Shakespeare, 18 Spon Street
These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
1808 | 1864 | Shakespeare's Head | |
1864 | 2015 | Shakespeare | |
2015 | 2023 | Samoan Joe's Tiki Bar | |
2023 | Mister Shenanigans | ||
![]() This photo shows the Coventry Sunday Schools King George V Coronation Day procession. In this view, to the right of the Shakspeare (missing the middle 'e'!) is court 7; then before the works entrance to Rotherhams at No.19 is M. Ricks Provision Dealer. Just out of the picture to the right is the Old Windmill. The Shakespeare has since been refaced and the buildings to the right have been demolished.
![]() ![]() William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was born in Stratford, and married Anne Hathaway there in 1582. Little is known of his life, but we have 37 plays and some wonderful poetry, yet he has not had the effect we might expect on pub names. There are more references to Dickens and his novels than to Shakespeare and his plays on British inn signs. | |||
LICENSEES:1864 - 1868 William Read 1870 J. Lindon 1870 - 1874 Joseph Arch, watch finisher 1879 Arthur Statham 1881 Philip Hakewise 1886 William Scott Lucas 1886 William Taylor 1890 - 1891 B. Duggan 1892 Henry Thomas Hill 1892 John Wright (Jan to Mar) 1892 George Allen 1893 - 1924 Charles W. H. Statham 1926 - 1927 E. G. Statham 1929 W. Luckman 1931 - 1932 W. Burton 1933 - 1940 E. Read 1960 John Corbin 1986 Mat & Pauline Moten | |||
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