The original Swanswell Tavern on the corner of Swanswell Street and Primrose Hill in 1910.

"A generation ago when the pool in Swanswell Park used to freeze solid, William Stanley, an enterprising landlord at the Swanswell Tavern, would serve sandwiches and home-brewed ale to skaters. 
"One particular hard winter in 1845, early in the day he'd walk over the ice to light a fire at the hut on the island in the centre of the pool. He'd sweep it clean and set out chairs and tables from the pub. There would be briskness in the inn too, with much roasting, boiling and baking in preparation for the needs of the many skaters and other who came to enjoy themselves on the ice. At night torches and lanterns would be lit and placed around the banks of the pool and on the island and there would be  skating under the soft light of the moon."
Bernard C Moore, the Mount Cheylesmore as printed in the Coventry Evening Telegraph.

McGuigans pub today.