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'BRIENS PUMPHOUSE
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 21st December 1962, and was said at the time to be a joint effort between Flowers and Ansells. It re-opened as the BUG AND BLACK BAT on the 6th January 1984, then in 1994 the name changed again, at a cost of £400,000, to ROSIE O'BRIENS PUMPHOUSE.