God it's like a cottage
1965
?In the mid 1960s before they rebuilt New Street Station, on the front was the station Hotel; roughly in the middle where the line of the Pallasades is now was the Exchange Bar. You went down stairs and it was a long white tiled bar, the first time I went I thought ?God it?s like a cottage?. There were high partitions between the seats; it was like walking down a church aisle between rather high pews to the altar, which was the bar. It was fun in a way as when you turned round you could see who was in, the bar was very ?cruisy? but a bit rough sometimes?.
Contributed by: John McGarry, 70