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Site of The Coach & Horses	Picture Source:  T C
The Coach & Horses was situated at 25-29 Chiswick High Road.. This pub closed in 1992 and was demolished c2012 to be replaced by the facsimile building shown in the above photograph.
My dad, Bob Walker, owned White City Plastering Contractors. He created the interior of the pub and the coach outside. I worked on it with him in my holidays. There was a large chain hanging down into the water below. The chain, like most of the interior, was made of fibrous plaster. Which came as a bit of a surprise for the person who tried to climb down it! Dad is still alive and is100 this December, 2022.
Rob Walker (December 2022)
I remember this pub as Nacho's Mexican restaurant when I lived in Chiswick in the late 90's. The restaurant was upstairs and the basement was used as a club at weekends and attracted a younger crowd than my group of friends. In 1997, the basement was taken over on a Tuesday night by local musician Tim Whittaker who ran a series of musical events in different West London pubs under the banner, 'Acoustic Revolution' (including The John Bull at Gunnersbury, Fouberts Wine Bar on Chiswick High Road, The White Hart on King Street and The Central Bar at Acton Railway Station at various times over the following two years). It was a great night of music and a good place to hang out. There were guest performers and a headline act but not like these 'open mic' events of today, this was a far slicker and more professional operation. Thanks for clearing up a mystery surrounding the rebuild. I went back to Chiswick in 2012 for the first time in 12 years and was shocked to see that the building had been demolished. Fast forward two years later and I thought my memory was playing tricks with me because it seemed to have reappeared!
Callum Duff (December 2023)
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Name	Dates	Comments
Ann Clarke	1972/1973	I liked this pub and visited with a friend in the 1970's when I lived in London. I remember it had a life sized coach on the balcony outside which was lit up and a stream going through the pub. Such a shame it is now closed. On one occasion I visited the pub with a friend and Tommy Cooper was sat yards from us and my friend asked him for his autograph! such good memories!
Pat Kirby	1970s	Played there for a few years in an Organ & Drums Duo. As part of the deal we got a free meal and a few beers each night! Lots of celebs drank there as it was fairly close to the BBC. The Manager was an ex-cop called John, followed by a chap called Wilf. Lots of Aussie staff worked there.
Barbara Denham	1974/1975	This was the first pub my ‘boyfriend ‘ now husband of nearly 47 years. Took me on our first date . Loved it , great atmosphere . Never been to a pub with a stream through it . Amazing .
Debbie Stafford	1973/1977	My ex husband (Jim) and I used to go to the Coach and Horses for a drink/meal often, he lived local in Chiswick we loved the C&H,