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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Elastic Inn, 2-4 Lower Ford Street

Alternative Addresses:	1 Lower Ford Street
These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1871	1872	ALE AND PORTER STORES
	1872	1872	VAULTS
	1874	2012	ELASTIC INN
Left: In the 1950s. The address for this pub changed in the late 1890s when the street was re-numbered. For many years it had been at number 1, but when the numbering was altered from sequential to odds & evens it became numbers 2 & 4. In 1857 one of Coventry's first factories was built to manufacture a new product for the weaving industry - elastic. An elegant and imposing factory was built where the bus garage stands now. All that remains now is the pub used by the elastic workers. In 1982 it was 'an excellent town centre pub. The closest real ale to the bus station. The meeting place of the local CAMRA branch'. In 1985 'A friendly pub close to the bus station. Excellent beer'. It closed in 2012 to become student accommodation.
LICENSEES: 1874 - 1877 David Manning 1877 - 1879 William Smith 1879 - 1886 George Wilson 1889 - 1902 Jonah Embling 1902 - 1904 Robert Brown 1904 - 1905 Arthur Voss 1905 - 1919 Elizabeth Padbury 1919 - 1921 Lucy Moss 1921 - 1925 Thomas Padbury 1925 Harry Padbury (brother of Thomas, commited suicide 1925 shortly after taking the license) 1925 Rose Angela Padbury (widow of Harry) 1927 - 1942 John Jessie Walford 1951 Alice E. Walford 1951 - 1957 John Jessie Walford 1985 P. J. McNicholas