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

Drinking in an Old English Town

Standard, Hockley Lane

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1957	1983	STANDARD
	1983	2010	POACHERS RETREAT
Mr. (later Sir) Alec Dick, managing director of the Standard Motor Company, opened The STANDARD on the 25th July 1957. From 1983 it was the POACHERS RETREAT. The Poachers Retreat in 2010 (top) and as a housing estate by July 2012. (Photos courtesy of Cliff Jones.)