Tricia
Bedworth
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Fri 29th Jul 2011 6:37pm
I also remember going to the Parkgate pub when the pub was guarded by geese, the landlord was a friend of ours. |
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roseaoakwood
North Carolina USA
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47 of 1675
Tue 2nd Aug 2011 5:53pm
Oh, yes. That was Charlie something or other. I remember him as a National Front supporter. |
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roseaoakwood
North Carolina USA
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48 of 1675
Tue 2nd Aug 2011 5:56pm
Was/is the pub opposite the Alexander/Theatre One called The Elastic Inn? I seem to remember it had the reputation as a Gay pub in the late 70s/early 80s.
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dutchman
Spon End
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49 of 1675
Tue 2nd Aug 2011 6:15pm
Yes.
This picture was taken before the upper storey was rebuilt:
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Midland Red
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50 of 1675
Tue 2nd Aug 2011 8:30pm
A more recent photograph (8 Mar 2009)
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roseaoakwood
North Carolina USA
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51 of 1675
Wed 3rd Aug 2011 2:11am
Thank you so much for sharing the photographs. |
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Gazza1701
Green Lane
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Thu 11th Aug 2011 8:19pm
On 27th Jul 2011 1:18pm, dutchman said:
The one at the Argos end was indeed The Thistle and if I remember correctly could only be accessed via a staircase at the end of the arcade? It opened in 1962 and closed in 1991.
No, the pub was on the ground floor. The 'fire escape' style staircase led upstairs to the Great Wall Chinese restaurant.
Incidentally, I was a fireman based at Radford Road in the 1980, one morning we had a phone call to the fire station from inside the pub - 2 customers had fallen asleep, the landlord had locked them in and they wanted to be let out!!! |
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Ghengis Smith
Ireland
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53 of 1675
Thu 11th Aug 2011 9:19pm
I definitely remember going upstairs into the Thistle. In the early 80s there was a small electronics shop tucked away near the entrance to the pub at the bottom of the arcade. I think there was a small bar downstairs and a lounge upstairs with a pool table. Pretty sure you could also access the lounge via the staircase outside Argos.
Don't look around to find the sound that's right beneath your feet
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karenerbs
Finham
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54 of 1675
Thu 11th Aug 2011 10:26pm
Can anyone help me?
I've been racking my brains trying to think of the name of the pub on the corner of Burges and Corporation St
it's called the Tudor Rose now - but for the life of me I can't remember what it was called in the late 70's early 80's when I used to frequent it!
Can anyone put me out of my misery and tell me?
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dutchman
Spon End
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55 of 1675
Thu 11th Aug 2011 10:33pm
The "Tally Ho"
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19FoleshillRd
Allesley
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Thu 11th Aug 2011 10:41pm
I seem to remember it as the Smithfield Hotel, or was that opposite the Theatre in Hales Street?
If all else fails, read the instructions!
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karenerbs
Finham
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57 of 1675
Thu 11th Aug 2011 10:42pm
Dutchman - you are a hero!!!!!!!!!
I just couldn't remember it at all!
oh, happy days! |
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dutchman
Spon End
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58 of 1675
Fri 12th Aug 2011 12:47am
On 11th Aug 2011 10:41pm, 19FoleshillRd said:
I seem to remember it as the Smithfield Hotel, or was that opposite the Theatre in Hales Street?
Yes!
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
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59 of 1675
Fri 12th Aug 2011 2:19am
On 11th Aug 2011 10:26pm, karenerbs said:
I've been racking my brains trying to think of the name of the pub on the corner of Burges and Corporation St
it's called the Tudor Rose now - but for the life of me I can't remember what it was called in the late 70's early 80's when I used to frequent it!
It was once called the Wine Lodge many years ago.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
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60 of 1675
Sat 13th Aug 2011 5:52am
And it's still there! |
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