Dog and Trumpet, Hertford Street

These premises have been known by different names during their history:FROMTONAME
19731977Bier Keller
19772010Dog and Trumpet
20102013Bier Keller
20132016Dog
On Thursday 15th September 1977 the Bier Keller became the Dog and Trumpet until 21st August 2010 when it reverted to its previous name. In 1982 it was reported that it was once a free-house, now part of Arden Tavern's chain, with live music most nights. In 1985 it was 'an ex-beer kellar which now sells the largest range of real ales in Coventry. A large single bar with some good old photos on the walls. A disco most nights, it is better for drinking at lunchtimes'.

The dog and trumpet was the trademark of HMV (His Master's Voice). The company was known as 'The Gramophone Company' until 1909, when it first made use of the famous picture showing a dog called Nipper, a fox terrier, listening to the voice of his master coming from a gramophone horn. The original painting by Francis Barraud hangs in the boardroom of EMI records.

LICENSEES:

1984 Ken Brown (see also at General Wolfe and Browns)
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