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Helen F
226 of 239  Thu 12th Jan 2023 4:05pm  
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NeilsYard
Coventry
228 of 239  Mon 16th Jan 2023 11:22am  

CliffB has done it again with this smashing 1939 shot of Hales Street including that rarely captured row next to the Smithfield, just pre-war and pre-destruction.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
229 of 239  Wed 19th Jul 2023 11:55am  

Not sure I like this idea as begs the question what will happen to the Hales Street site? BBC News
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
230 of 239  Thu 20th Jul 2023 10:13am  

Moving the Coventry Transport Museum away from Hales Street is an absolutely terrible idea. I had a good chat with Paul Maddocks the other day, who is "in the know" (and spent years working at the Transport Museum - please see his six super articles on Historic Coventry, beginning with Part 1), and whatever they do in the old IKEA building will not be anything like what we think of as a "museum". They will not retain all the staff or fund proper displays - gone will be all the wonderful features like the Blitz Experience, the Land Speed Record Simulator, the little educational cinemas - it will quite literally be like a huge car par full of old cars. People might walk by thinking "oh, very nice, another old car" without getting the full story that makes such a trip valuable or informative. In my experience, when people from outside Coventry come to visit, the first two major items they wish to see are the Cathedrals and the Transport Museum. I believe losing the museum to IKEA will be a tourist disaster for our city.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
231 of 239  Wed 22nd Nov 2023 11:59am  

I hadn't noticed that sign was a Delivery notice on earlier images of this old entrance. That road in later became the lead up to the old Motor Museum -
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lindatee2002
Virginia USA
232 of 239  Thu 23rd Nov 2023 1:02pm  

On 20th Jul 2023 10:13am, Rob Orland said: Moving the Coventry Transport Museum away from Hales Street is an absolutely terrible idea. I had a good chat with Paul Maddocks the other day, who is "in the know" (and spent years working at the Transport Museum - please see his six super articles on Historic Coventry, beginning with Part 1), and whatever they do in the old IKEA building will not be anything like what we think of as a "museum". They will not retain all the staff or fund proper displays - gone will be all the wonderful features like the Blitz Experience, the Land Speed Record Simulator, the little educational cinemas - it will quite literally be like a huge car par full of old cars. People might walk by thinking "oh, very nice, another old car" without getting the full story that makes such a trip valuable or informative. When people from outside Coventry come to visit, the first two major items they wish to see are the Cathedrals and the Transport Museum. I believe losing the museum to IKEA will be a tourist disaster for our city.
You are so right, Rob, we loved those exhibits - especially the Blitz Experience. It's a vital part of Coventry history which involved all industries in the city. Visitors who are not from Cov. probably know a lot about the fantastic cars built there over the years but not too much about the WW11 experience.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
233 of 239  Wed 10th Apr 2024 4:22pm  

Another one as the RR is going in and could've added to several threads but adding here as you can see the Matterson's Plough Big grin
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NeilsYard
Coventry
234 of 239  Fri 13th Sep 2024 4:12pm  

To make sure we're back on thread topic - Rob - I had posted that other one before earlier in this thread! And another...........
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
235 of 239  Fri 13th Sep 2024 5:41pm  

Hey, no worries, Neil, all these topics link in with each other in some way - we can never properly separate them! Wink I wonder if we can date this one from any of the featured things.... the cars, the adverts - even sometimes the style of telegraph pole wiring and its insulators can suggest a particular era!
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NeilsYard
Coventry
236 of 239  Wed 23rd Oct 2024 11:33am  

A fabulous find from CliffB here -
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Helen F
Warrington
237 of 239  Wed 23rd Oct 2024 11:52am  

Nice one! According to the newspapers it looks like it might have been 1906?
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NeilsYard
Coventry
238 of 239  Wed 23rd Oct 2024 11:57am  

I can see Thomas Tullett listed as a 'China Dealer' in the 1912 directory.
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
239 of 239  Wed 23rd Oct 2024 12:37pm  

The Ruby Ring was in at the Opera House in 1906 Neil
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