Coventry Pubs

F J Hibell went on to the City Hotel in Broadgate. He was also the proprietor of other hotels. He was also a councillor but resigned in November 1905 when he was charged with embezzlement and sent to prison for 3 months hard labour. He was associated with several sports clubs and dog clubs so perhaps the initials were something to do with one of these clubs.

I'm sure this has been referenced before but can anyone recall - I presume this was setup whilst the Cross Cheaping one was war damaged - Do we know where it was?

Looking at Britain From Above, it's exactly where the old one was. BFA

I should've guess really Helen! I hadn't realised the original had been completely destroyed.

It wasn't obvious, as I had to check. It could have been the junction of the market with West Orchard. I have BFA set up to start in the middle of all Coventry pictures sorted by date. Post war photos the right, old photos to the left. Few of the old timber buildings survived in the centre. Even on the outer areas those that survived were protected by brick buildings bookending them from other stretches that burned.

Sorry to hear about your uncle. I have just come across a photo on this site of the pub, in the Coventry pubs section. I'll show my cad tomorrow to see if he remembers it.

That's amazing. I remember the Heath well, a big pub on the Foleshill Rd, right next to Beresford Avenue as you say.. My uncle was in there most nights, if he wasn't in the Edgwick club drinking. He used to live very near in Fisher Rd. And he too died of a heart attack on a Sunday lunchtime, but not at the Heath. It was at the Malt Shovel in Bubbenhall.

Coventry Pubs got me thinking of how many we have lost over the years since I have been old enough to frequent them. Lets call my area Tile Hill / Canley / Eastern Green/ Broad Lane. From memory, gone are. The Woodlands The Standard The Hawthorn Tree The Fletchamstead The Phoenix (building still there as a Chinese Restaurant) The Dolphin The Peeping Tom (now Hickorys) The Newlands The Herald

Hi Mick - how long has the Newlands ceased trading? And don't forget the Tile Hill Club.

Sorry, I got mixed up. its not the Newlands, I'm thinking of the one on the corner of Jardine Cresent?

New Star it was Mick.

Some time back in the 1980s I was having a drink in the New Star when the phone rang behind the bar. The barman answered it then shouted out, "the police are on their way". Within a very short while my mate and I were the only ones still in the pub!

Has anyone discovered this site? They offer a 'colorizer' facility. I've tried it with the above mentioned New Star. Edited by Midland Red, 18th Feb 2021 12:47 pm (Copied to "Computer matters" thread)

The last time I went in there, it was run by Bobby Arthur, the Coventry boxer.

Belushi, sometimes 'Time gentlemen please' doesn't always work.