Hello list Breweries and Camp Hill in living memory i.e. mine. The closest large brewery to Camp Hill was Dares in Highgate on Belgrave Road approximately where the Central Mosque is now, about three quarters of a mile from Camp Hill , this brewery closed around 1958. Cape Hill was where Mitchells and Butlers had their brewery this is almost in Smethwick about five miles from Camp Hill .The brewery closed around two years ago. Ansells brewery was close to Aston Cross three miles from Camp Hill and closed twenty five years ago (aprox). The old Pear Tree in Kings Heath not to be confused in location with the new one did have a brewery to its rear, I think but may be wrong the brewery closed in the 1920s . This would be three miles from Camp Hill. When I were a lad (Hovis ad) there were several pubs on Camp Hill including The Ship, The Camp and The Brewer and Baker the latter now stands almost in the middle of a large road island, this in the fifties used to be in a side road and at that time I believe it brewed its own beer. Camp Hill as rightly described acquired its name from being the sight in 1642 where Prince Rupert camped before riding into Birmingham (Birmingham then being Deritend through Digbeth to the High Street) setting fire and tearing down houses and workshops and killing residents because they supported the parliamentarians and made weapons for them . My Grandad still moans about it now, I myself mourn the the disappearance of all those pubs and breweries and lay awake at night worrying at which one might by next, and as a historian see it as my duty to visit as many of the remainder as possible and mentally record their architecture furniture and the flavour of their wares (my wife does'nt understand me) but I persist against her unreasonable attitude in the name of history. all the best for the new year. jim sword _________________________________________________________________ Find Love This New Year With match.com! http://msnuk.match.com