bringbackrattles
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Great pics as usual. Drank in all of them over the years. Only one missing is the Hertford ?
The Brewer and Baker (4 Viewers)
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Woodingdean_Sky_Blue
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Just looking at the buildings from the outside, the student accommodation version of the Vauxhall Tavern looks like a palace compared to what they have done to the Brewer and Baker. The Brewer and Baker was never great looking, but now it looks properly crap - like the house where the Young Ones would have lived in 1980.
The Elastic Inn has gone too...
Woodingdean_Sky_Blue
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Yes, it was. I was sure I'd seen it with a religious sign on the front, but then I thought I must have misremembered.
Brylowes
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Not sure which pub the first pic was taken in but the second was taken in the Sky Blue Tavern (Mercers Arms)
taken before the opening fixture of the season 2000-01, lost 3 - 1 to Middlesbrough.
Im on the far right of both pics, pretty apt for a loony leftie
Great memories.
cc84cov
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Love that mateNot sure which pub the first pic was taken in but the second was taken in the Sky Blue Tavern (Mercers Arms)
taken before the opening fixture of the season 2000-01, lost 3 - 1 to Middlesbrough.
Im on the far right of both pics, pretty apt for a loony leftie
Great memories.
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fernandopartridge
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Yep, loved a pork batch in there. I really miss the array of pubs around Highfield Rd.
Last time I was in the Brewer was 10 years or maybe longer ago. I came home with some cheap aftershave I'd obviously bought from somebody
fernandopartridge
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First one the Tudor Rose?Not sure which pub the first pic was taken in but the second was taken in the Sky Blue Tavern (Mercers Arms)
taken before the opening fixture of the season 2000-01, lost 3 - 1 to Middlesbrough.
Im on the far right of both pics, pretty apt for a loony leftie
Great memories.
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Brylowes
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The first pic was actually taken in Cov city center later that night, if you look at my trousers you can see I’m soaking wet on account of my mates having just thrown me in a fountainLove that mate
found out later I’d cracked my shoulder in the process Lol
cc84cov
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Not many of us around the town back then that didn’t end up in that fountain weekends lol Coventry was just a different place back then we actually had nightlife it’s shocking how it’s all fell away.The first pic was actually taken in Cov city center later that night, if you look at my trousers you can see I’m soaking wet on account of my mates having just thrown me in a fountain
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LastGarrison
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Love the old photos @Brylowes and @Houchens Head.
Someone should start a new thread and get everyone to stick up photos from their Jolly Boys days out at the football past, and relatively, present!
Someone should start a new thread and get everyone to stick up photos from their Jolly Boys days out at the football past, and relatively, present!
ccfc1234
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The benefit of inner city grounds. Creates a atmosphere and pub crawl.possibility
Brylowes
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No it was definitely the Sky Blue Tavern formerly the Mercer’s arms, the first one was in the city center.
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clint van damme
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No one mentioned the Spittlemoor. Remember going in there on a Tuesday or Wednesday night after a youth game and rolling out at 4 in the morning.
fernandopartridge
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I've been in there for a late one midweek as well. Used to get the ladies of the night coming in for shelter.
All of the below pubs were I'd say within a similar walking distance from the Ricoh to the Wheatsheaf or around 10-15 minutes say.
Rose and Crown
Hastings
Old Ball
Sky Blue Tavern
Old Red Horse
Binley Oak
Brewer and Baker
Vauxhall Tavern
Spittlemoor
Foresters
Elastic Inn
Gosford Arms
Hertford Arms / Phat Larry's
Hand & Heart
Beer Engine
Peacock
Hare and Hounds
fernandopartridge
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The first pic was actually taken in Cov city center later that night, if you look at my trousers you can see I’m soaking wet on account of my mates having just thrown me in a fountain
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I'm 95% sure the first pic is the Tudor Rose / Tally Ho / now Philip Larkin
Brylowes
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Was there a CCFC supporters club in Hillfields as as well FP ? Seem to remember being taken in there a couple of times as a kid.
Also me and my brother ducked into a little pub to escape a sudden downpour while walking back to the city center after a game once, it was on the right before the ring road, bit rough round the edges with a few customers who we’re clearly seasoned piss heads, but very welcoming all the same.
The Landlord was a huge Irish man and the Guinness was excellent, any ideas ?
fernandopartridge
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Yeah, the supporter's club is on Freehold St, it's still there as far as I'm aware. I only ever went once to a football presentation night as a kid!
The pub you're describing sounds like the Spittlemoor, on the right hand side from the bottom of Sky Blue Way, it's the building on the corner in the right of this shot:
Houchens Head
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bringbackrattles
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That looks like the Hertford Arms going back some years. Great pub before matches, I recall a load of Hull City fans coming in once, they took one look at us lot and turned quickly around. Although to be honest can't remember much trouble in there, that took place away from the pub !
Houchens Head
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Not been around Coventry for years, so this is all new to me! Anyways, here's a couple of pictures I have of the Spittlemoor....
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bringbackrattles
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My brother in law ran it for a while. Another lively boozer.
Brylowes
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This was our first port of call on that weekend, the Greyhound at Hawkesbury junction, seemed only right as when I lived in Coventry it was only a couple of hundred yards from here in Blackhorse Rd, though when growing up down there my Dads local was always The Boat rather than the Greyhound ‘We went there next.
Great weekend that was.
Great weekend that was.
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Brylowes
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Yeah cheers, I’m sure that’s the one based on Houch’s photos, the landlord was a hulking great Irish bloke who I would imagine you would have to be beyond daft to mess with, remember commenting to my brother that it would probably need a Landlord like that to keep that place in check.
It’sabatch87
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I’ve been in all of those,Do I get a medal?
Some good pub crawls on the way to HR I must admit.
Happy days!!!
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Major Tom
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The Peacock was our main pub for a few years, good stop off before you hit Gosford St.
Anybody remember the name of the Irish pub in Hillfields top of King William st, just up from the supermarket. Had a big room at the the back. Guinness was a great pint
Major Tom
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...The Ivy Cottage!
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Oh for an Ian Gibson.
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Was that the one across the road from the Howitzer Club?...The Ivy Cottage!
Coventry's Pub History
clint van damme
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yeah, forgot about that place though never went in there. There was the Jubilee down the road as well. Another interesting place!
Johhny Blue
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A few of us would have to post in black & white
Johhny Blue
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A good pub for a fight before the game (with just our own fans) was the Silver Sword
Major Tom
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Yes it was