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coundon12
Canada
1 of 9  Fri 2nd Mar 2012 2:10pm  

Has anyone got photos of the Bolshi pub which was located on the common in Swan Lane. Thanks, Dave Charley.
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TonyS
Coventry
2 of 9  Fri 2nd Mar 2012 2:33pm  

Hi Dave, and welcome to our forum Wave I don't have the info you are looking for, but maybe you could tell people the year you are looking at and why you are searching?
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scrutiny
coventry
3 of 9  Fri 2nd Mar 2012 3:03pm  

Please do not think I am being funny but where was the common situated in Swan Lane? Thumbs up
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dutchman
Spon End
4 of 9  Fri 2nd Mar 2012 3:24pm  

Hello Dave Wave Do you mean the Barras House Hotel in Swancroft Road?
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Adrian
UK
5 of 9  Fri 2nd Mar 2012 7:28pm  

Almost certainly Dutchman. Everyone I know called the Barras House the Bolshi. I think it's gone now. Cheers
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Greg
Coventry
6 of 9  Fri 2nd Mar 2012 7:33pm  

On 2nd Mar 2012 7:28pm, Adrian said: Almost certainly Dutchman. Everyone I know called the Barras House the Bolshi.I think its gone now. Cheers
Along with the old Stoke Heath Junior school, next to it, it has gone and is now covered in flats and houses.
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scrutiny
coventry
7 of 9  Sat 3rd Mar 2012 9:12am  

Lol, never knew the Barras was called the Bolshi. My mate used to live in Pinners Croft and I used the Heath to repair my car on (Ford Pop). Didn't drink much but fancied one after working on the car and bought my first pint in the Barras when I was 17, 1965. Also the Morris common which I used to run round between 2-4 times in training for cross country runs for Freddie's. It is the only common I know up there that is why I asked for where it was situated. Thumbs up
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coundon12
Canada
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8 of 9  Mon 5th Mar 2012 9:54pm  

Hi, It was called The Bolshi prior to 1964.
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IslandCafe
Plymouth, Devon
9 of 9  Tue 6th Mar 2012 11:34am  

The "Bolshi" was always known by that name in the 1930's. I have always understood that it got that name from its popularity with the Bolsheviks (which later became the communist party I believe) that used to meet there to discuss their politics. Oh my Alan
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