Coventry Pubs

It's the T&G offices as mentioned above.

Hi Paul Rainbow used to be the Admiral Lord Rodney and was one of at least 8 in the same short stretch of Much Park Street, never mind the full length. I'm assuming the number result from the practice of everyone drinking beer rather than water because it was healthier because it was boiled. Eventually tea drinking did the same thing but the booze habit was established

hello helen F. im sorry I forgot that rainbow used to be the admiral lord rodney I never spent much time in that area and never entered that pub you see my old stomping ground used to be where it was noisy and loud but them times will never return.

Given how pub names change it could have been the Salutation even further back, the building was old enough but the earliest records of the Salutation puts it firmly outside the city Walls. I was amazed how many pubs Coventry had. It was possible to literally crawl between different ones. While they were physically close on the main road, each served blocks of courts and back streets, so it wasn't quite as odd as it might first appear. Some/most of them also served as hostels for travellers and those who hadn't found permanent accommodation. I wonder if people were faithful to their nearest pub or did each pub have a style that appealed to a more distant clientele?

Thanks all - yes according to Real Ale Rambles it was just outside the walls where New Gate was:

Hi all Me, having graduated at the Wallace with a first class honours in Worthington Cream, then completing an Arts at the Brooklands, I am now doing a Sunday lunch degree at the Nugget. That lot, a seven ounce gammon done to perfection, for Pam, the drink, my dinner which was accompanied with fajitas & a tray of dips, I had change out of £12 for the lot. I could not pronounce what I had, but it was appetizing & fun. The Nugget has not long been refurbished. I used it when I was involved with music at Coundon Court school a while back. The only drawback is for public transport, both the No 5 & 360 stop at the end of Norman Place Rd, from where there is a 200yds/mtr walk so not so good on a wet day. I drove today with Pam. It was all a very pleasurable experience & I am looking forward to doing a breakfast test there, the next sunny dry Wednesday or Saturday morning. The Nugget PS The pub does open at 9am for breakfast. Monday to Saturday. I don't recommend it for a forum breakfast, simply because of the walk from the public transport bus stops. This has been a Phily "Jam roly-poly" production

Well, I think we should give you the nickname of Philip the Foodie ! So many of your posts contain a reference to food, just like my Filipino daughter-in-law in Australia who is always posting photos of her meals on Facebook !!

Hello Janey O'h, you have noticed! I never ever got detention at school for missing dinner hour, leaving dinner or anything else other than eating it. I do like good food, but notice the low fat content of my dinner compared to the one opposite. I am trying to lose a stone before April arrives. Thank you for your post.

We used to go to the Market Tavern and then go on to Jaguar where we group sang Mary Hopkins "All my ????" or Ringo Starr's "Yellow submarine". Then go to top of Broadgate where we were offensively moved on by the police and safely catch bus in Pool Meadow to home in Wyken.

"Those were the days".

I`m glad you thought Water`s wine bar was "sedate" Disorganised! I remember one lunchtime was taken there by the Works Engineer from Morris Motors - I was with the Building Contractor`s Surveyor. We entered through the back door - had a few in the little back room then worked our way through to the front long bar - don`t know how many we had - don`t remember any nourishment other than liquid. Time to leave - picked up by our Contract Manager and dropped off at the office. Met him again the next day, he buttoned me with the words:- "Ay you! I got into trouble with my wife this morning - when she got into the car she said it smelt like a brewery" Not sure if the lesson learned was "don`t drink in sedate wine bars"

Hi all In a change to my Wednesday bacon butty routine at the Belgrade, I am going to be trying the Nugget Pub breakfast, with friends this morning. As said on the forum breakfast meeting topic, I am not suggesting the Nugget as a venue, simply because of the not so convenient public transport links.

Yes that is correct. Sometimes they had live music on and it was always busy mainly with students from Coventry Uni. I used to go there for a late one (a drink after pub closing time also known as a lock in) I used to drink just around the next corner at The Foresters, then further down the street was The Spittlemoor.

Yes I remember well. The disco club was called Fingals. I was a DJ on the circuit then and although I did not work there I used to go on a night off sometimes. Many disco clubs were small in those days, i.e STOCKS on Binley Road @The Bulls Head. You had to have a membership card to prove your age, and it was not a lot for the year.

HI DAVID MARLEY, the pubs you have mentioned I spent most of my time in these pubs especially in the 70s as well as the Brewer and Baker which was just up the road from the Foresters but the best I found was the Foresters where we always had a lock-in as well as the Brewer and Baker where I used to D.J.