The Definitive Guide to the History of
Pubs and Beerhouses in Coventry

Drinking in an Old English Town

Oz, 21b Cross Cheaping

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1967	1985	Mercia
	1985		Oz
	1986	1992	Nobby's Place
	1993	1995	Cask and Bottle
	1999	2002	Bar Zest
In July 1984 disco nights were run by someone known as "Oz at the Mercia", which is possibly what led to the next change of name. A Coventry Evening Telegraph article of 18th November 1985 describes violence at the Burges, including windows getting smashed at the Oz nightclub.