First Cov pub you had a drink in (3 Viewers)

[fernandopartridge]

What was the first pub you had a beer in? How old were you and is the pub still there?

Mine; Binley Oak aged 14, it's still there but not a pub any longer as far as I know

 

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[Nick]

I think it was probably Strikers at HR if that counts?

 

[mechaishida]

I think it was probably Strikers at HR if that counts?

Same here, aged 14. I had a moment of awe when I saw George Curtis behind the bar as well.

 

[matesx]

Loved Strikers bar!

remember the 2 fit barmaids? one long dark hair the other long blonde?

yes please

 

[covcity4life]

probably barass pub in courthouse green. maybe around 16. but it would have been half a beer at most. wasnt allowed to start drinking till i was 18. which im glad about in hindsight

 

[Malaka]

Colin Campbell aged 13, a pint of Brew XI please, it tasted horrible

 

[BodicoteSkyBlue]

Loved Strikers bar!

remember the 2 fit barmaids? one long dark hair the other long blonde?

yes please

Mmmm the ABBA girls!!

 

[matesx]

that's the ones

 

[BodicoteSkyBlue]

At a guess I’d say it was the Rocket my 1st Cov pint. Straight off the train

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

The Caludon at 15. I think I had a bottle of Manns Brown.:sour:

 

[mechaishida]

Loved Strikers bar!

remember the 2 fit barmaids? one long dark hair the other long blonde?

yes please

Not sure but I walked into a massive pair of tits in the crowd there once. Right in my face, literally, she squashed my nose and everything.

For a 14 year old, that's a months worth of wanking material right there.

 

[richnrg]

just found this site, which is fantastic. Aplogies if old news.
A History of the Pubs of Coventry

 

[hill83]

The Craftsman in Holbrooks when I was 14. Sick after 4 Carlings.

Edit: Carling Black Labels back then.

 

[Nick]

The Craftsman in Holbrooks when I was 14. Sick after 4 Carlings.

Edit: Carling Black Labels back then.

I know a bloke who still calls it Carling Black Label and still asks for it at the bar. Not even for the comedy value either, genuinely serious.

No need to thank me for making your Christmas truly special with that knowledge.

 

[lifeskyblue]

Good to see early business. Just hope the lad settles quickly and we see the quality he clearly has. Hope he provides the creativity from midfield rather than be put out on the wing. Would like to see an out and out winger next.


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[Nick]

Good to see early business. Just hope the lad settles quickly and we see the quality he clearly has. Hope he provides the creativity from midfield rather than be put out on the wing. Would like to see an out and out winger next.


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[Deleted member 5849]

Good to see early business. Just hope the lad settles quickly and we see the quality he clearly has. Hope he provides the creativity from midfield rather than be put out on the wing. Would like to see an out and out winger next.


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Doors open early for pubs then?

 

[hill83]

Too many Black Labels

 

[lifeskyblue]

Haha...I clearly got my threads in a tangle


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[lifeskyblue]

And for the record...the Rocket was first pub I think.


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[CV22SBA]

The Mercer Arms for me, before West Ham away when i was about 16 and getting a club coach for a mid-week game. My first away game with mates.

I used to Love Carling Black Label but can't stand Carling as its to fizzy. Am i just getting old or was Carling Black Label a lot nicer?

 

[matesx]

Mercers Arms for me

 

[skybluesam66]

I know a bloke who still calls it Carling Black Label and still asks for it at the bar. Not even for the comedy value either, genuinely serious.

No need to thank me for making your Christmas truly special with that knowledge.

didnt even know it had changed name
probably because the last time i had one, it was a choice of that or Skol

 

[wingy]

The Mercer Arms for me, before West Ham away when i was about 16 and getting a club coach for a mid-week game. My first away game with mates.

I used to Love Carling Black Label but can't stand Carling as its to fizzy. Am i just getting old or was Carling Black Label a lot nicer?

Had to have a one off Carling a couple of Saturdays back.
Surprised how pleasant I found it.
My first watering hole was Berkswell British Legion Club.
Supervised weaning by the old Fella.
A Fine establishment still going strong as I found on a rare visit last Sunday.
Too many Blues and Villa fans over that side, but the banters good over in bandit country.

 

[RedSalmon]

In Coventry it would have been the Bear..........since knocked down and replaced with a Building Society.

The very first pub ever to have had a drink in was the White Lion in Bedworth.......since knocked down and replaced with an office block.

 

[richnrg]

In Coventry it would have been the Bear..........since knocked down and replaced with a Building Society.

The very first pub ever to have had a drink in was the White Lion in Bedworth.......since knocked down and replaced with an office block.

would you mind popping round to Tim Fishers house for a quick drink?

 

[Otis]

I can't remember where it was to be honest, but we were 15 and the young barmaid had no bra on and was wearing quite a loose fitting low top, so we kept ordering bottles from the bottom shelf under the beer taps, so she had to bend down right in front of us.

So, can't remember the pub or what we drank and only remember the barmaid.

 

[skyblueinBaku]

The Golden Cross when I was 14.

 

[Nick]

Imagine a 14 year old walking into a pub now and trying to get a beer.

 

[hill83]

Imagine a 14 year old walking into a pub now and trying to get a beer.

Going off my little brothers mates they'd just lift the doorman up and place him out of the way. They are all absolutely massive these days.

 

[Nick]

Going off my little brothers mates they'd just lift the doorman up and place him out of the way. They are all absolutely massive these days.

Do they manage to get served and into pubs and places like that?

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

My lad and his mates are all 17/18 and half of them are so petrified that they'll get refused getting served that they wont go to pubs or clubs.

 

[Otis]

My lad and his mates are all 17/18 and half of them are so petrified that they'll get refused getting served that they wont go to pubs or clubs.

It is a massive embarrassment when you are that age and in a queue and then get turned away.

Used to be for us. Everyone pointing and laughing at you, especially the other mates you went with who DID get in.

 

[Nick]

My lad and his mates are all 17/18 and half of them are so petrified that they'll get refused getting served that they wont go to pubs or clubs.

That's part of the fun, if you can't all get in to the good places you just go to some shitholes where they aren't bothered and will happily overcharge you for shit beer.

You have to try to see if you can, then give it the act that you have left your ID at home, back in the day people used to use other people's ID and get in even if they didn't really look like them.

 

[tommydazzle]

The Engine - sneaked in at lunchtimes from Foxford for darts and a pint. We were in our school uniforms!