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Norman Conquest
Allesley |
781 of 1691
Mon 8th Dec 2014 1:50pm
Oh! THAT Smithfield. ![]() ![]() Just old and knackered
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morgana
the secret garden |
782 of 1691
Mon 8th Dec 2014 2:22pm
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morgana
the secret garden |
783 of 1691
Thu 11th Dec 2014 10:49pm
Coventry pub a to z past and present.
COVENTRY PUBS PAST AND PRESENT A-Z: http://youtu.be/Ej7pHBctQp8
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andyk69
Coventry CV1 |
784 of 1691
Fri 26th Dec 2014 8:48am
Hi All,
First post here, and a question. Does anyone know what's happening with the old Butts Retreat pub in Spon End. Someone has been living there for some time now but still boarded up. I've been hoping that it might re-open but no signs as yet??? Question Andrew Kida
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morgana
the secret garden |
785 of 1691
Fri 26th Dec 2014 9:44am
Welcome to the H/C forum Andyk69 I am sure some one on here will be able to provide an answer for you. |
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Norman Conquest
Allesley |
786 of 1691
Fri 26th Dec 2014 1:21pm
I have no idea what is happening with that pub. I remember going in there many years ago when it was the Summerland afterwards the Fob watch... FOB = Flowers Old Bitter then Butts Retreat. I am sure that Dutchman will have more info'...Norman.
Just old and knackered
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dutchman
Spon End |
787 of 1691
Fri 26th Dec 2014 3:09pm
I'm afraid I don't Norman
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bohica
coventry |
788 of 1691
Fri 26th Dec 2014 4:15pm
Owned by Enterprise Inns isn't it? - Research them and see why they have trouble attracting licensees.
However, the Butts doesn't currently feature on their website as being available. |
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
789 of 1691
Sat 27th Dec 2014 1:58am
I'm suprised it hasn't been reopened given the success and following of Cov RFC.......... |
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andyk69
Coventry CV1 |
790 of 1691
Sat 27th Dec 2014 1:00pm
Precisely what I was thinking @Neilsyard. Coventry Rugby club have been attracting a lot of support this year and the pub would be ideal for a pre game drink.
I'll either have to knock on the door and ask or start campaigning Enterprise to sort it out. A place like that shouldn't be left boarded up Andrew Kida
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mickw
nuneaton |
791 of 1691
Sun 28th Dec 2014 12:12pm
Unfortunately pub companies like Enterprise and punch taverns have priced themselves out of the market by charging exorbitant rents and pushing up the price of beer making it virtually impossible for landlords to make any profit which is why we see so many empty and derelict pubs these days. It`s now put these companies in a dire financial situation so they have been forced to sell them off for building land and alternative use it sickens me to write this as my family and I have all been publicans at one time or another and one still is but i`m afraid pub closures have become a fact of life these days. ![]() |
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andyk69
Coventry CV1 |
792 of 1691
Sun 28th Dec 2014 6:03pm
yes I must admit mickw, that seems to be the ongoing trend, but it seems to be the landlords and the customers that suffer. Give it 5 years and all that will be left are 00's of identical Wetherspoons............... Andrew Kida
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks |
793 of 1691
Mon 29th Dec 2014 1:57pm
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Norman Conquest
Allesley |
794 of 1691
Tue 30th Dec 2014 11:27am
In 1899 the landlord of the Admiral Codrington died in a vat of boiling water in his brew house......Bet you didn't know that. ![]() Just old and knackered
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Robthu
Coventry |
795 of 1691
Fri 9th Jan 2015 6:43pm
I see in today's Telegraph The Blackhorse at Spon End is up for change of use, from public house to wholesalers. Another Coventry pub bites the dust. Shame. |
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