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| How many people know the Wyken Pippin? No not the public house the apple tree. Reading a book "The Apples of England" by H.V. Taylor, I was fascinated to learn that the Wyken Pippin is not merely the name of a public house but of an apple tree which had its origin from seed saved from an apple which Lord Craven ate on his travels from France to Holland, and which was planted at Wyken, near Coventry. It was, apparently, introduced about 1720, and the original tree was still in existence in 1827. It is co -parent with Cox's Orange Pippin of the famous Laxton's Superb. It is described as "a valuable and delicious dessert apple of the first quality." Are there still Wyken Pippins growing at Wyken? There ought to be. Taken from Warwickshire Notebook, Coventry Standard 9th November 1956 |
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| Customers at the Wyken Pippin public house in Coventry were yesterday enjoying meals in the new �23,000 licensed restaurant.Nine month's work by builders has transformed the old rooms of the public house into a restaurant which will seat 93 people.Reconstruction work cost �18,000 and furnishings another �5,000 in part of Phipps brewery's drive to establish four licensed restaurants in their public houses in Coventry. The modern styled interior is dominated by a 17ft long fibre glass mural which depicts the discovery in the 18th century of the apple from which the house takes its name. Doors lead from the restaurant out to a terrace on which diners will be able to take coffee during spells of good weather.The Wyken Pippin is the first public house which the brewery is developing in Coventry and plans are being made to develop the Phoenix at Whoberly on similar lines. A staff of eighteen will work in the new restaurant Taken from The Coventry Evening Telegraph 1966 |
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