Coventry Pubs

Found this 4" high trophy that my Dad won at The Engine (Longford) as Runners-up of the Foleshill & District Division 1 darts league 1945/1946.

My hubby is tearing his hair out trying to think of the name of the pub at the bottom of Trinity Street that was opposite the Coventry Theatre. We were talking about how Peter Butterworth, after appearing in Aladdin at the theatre in 1979, was found dead in his room there. Many stars used to stay in this pub but for the life of us we can't think of its name. Can anyone enlighten us please?

If it was the old black and white pub it was called I think the Smithfield.

Hi Janey, if you enter Smithfield in the search box (top left) you will find it mentioned in several other threads on the forum

Thank you. Yes of course, the Smithfield! That would have bugged us for the rest of the week if we hadn't found out !

I can't think of a pub ever being at the Trinity St corner. The Smithfield was/is at the Burges/Corporation St corner. Norman

It was the Smithfield that was opposite the Cov Theatre. It was the Wine Lodge on the corner of the Burges.

Correct Blueleader, Isn't it the Tudor Rose now ?

Oh! At my age not many brain cells left. Just Googled Tudor Rose Coventry so is this the place?

The Smithfield was corner of Hales Street and Trinity Street set back opposite the Hippodrome and Sainsburys, Norman Conquest. Yes Dreamtime the one corner of Burges and Corporation Street is now the Tudor Rose prior I knew it as the Tally Ho in the 80s.

There are some pictures of The Smithfield Hotel under the heading "Hales Street"

Yes Norman Conquest that is the Tudor Rose, Corporation corner of Burges, but this is the Smithfield black and white building side of the building on the corner of Hales Street and opposite the the Hippodrome Hales Street now and then

Oh! THAT Smithfield. I was trying to think of a pub on the corner of Trinity St. I have some rather unfortunate memories of that pub so I should have twigged it straight away. If anyone asks me what those memories are I will tell them that I have forgotten.

Best thing to do is to forget bad memories.