The top three places you miss most from Coventry city centre (1 Viewer)

[no_loyalty]

I miss the Smithfield pub, Shambles arcade and the parsons nose chip shop (massive queues in there after a good night out)

 

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[Otis]

Oh I had one of the most surreal Nights of my life in the 80's on what I think was my only ever venture .
Anyone remember the Irish bouncers name, one of his sons ended up running the Fletch pub.
Sorry if going off topic.

Went in the Top Spot once. For a nightclub even in those days it was ridiculously cheap. 50p to get in.

Park Lane or whatever it was called those days was at least £5-£6.

 

[clint van damme]

I miss the Smithfield pub, Shambles arcade and the parsons nose chip shop (massive queues in there after a good night out)

Forgot all about shambles, loved that place.

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

My brother did the relief manager job at the fletch about 20 years ago
I went in for a pint one Saturday evening about 6:30

I asked the barman for a pint and stood at the bar minding my own business, next thing this lad come over to me and wanted to have a fight he accused me of starting on him the previous night in town.
After told him I’d been in the wallace the previous night and was just coming in for a pint with my brother who was running this place his whole attitude changed and said sorry mate but it’s not a good night unless I have a scrap and sat back in t(e corner with his mates

 

[Gazolba]

Still is! Was originally an ex-servicemen's club. Fennel's original music shop was pulled down to make room for it for no good reason that I can tell.

What was that 'Birds' shop?

 

[dutchman]

What was that 'Birds' shop?

It was a chemist's shop. It should actually read "BIRD'S". Owner Frederick Bird was an alderman, magistrate and local benefactor after whom the Hillfields school was named.

 

[Nick]

Nobody has said IKON / Diva (if you can blag you are older).

All you can drink night's, bar takes an hour.

 

[Covstu]

Also missed the coliseum when it was the proper collie. Green onions nights on a Thursday drinking red stripe

 

[Nick]

Also missed the coliseum when it was the proper collie. Green onions nights on a Thursday drinking red stripe

Was I imagining they had PlayStations in the wall upstairs?

 

[Covstu]

Was I imagining they had PlayStations in the wall upstairs?

A few years later yes. Remember playing drunken tekken a lot!

 

[Houchens Head]

Nobody has said IKON / Diva (if you can blag you are older).

All you can drink night's, bar takes an hour.

I was too bloody old for these, Nick! :emoji_smile:

 

[Houchens Head]

Without trawling through all the previous posts, has anyone mentioned the Irish Centre. (I think that's what it was called?) Entrance was in Watch Close, Spon St.

 

[Nick]

Without trawling through all the previous posts, has anyone mentioned the Irish Centre. (I think that's what it was called?) Entrance was in Watch Close, Spon St.

 

[Houchens Head]

That's the place, Nick! They had great "Grab a Granny" nights!

 

[Otis]

That's the place, Nick! They had great "Grab a Granny" nights!

Was that 'Grab a Granny tonight because she will probably be dead in the morning?''