Usually "day release "Mondays so not too bad and a 9-00 am start and a pint at lunchtime, maybe teatime if doing the evening class.Did you get much done on Mondays, Wingy?
I used to have a Fiat Miafiori too. Cracking car, if somewhat porous in the finest Italian tradition - I guess the holes made it lighter. Five speed!
That's the one Houch.Isn't this where the Relate Office is now? I seem to remember this as a pub but buggered if I can remember the name!
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When I and my brother were kids we used to go out for bicycle rides every Sunday with our Dad. We always ended up at a pub, but hardly ever in Coventry. We'd ride out into the country (as it was then), places like Barnacle, Shilton, Bulkington, Brinklow, Withybrook, Monks Kirby and some others I forget the name of. Our Dad would let us have a sip of his drink. I always hated the taste of beer but I loved cider and lager and lime. A couple of pubs we did used to go to in Coventry were The Jolly Colliers on Woodway Lane and The Boat on Shilton Lane. I never was much of a drinker myself and mainly went to pubs for their folk club nights. Places like the Elastic Inn and the Three Tuns. When I got older my favourite places to take dates were The Alhambra, The Smithfield Hotel and The Cheylesmore. All great places and sadly all now gone.
Thats it OlderSBHertford Arms?
Is that why "Relate" are there now! :emoji_laughing:Thats it OlderSB
Was thinking it was related to the street.
Occasionally known as the Hertford Tavern also.
Had some Law lectures in the Winfrey annexe whilst studying at the Tech. Can't remember going in the Hen & Chicks but will confess to many a pleasant lunchtime spent in the Victoria Billiards Club.U
Usually "day release "Mondays so not too bad and a 9-00 am start and a pint at lunchtime, maybe teatime if doing the evening class.
What was the name of the pub over the road from the Winfrey annexe at the Butts? O
Had some Law lectures in the Winfrey annexe whilst studying at the Tech. Can't remember going in the Hen & Chicks but will confess to many a pleasant lunchtime spent in the Victoria Billiards Club.
Remember thinking at the time that the Mirafiori Sport was a challenger to the RS2000, mechanically speaking anyway. Also the Dolly Sprint and a shout too for the Hunter GLS, a real wolf in sheep's clothing.Sunday mornings in the Canley cub or Standard /Triumph club as the footyclub moved, then my mate driving his Miafiori Van den Valk style round the Cobbles by the Cathedral before battering the door at the Old Stag (6-55pm), followed by the Smithfield, Tally Ho and Jag in that order usually.
From Flickr:My family had the chip shop in Alderman's Green opposite the miners arms. I can remember the old pub but cant remember the new one being built, apparently the new one was built in front of the old one. Does anyone have any pictures of it?
Yes, I went there a few times. The sign was a person dressed in Robin Hood garb.Anyone remember the Green Man In Aldermans Green? No-one seems to recall it and I don't have any pictures.
Yes I do. On the corner of Hall Green Road and Windmill Rd. I reckon it was demolished 10-12 years back.Anyone remember the Green Man In Aldermans Green? No-one seems to recall it and I don't have any pictures.
Many, many thanks Fernandopartridge! I've been looking for ages for this!Here is the Green Man in its final days, name changed to the Windmill post 2000. It was demolished in 2010:
From Flickr:
Chip shop opposite:
I used to go in the Black Horse, Spon End with my parents as a kid, and now it's just sat there I believe boarded up
It's been sold at auction with permission to convert it to twelve separate rental rooms:
Former Spon End pub sold at auction to mystery buyer
It's still locally listed but that was mainly to protect the interior which has since been ripped out anyway.Last I heard, it was listed as it's centuries old or something?
That seems like it will be knocked down and redeveloped
Same as the Malt Shovel just along from there. Lovely old pub.
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Was that the one where Cassidy built flats?Many, many thanks Fernandopartridge! I've been looking for ages for this!
YepWas that the one where Cassidy built flats?
Last I heard it was being used as a hypnotherapy centre but at least the interior has been preserved.Is it an office now, or flats?
Any chance the Owners, players and manager can pop in for a dose or ten? B-)Last I heard it was being used as a hypnotherapy centre but at least the interior has been preserved.
It'll take more than a few hypnotherapy sessions, a trip to Lourdes might be more appropriate?Any chance the Owners, players and manager can pop in for a dose or ten? B-)
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