What is The Bartons Arms?
{{Infobox building | name = The Bartons Arms | image = The Barton Arms, Newtown - geograph.org.uk - 1671637.jpg | caption = The Bartons Arms in January 2010, with The Drum behind it and to the right | building_type = [[Public house]] | location = [[Aston]], [[Birmingham]], [[England]] | coordinates = {{coord|52.4992|-1.8953|display=inline,title|region:GB-BIR_scale:2000}} | completion_date = {{Start date|1901}} | architect = [[James and Lister Lea]] | awards = [[Listed building|Grade II* listed]] }} '''The Bartons Arms''' is a [[pub]] in the [[Newton, Birmingham|Newton]] neighborhood of [[Aston, Birmingham]]. It is in the country of [[England]]. The pub was built in 1901. It had special walls built that let [[middle class]] people drinking in the bar see the [[working class]] drinkers on the other side, but the working class drinkers could not see the middle-class people watching them. [[Stan Laurel|Laurel]] and [[Oliver Hardy|Hardy]] visited the pub. There are photographs of them serving beer to bar visitors. The Bartons Arms is in the movie ''[[Felicia's Journey (film)|Felicia's Journey]]'' and a book, ''The Last Viking: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Heist,'' by [[Ron Dawson]]. In 2006 the pub had a fire due to electrical problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/5223106.stm|title=Fire damages Victorian building|date=28 July 2006|publisher=|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> In the [[2011 England riots]] the pub was attacked.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/birmingham-riots-night-of-terror-for-barton-159501|title=Birmingham Riots: Night of terror for Barton Arms managers|first=Birmingham|last=Live|date=13 August 2011|website=birminghammail}}</ref> ==References== <references/> ==Other websites== *[http://www.bartons-arms.co.uk/default.asp Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008071928/http://www.bartons-arms.co.uk/