Run for years by ex city star George Mason his team mate Jack Snape (Snapey) ran the Old Crown in Windmill Road for years too.
Run for years by ex city star George Mason his team mate Jack Snape (Snapey) ran the Old Crown in Windmill Road for years too.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 5.30
I’ve got one for you The Motor, my first pub on the corner of Somerset Road and Dorset Road, you’ll be surprised not many know it.Just as an aside, I have a large collection of pictures of Cov pubs (387 at last count), some gone, some changed names etc. If anyone has a particular pub they remember, let me know and I'll stick a picture up (if I have it!).
Moz Kilcoyne, his brother Dave runs the Cherry Tree in Craven Street, or used to, big city fans, sadly I don’t think Moz is with us anymore.It varied. You used to be able to skin up on the bar at one time. Like all of Tile Hill it very much depended who was in there and how long they’d been on the pop for. Was also a regular for a few years. The gaffer (Moz?) could look after himself, but some of the bar staff used to get a bit of grief from time to time. Good for a game of pool.
I'm sure Ray Winstone was the celebrity who opened Scholars on their opening night ?Not sure who he bought it from, but he turned it round as a really successful place. He did the same with Scholars. He was a real true gent. He would stand by the door at Scholars at closing time and make sure people got home okay. He is sadly missed. I knew him since 1964.
The story behind that and I don’t know how true it is is that they weren’t allowed to knock the pub down for some reason due to the actual Hawthorn Tree at the back something to do with preservation low and behold it suddenly caught fire.it burnt down in the end I think.
I'm fairly sure someone told me they had a conversation along the lines of someone saying to them the Hawthorne burnt down and when they asked when the person replied next Friday!
Sorry Hill83. I have the same problem with a lot of pubs. All I have is this one which I'm sure isn't the sort you want! View attachment 15186
That’s the fella. Had forgotten his surname and didn’t know he’d passed away, but it’s been a while. RIP.Moz Kilcoyne, his brother Dave runs the Cherry Tree in Craven Street, or used to, big city fans, sadly I don’t think Moz is with us anymore.
Was owned by Ken Brown (of Browns infamy) and his mad daughter (Mary?) used to be a regular sight in there. They were always up there own arses and could be right twats on the door sometimes (just like Browns new and old), but it was always rammed at the weekend in the mid to late 80’s. Any idea when he took it over?Not sure who he bought it from, but he turned it round as a really successful place. He did the same with Scholars. He was a real true gent. He would stand by the door at Scholars at closing time and make sure people got home okay. He is sadly missed. I knew him since 1964.
Thanks. It’s because I can’t find one anywhere that it’s driving me mad. It’s been about 4 years. Ha ha
Not sure who he bought it from, but he turned it round as a really successful place. He did the same with Scholars. He was a real true gent. He would stand by the door at Scholars at closing time and make sure people got home okay. He is sadly missed. I knew him since 1964.
I'm sure Ray Winstone was the celebrity who opened Scholars on their opening night ?
Not sure about that BBR. I wouldn't doubt it though. Gus was extremely well known and liked.I'm sure Ray Winstone was the celebrity who opened Scholars on their opening night ?
Thanks so much! Been after a pic for years! Not too many that I'm short of now!Woodlands Tile Hill
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Thanks for that. I just recalled Him there in some capacity. Yes Geoff wrote Bouncers and has gone on to write numerous books and plays. Shame Geoff has stopped all social media a complete shut down of his sites. He was prolific on Facebook and Twitter and had daily web chats etc. Not sure what happened but now he is hard to contact.He wasn’t there for the opening but he filmed a short film there called Bouncers which you can watch on YouTube - think it was based on something written by Geoff Thompson.
I was bought up in Jardine Crescent.the banana flats for those that know Tile Hill, My old man used to work at the Standard Triumph and he used to go over the Prince most nights,late 60,s early 70,s,much to my Mums annoyanceIf you go inside the Prince the entire bar is covered in Coventry shirts and memorabilia from past to present.
Thanks so much! Been after a pic for years! Not too many that I'm short of now!
Sure it was the Bantam pub.Houch, what was the name of the pub in Hen Lane Holbrooks just before the railway bridge and do you have a picture? Cycled past it so many times going to see my grandma and there was always a horse and cart tied up o the car park. Got houses on it now though......no fucking surprise!!
Are there really that many pubs left where you'll get bother for not being a local. Wherever I go round the country to see friends or family I'll go into a pub or few and never see any trouble.
Ah yes! Used to love the Motor Hotel. It has to be the weirdest shaped pub ever. Because of the junction it was on, it was like a wedge of cheese.I’ve got one for you The Motor, my first pub on the corner of Somerset Road and Dorset Road, you’ll be surprised not many know it.
Can't for the life of me picture where The Woodlands was......Woodlands Tile Hill
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Can't for the life of me picture where The Woodlands was......
I would say the Motor was the first multi-cultural pub Asians in one bar and whites in the other, but got on well. They used to have inter pub games such as dominoes,darts and the little football table in a small room down the hall based on home and away so we would play in their bit one week and visa- verca the next the name calling from both groups all taken in good nature would be arrestable nowadays, winning on away turf was like beating the Villa away.Ah yes! Used to love the Motor Hotel. It has to be the weirdest shaped pub ever. Because of the junction it was on, it was like a wedge of cheese.
We went there quite often in the late 80s/early 90s because they did fantastic curries for next to nothing, plus decent beer. Another pub doing curries back then was the Charterhouse in Terry Road. I lived in Coventry and worked in Birmingham and my mates from work would come over to visit these places, so good was the food.
Not sure they owned it to be honest , I know they supplied the heavys on the door on most of the city boozersThink I had a very drunken conversation with him one night in scholars when I tried to convince him to do a ‘proper’ club night. He basically told me to make it happen. I wasn’t as motivated when sober and never did anything about it. Did he buy the Dog from the Brown family?
He did ,Run for years by ex city star George Mason his team mate Jack Snape (Snapey) ran the Old Crown in Windmill Road for years too.
I bumped into Baz a couple of years ago when I was over in Malaga playing Golf . Got a couple of tickets for Malaga v Barcelona. Got off the coach outside a pub and there he was . Had a great catch up .Moz Kilcoyne, his brother Dave runs the Cherry Tree in Craven Street, or used to, big city fans, sadly I don’t think Moz is with us anymore.
He wasn’t there for the opening but he filmed a short film there called Bouncers which you can watch on YouTube - think it was based on something written by Geoff Thompson.
Went in there a few times as a kid, a bit random how it's just sat as a space all these years.I was asking the other month actually. The Ash Green Social club. Used to drive past the space it used to be in and I can’t find a photo of it anywhere on the internet.
.Just as an aside, I have a large collection of pictures of Cov pubs (387 at last count), some gone, some changed names etc. If anyone has a particular pub they remember, let me know and I'll stick a picture up (if I have it!).
Geoff Thompson won a BAFTA for Brown Paper Bag.Think it won a short film BAFTA
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