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Tue 10th Oct 2017 7:25am
10th Oct 1971
The legendary Deep Purple play at the Coventry Theatre for the second time as part of their 'In Rock' world tour. |
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Tue 10th Oct 2017 7:29am
Telegraph photos taken on 10th October |
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Wed 11th Oct 2017 7:23am
11th Oct 1944
Official wartime statistics were released on this day giving details of Coventry's air raids. They showed that in the first concentrated attack on the night of November 14-15th 1940, the Luftwaffe, in 12 hours, dropped 1,200 high explosives, approximately 50,000 incendiaries and 50 parachute mines, this being the first known occasion that parachute mines were used against Britain. People known to have been killed in all raids on the city totalled 1,252, while 1,859 were injured. |
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Wed 11th Oct 2017 7:59am
Telegraph photos taken on 11th October
(Hardly worth bothering with ) |
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Thu 12th Oct 2017 7:26am
12th Oct 1940
Coventry city centre's first heavy raid involving a mixture of incendiaries and high explosives. |
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Thu 12th Oct 2017 8:04am
Telegraph photos taken on 12th October |
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Fri 13th Oct 2017 7:21am
13th Oct 1982
Shirley Bassey arrives at Coventry Theatre for two nights, staying in the dressing room specially prepared for her on her previous visit. |
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Fri 13th Oct 2017 7:30am
Telegraph photos taken on 13th October |
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Sat 14th Oct 2017 7:58am
Telegraph photos taken on 14th October |
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Sat 14th Oct 2017 9:23am
14th Oct 1940
Ford's Hospital struck by a single bomb which killed the warden, a nurse and six residents.
14th Oct 1972
Sky Blues legend Tommy Hutchison makes his debut against Manchester City. |
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Sat 14th Oct 2017 9:52am
14th October 1994. The new Pool Meadow bus station opens. |
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Sun 15th Oct 2017 7:53am
Telegraph photos taken on 15th October |
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Sun 15th Oct 2017 10:00am
15th Oct 1850
A huge beech tree was moved from next to Warwick Road (where the Quadrant now stands) to the London Road Cemetery. |
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Mon 16th Oct 2017 7:23am
16th Oct 1940
26 year old Airman, Squadron Leader J. A. Davies, crashed his Hurricane in a field in Whitley after clipping his starboard wing on the cable of a barrage balloon at Cheylesmore. |
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Mon 16th Oct 2017 7:41am
Telegraph photos taken on 16th October |
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