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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Fob Watch, The Butts

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1837	1981	SUMMERLAND TAVERN
	1981	1994	FOB WATCH
	1994	1999	SUMMERLAND TAVERN
	1999	2013	BUTTS RETREAT
This name was a play on Flowers Original Bitter (FOB) and the fact that it is in the old watchmaking area of Spon End and Chapelfields. Until 1981 this was the SUMMERLAND TAVERN, but after only a short period as the FOB WATCH it reverted to the SUMMERLAND TAVERN again in 1994. In 1985 it was described as 'a pleasant pub . . . two separate drinking areas, one with a pool table'.