Whilst Joseph McKenna's first volume on central Birmingham pubs covered the area now within the present Inner Ring Road and the Bull Ring, this fascinating second volume records the pubs, inns, taverns and beer-houses of the central city area as far as the middle ring road. Illustrated with over 100 images, this book is a valuable account of the history of central Birmingham's public houses, the people who ran them, the customers who frequented them and the brewers who supplied and usually owned them. It also looks in detail at the social and historical function of the public house within the city and will be of interest to both the area's pub regulars and those interested in the history of Birmingham.