We’ll explore some of the most intriguing and eccentric pubs in Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter, a neighbourhood once teeming with taverns, tales, and trouble. Meet The Vampire: part pub, part garden centre, part natural history museum (complete with its own gardening club). They minted their own currency with a vampire bat on it! Raise a glass to the Pelican, named after a giant rooftop bird that watched over drinkers. Uncover shady backroom dealings, gangland connections, and the darker secrets behind the city’s boozy underbelly. And hear the story of a grand Georgian pub that met its match in a thunderstorm. This illustrated talk is packed with historic photographs, quirky artefacts, and curious characters, bringing the lost drinking dens of the Jewellery Quarter vividly back to life. Perfect for local history groups, heritage societies, or anyone with a thirst for the strange and sociable past of Birmingham’s most glittering quarter.