Bartons Arms
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The Bartons Arms is a pub in the High Street (part of the A34) of Aston, Birmingham, England.
Built in 1901 by noted pub architects James & Lister Lea, it is a Grade II* listed building, famous for its wall-to-wall Minton-Hollins tiles and its snob screens, which allowed middle class drinkers to see working class drinkers in an adjacent bar, but not to be seen by them.
Laurel and Hardy once stayed there, after appearing at the adjacent Aston Hippodrome, and were photographed serving beer from behind the bar.
On July 28, 2006, the pub was damaged by fire. This is the second fire of well known pub in Birmingham in three days with the other pub being The Dubliner in the Irish Quarter which is being treated as suspicious after two men were seen running from it and an explosion was also seen in it. The two fires were not believed to be linked as the Barton Arms suffered little damage.
The pub features in the 1999 Atom Egoyan Birmingham-set film Felicia's Journey
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Webpages about the pub on the site of Oakham Ales
- Fire damages Victorian building - BBC News
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