The Definitive Guide to the History of
Pubs and Beerhouses in Coventry

Drinking in an Old English Town

Climax, City Arcade

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1962	1984	Climax
	1984	1994	Bug and Black Bat
	1994		Rosie O'Brian's
This pub was named after the Coventry fork truck and pump engine manufacturer (later Kalmar Climax) at a time when they built the engines that powered the Cooper, Cooper-Climax and Lotus cars to Le Mans and Formula 1 World Championships. It opened on Wednesday 19th December 1962, and was reported at the time to be a joint effort between Flowers and Ansells, built for Market Taverns Ltd. After closing in September 1983, it re-opened as the BUG AND BLACK BAT on the 6th January 1984 after a £45,000 investment by Ansells, then in 1994 the name changed again, at a cost of £400,000, to ROSIE O'BRIENS PUMPHOUSE.
LICENSEES: 1962 Wilfred Ernest Chambers 1967 Gilbert Blackett 1969 Douglas Powell 1974 Mr. Carey 1974 - 1977 Gerard 'Ged' Hayes