Coventry.

Trumpet

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I see that one of the events planned for this year's Coventry City of Culture (?) programme is a virtual reality experience whereby audiences will be able to feel the "thrill of a night out in Coventry in 1989".
Can't wait.
 
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littleme

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I'll have you know that 1989 was THE very best time to be out in Cov. I was just 18years old, working a good job at the Coventry Evenening Telegraph & a local dental surgery, had no responsibility other than paying my rent on my bedsit and keeping myself fed & alive, fantastic friends & Fantastic times..... Mr G's, the Pink Parrot, The Eclipse, Studio 21, Busters, The Bug & Black Bat, Porkies & Fishy Moores.

As much as I don't miss living in Coventry, those times were the very very best times.
 

PeterD

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I'll have you know that 1989 was THE very best time to be out in Cov. I was just 18years old, working a good job at the Coventry Evenening Telegraph & a local dental surgery, had no responsibility other than paying my rent on my bedsit and keeping myself fed & alive, fantastic friends & Fantastic times..... Mr G's, the Pink Parrot, The Eclipse, Studio 21, Busters, The Bug & Black Bat, Porkies & Fishy Moores.

As much as I don't miss living in Coventry, those times were the very very best times.
If a band wasn't playing Birmingham it tended to be in Coventry so 89 for me in Coventry was like you. I loved it then small bands in the Sir Colin Campbell and bigger gigs at the uni, or was it a poly then. Either way, Cov in 89 was excellent.
Disclaimer. No reference to proper pubs, just where I was in Coventry in 89.
 
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BobClay

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That's strange ... when I was sent to Coventry it was unbelievably quiet. :rofl:

(Sorry.)

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littleme

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If a band wasn't playing Birmingham it tended to be in Coventry so 89 for me in Coventry was like you. I loved it then small bands in the Sir Colin Campbell and bigger gigs at the uni, or was it a poly then. Either way, Cov in 89 was excellent.
Disclaimer. No reference to proper pubs, just where I was in Coventry in 89.
Yes, and there were lots of live bands that played the University (Warwick University then) ....
 
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