Is that so we don’t bang our heads on the way up!? :happy:Take a crash helmet !
Has it changed much over the last 20 years? I remember someone getting their head smashed repeatedly on the kerb outside by one (well known) local. Poor chap is no longer with us, perpetrator got 7 for manslaughter. Used to drink in the New Star (also no longer with us!) back in the day and that was bad enough, but like Rainbows compared to the prince.It’s a great pub . Worth a visit everyone welcome, you’ll be surprised how friendly it is .
It's a lock inDo you reckon that fella is still stuck against the wall?
I used to visit most of the pubs in Coventry as part of my job in the 70s. Those weren't the only dodgy dives back then. Just off the top of my head I can recall some places you wouldn't want to be in on a Friday night. The Winnall and the Glade in Willenhall. The Chequers in Stoke Aldermoor. Worst of all was probably the Live & Let Live in Wood End, where the landlord showed us a number of chair legs stored under the benches so that he had a weapon handy wherever he fell if he was attacked.I used to live not far from the Black Prince and likened it to another pub of similar reputation - The White Horse in Broad Park Rd. Another one was the Shire Horse in Caradoc Close, Henley Green.
If it’s like the black prince of old, I’d just avoid it personally. Some lovely characters used to drink in there....
The dolphin has long gone.....Im amazed it’s still there. Along with the Dolphin a very dodgy pub. What was the other delightful place on the edge of Jardine Crescent called?
Start off in the White Horse, over to the Shire, and back to the White Horse for a stay behind. That was during the week, and still got up to go to work . Weekends start off in the Acorn, then down to the Craven Arms, end up in the Red Lion. Would kill me now, and a few did pass away through too much drink. Crazy days !I used to live not far from the Black Prince and likened it to another pub of similar reputation - The White Horse in Broad Park Rd. Another one was the Shire Horse in Caradoc Close, Henley Green.
The dolphin has long gone.....
The new star . Great pub in the day . start in tile hill social then up to the Prince then down to the woodlands then up to the new star .. good old days .. never any trouble before 5.30Im amazed it’s still there. Along with the Dolphin a very dodgy pub. What was the other delightful place on the edge of Jardine Crescent called?
Haha great story was it that bad the place shut before my time.Perhaps 40 years ago, I agreed to play for a Walsgrave pubs darts team for a short while. We had an away match at the Live and Let Live and made the mistake of taking an early lead. Going by the growling and muttering, we didnt try too hard from then onwards and eventually lost. At the end, the post match sandwiches were brought out and I dont think we even got close to them as the non-playing pub regulars dived in and cleared the lot off. Again, fine by us ! All we really wanted was to find 4 tyres still left on our cars outside !
Lots of local ins were the same, Chequers in the AldI used to live not far from the Black Prince and likened it to another pub of similar reputation - The White Horse in Broad Park Rd. Another one was the Shire Horse in Caradoc Close, Henley Green.
i remember the Dolphin when it was built of wood like a shackThe dolphin has long gone.....
Crowd in the Grapes were a good bunchI was looking at a property last week in Radford. I walked past another well known pub The Grapes which was boarded up. That had a reputation I heard years ago ?
I drank in the new star for a couple of years, never had or saw any botherThe new star . Great pub in the day . start in tile hill social then up to the Prince then down to the woodlands then up to the new star .. good old days .. never any trouble before 5.30
I see what you did there!Crowd in the Grapes were a good bunch
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