Coventry Pubs

The 40-Thieves/Busters Nightclub was like a cave inside if that's what you were thinking about?

No, wasn't Busters. That place was my third home during the 80s Second home being the Styvechale Arms. I reckon I must have got it mixed up with a pub I'd been in somewhere else, like Warwick or Kenilworth or even further afield.

All - the old Black Horse in Spon End will be demolished this weekend so get those final photos in while you can Pub History Link

I wonder if they will let me have the sign off the side??

I think the signs have already gone, Mick.

The Black Horse is no more. I know it's not been a pub for years but I'm delaying having to drive through there as it honestly feels like the heart has been ripped out of Spon End.

My great-grand uncle, John Lines (1843-1932), married Mary Jane Keene in 1972. She was a daughter of John and Mary Keene, who ran the Black Horse in the mid-1800s.

The one slight positive I'm hearing is that the pub sign is being passed on to the family of a former landlord.

As pub demolitions are the current 'hot' topic (!), another view of the Walsgrave Road White Lion coming down.

Pre-'elf 'n' safety! Not only the workers, but the public too!

Let's just hope it wasn't the former who ripped out a load of fixtures and fittings that allowed the pub to be removed from the listed building status!!

I don't think he was a landlord from its pub days, Joey. I was told that by Councillor Jayne Innes on FB although she quickly removed the reply when she realised people were not happy with it going.

Ok thanks. She's brave going on Facebook with the current feelings against the Council's intent of demolishing everything in sight that wasn't built in the last 15 years. No wonder she deleted it !