My parents ran The hope and anchor, The climax and the Admiral codrington between the mid 70's through to 1994
My uncle and aunt ran The peacock
Another uncle had the zodiac and my brother had the 3 horseshoes on the foleshill road for a year or so on the early 90s
My dad new loads of the old school pub gaffers most of them were real nice guys and good men and there was a sense of decency between them.My dad never had a bad word to say about anyone in the trade apart from Ken Brown