The Definitive Guide to the History of
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Drinking in an Old English Town

Barnaby's, 186 Ansty Road, Wyken

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1933	1980	WYKEN PIPPIN
	1980	1983	BARNABYS
	1983	1990	BUNTER'S
	1990	2010	WYKEN PIPPIN
	2010	2018	COVENTRY OAK
	2018	present	NEW PIPPIN
As The Wyken Pippin Until 1980, this was the WYKEN PIPPIN and it became Barnaby's on 12th August 1980, when it became part of a chain of restaurants with the same name as a result of being sold by Watney's. On 31st March 1983 it became Bunters but later reverted to the name that locals always associated with it - the WYKEN PIPPIN.