 electoral roll shows the corn dealer Clara Richmond next door at No.20 Belcher's Lane. She later moved the short distance to 765 Alum Rock Road.

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"About 400 members of the East Birmingham Allotment Holders' Association attended a limelight lecture given Mr. George Gough, B.Sc. [representative of the Board of Agriculture] at the Pelham Arms Hotel, Alum Rock Road, last night, upon "Potatoes and their Diseases.' Mention was made that the society were endeavouring to stamp out the black scab disease in and around the district, and the society were purchasing 50 tons of potatoes direct from Scotland, so as to have the best seed and immune varieties. The society will shortly have a membership of 1,200."
"Allotment Holders and Potato Disease"
Birmingham Mail : January 22nd 2018 Page 3