The Crown pub on Station Street in Birmingham city centre is known as where heavy metal was born. It’s where Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath played their first ever gig, and it also hosted local bands which went on to become household names, including Led Zeppelin and UB40. The historic pub also welcomed the likes of The Who, Status Quo, Duran Duran, Thin Lizzy, Marc Bolan, Supertramp and Judas Priest duting its hay-day. But it’s been closed for a decade, and there had been fears for the building's future as it has laid vacant in recent years amid potential plans for a nee tower block on the street.The Crown pub on Station Street in Birmingham city centre is known as where heavy metal was born. It’s where Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath played their first ever gig, and it also hosted local bands which went on to become household names, including Led Zeppelin and UB40. The historic pub also welcomed the likes of The Who, Status Quo, Duran Duran, Thin Lizzy, Marc Bolan, Supertramp and Judas Priest duting its hay-day. But it’s been closed for a decade, and there had been fears for the building's future as it has laid vacant in recent years amid potential plans for a nee tower block on the street.
The Crown pub on Station Street in Birmingham city centre is known as where heavy metal was born. It’s where Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath played their first ever gig, and it also hosted local bands which went on to become household names, including Led Zeppelin and UB40. The historic pub also welcomed the likes of The Who, Status Quo, Duran Duran, Thin Lizzy, Marc Bolan, Supertramp and Judas Priest duting its hay-day. But it’s been closed for a decade, and there had been fears for the building's future as it has laid vacant in recent years amid potential plans for a nee tower block on the street. | SWNS

14 amazing things we used to do in Birmingham but can't anymore

Joe Forte
By Joe Forte

Reporter

Published 5th Jun 2024, 10:47 BST

There’s no more watching movies at the Electric Cinema

Birmingham is constantly growing and changing - there are more things to do in the city than ever, with new events, concepts, and more popping up each month - but along the way we lost some of our favourite things to do in the city for good.

Today we wanted to look back at some of our favourite things to do in the city that we can’t anymore. Whether that be heading to our favourite restaurant, or using certain transport to get into the city, we’re looking back at the time to see just how different our weekends used to be.

Travel back in time with us as we look back at the things we used to do in Birmingham that we simply can’t anymore.

It was annouced in 2023 that the 108-year-old 144 bus service linking Worcester to Birmingham would now terminate in Catshill instead of Birmingham. Instead of a direct service into Birmingham, many now have to change buses to get into the city from Worcestershire towns

13. Get the 144 straight to Birmingham

It was annouced in 2023 that the 108-year-old 144 bus service linking Worcester to Birmingham would now terminate in Catshill instead of Birmingham. Instead of a direct service into Birmingham, many now have to change buses to get into the city from Worcestershire towns | BW

In the early days of February this year, a staple of the city’s lively nightlife scene on Broad Street closed its doors to the public. Rumours that the Birmingham Broad Street nightclub PRYZM was at risk of closure circulated in January, as administrators were called in by Redom UK as part of a major restructure project. The Birmingham venue is one of a number of PRYZM nightclubs that's closed across the country this year

14. Visit PRYZM Broad Street

In the early days of February this year, a staple of the city’s lively nightlife scene on Broad Street closed its doors to the public. Rumours that the Birmingham Broad Street nightclub PRYZM was at risk of closure circulated in January, as administrators were called in by Redom UK as part of a major restructure project. The Birmingham venue is one of a number of PRYZM nightclubs that's closed across the country this year | Birmingham world

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