fernandopartridge
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I must say the nostalgia for the post war Broadgate is bizarre. Even with the greenery it looked the epitome of dreadful socialist architecture. Not a patch on the beautiful city it replaced.
Things you miss most about the 'old' Coventry? (8 Viewers)
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dutchman
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That's true but how many of us remember what came before it? I had never even heard of Smithford Street until a few years ago. (For the uninitiated it followed a line roughly where the upper and lower precincts are today).
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skybluedan
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Remember the women from the parsons nose with the mole on her face ? When I was younger I always thought it was gonna fall in me chips, she was lovely though , and think it was her son who used to write the chips super fast
B-Ban-Boogie
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This place for a Pork and Stuffing batch after the Pink Parrot!!.... hmmmm
Otis
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Well yep, but that is all I remember. I wasn't around when it was more beautiful.
I just don't like the stone instead of the grass around the Godiva statue.
Otis
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Mr. Porky walked in there, there would be no room for any other customers.This place for a Pork and Stuffing batch after the Pink Parrot!!.... hmmmm
Pipehitterz
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Same dude that had shambles has similar place near where the Bird cage was, near heat
Pipehitterz
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Behind Godiva I used to remember a a bunch of glued up punks sitting in the moat / bomb holes .
Used to scare the shit out of my pre 10 self
Used to scare the shit out of my pre 10 self
Nick
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Houchens Head
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Not wishing to be picky, but the chess board was outside Davies's sports shop. Also, the toy shop next door to the Locarno (now the library) was Barnabys.
Just sayin' like.
Houchens Head
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Wondered how long it would be before my old shop was mentioned!
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Houchens Head
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I have something like 920 pics of old Cov. If there's something anyone wants to see, let me know and I'll see if I've got something. Also got around 280 pics of Cov pubs (past & present). I know, I'm a saddo, but it's a part of history! :happy:
skybluedan
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You know a lot about the history of cov mate? Remember a butchers somewhere called botterills anywhere mate? 70s like
skybluedan
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This place for a Pork and Stuffing batch after the Pink Parrot!!.... hmmmm
My friend lived a few doors away from the woman who owned it, and she used to cook the pork at home and put all the grease and shit in her blag bags , fuckn stunk it did. Great pork rolls though
skybluedan
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I don't think I could get away with this nowadays:
Nick. Did you have a naf naf jacket as well
Nick
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dutchman
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Actually it was midway between the shop and the library:
"Barnbys"
Captain Dart
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You need to speak to Deano. I'm not sure but I think he runs this twitter feed.
https://twitter.com/OldCoventry
I'll see if I can find out.. laters
rondog1973
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Spin-a-disc in the lower precinct was my favourite record shop.
skybluedan
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Omg you were so coolOnly wore it with these:
Shambles?
Pipehitterz
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Holy jesusOnly wore it with these:
chiefdave
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Was about to post the same!
Gazolba
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If we are talking about shops that are missed, how about Owen Owen (bought most of my shirts there in the 60's since my Mum worked there and I got a discount), C&A (good clothing shop), Woolworths, Davies (bought all my badminton racquets there), Swifts (all my Dinky toys), Halfords (anything for my bike), Frettons (my Lambretta scooter). Many other good stores were in the city centre in the 60's/70's.
Sky_Blue_Daz
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Fair enough fellaNot wishing to be picky, but the chess board was outside Davies's sports shop. Also, the toy shop next door to the Locarno (now the library) was Barnabys.
Just sayin' like.
Sky_Blue_Daz
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Who had global hypercolour t shirts ?
Nick
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yeah, or wellesbourne ha
Houchens Head
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I can't think of a butchers named Botterill, but a bit of research done and I've found a Botterills butcher that used to be in Bedworth, but we're talking early 20th century.
Houchens Head
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Ya picky bugga Dutch! :happy:Actually it was midway between the shop and the library:
"Barnbys"
By the way, here's a clipping about Barnby's (spelt right this time!
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dutchman
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Ya picky bugga Dutch! :happy:
By the way, here's a clipping about Barnby's (spelt right this time!
Good find Houch
Interesting also to see Barnbys' old location shown on the map. Here it is in 1953, you can just about make out the name above the windows:
Houchens Head
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Looks like that was taken from the spire of St John's church at the bottom of Hill St. I remember the No 5 & 6 buses used to travel up and down Hill St, before the ring road cut it off. I used to walk down there from my house in Holyhead Rd into town.Good find Houch
Interesting also to see Barnbys' old location shown on the map. Here it is in 1953, you can just about make out the name above the windows:
dutchman
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That's no coincidence, this is a delegation from Stalingrad visiting the Precinct in 1955:
Pig in the middle on Far Gosford St on the way to Highfield Rd for a pork, stuffing and apple sauce batch, going back on the way home and waiting for The Pink to arrive in the newsagent next door, anyone remember the name of the sports shop near the rocket that only used to let 2 in at a time?