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NeilsYard
Coventry
46 of 192  Sun 25th Sep 2016 3:26pm  

Sad image of West Orchard showing the total devastation - I think that's looking toward the Owens building but is that the remains of The Talbot Inn as previously posted above on the corner? Actually probably not as I think it's a little further back from Cross Cheaping. Link to www.alamy.com
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NeilsYard
Coventry
47 of 192  Mon 26th Sep 2016 6:29pm  

With thanks to Andrea Aitken - this is her great great grandfather's shop - Gibney's Boot/Shoe Repairers which he owned from 1890 to about 1910.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
48 of 192  Mon 26th Sep 2016 6:29pm  

And looking down towards St John's during the great flood of Coventry, Dec 1900/Jan 1901 - Gibneys on the corner with The City Arms opposite Thumbs up
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Midland Red

49 of 192  Mon 26th Sep 2016 6:42pm  

"Shoe Hospital"! Wonderful Cheers
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Helen F
Warrington
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50 of 192  Sat 1st Oct 2016 9:27pm  

That's a cracker of a picture Neilsyard.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
51 of 192  Sat 1st Oct 2016 9:44pm  

Agreed Helen Big grin I love sharing great unseen images I find of lovely old Cov. The clarity of detail is amazing. You can read all the ads! 'Sewn work repaired with Kenilworth Butt Leather" - whatever that is!! Big grin PS. Just looked it up - The Butt - it is the thickest and strongest part of the hide, and considered the best cut for firmer items such as belts. Thumbs up
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Osmiroid
UK
52 of 192  Sat 1st Oct 2016 10:29pm  

Companies such as Middlemores used it, I wonder if theirs was from Kenilworth?
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dutchman
Spon End
53 of 192  Sat 1st Oct 2016 10:34pm  

After being absorbed by the neighbouring Co-Op, Gibney's moved to Hill Street where it was one of the few buildings to survive the bombing:
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pixrobin
Canley
54 of 192  Sun 2nd Oct 2016 12:09am  

An extract of the chapter relating to 1913 from the 'Jubilee History' Coventry Perseverance Co-operative Society: Of a much more important character was a third recommendation. It was to purchase the comer premises adjoining the Central Stores, known as the boot repairing establishment of "The Wonderful Gibney", having a frontage to Fleet Street of 30 feet and to West Orchard of 45 feet. By the purchase the society would become the owners of an extensive comer block. The price, £3,500, included goodwill, machinery, fittings, and fixtures. The matter was discussed, and not all the members were at first agreed, the price appearing to be rather "stiff", but it was pointed out that the site was an important one, and that good positions had to be paid for. This was really the key of a commanding position, and would facilitate the maturing of plans for a complete range of premises of a striking character. The purchase was confirmed. These premises, after being retained for a short time as a boot repairing shop, have been replaced by a handsome stone building surmounted by a dome, with internal fittings of the most modern style, and devoted to men's tailoring and outfitting departments. The book is available for free download from https://archive.org/details/jubileehistory1800cove
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NeilsYard
Coventry
55 of 192  Sun 2nd Oct 2016 1:43am  

Do you know whereabouts in Hill Street that was Dutchman?
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dutchman
Spon End
56 of 192  Sun 2nd Oct 2016 2:17am  

Right at the bottom NeilsYard, between Bond Street and the temporary shops.
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mcsporran
Coventry & Cebu
57 of 192  Mon 7th Nov 2016 4:30pm  

There's an earlier mention of the Central Stores in this thread so I'm posting this cover of John Bull magazine from 1951 which shows the Godiva procession passing said establishment.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
58 of 192  Wed 23rd Nov 2016 3:42am  

Not entirely sure where this stood as there's few images of any kind of the original West Orchard.
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
59 of 192  Wed 23rd Nov 2016 10:47am  

This looks like the same building, Neil. From The Coventry Perseverance Co-operative Society Jubilee History 1867-1917. It says the recently erected property in West Orchard, which the society bought in 1904 of Messrs Laxon and Son, bacon and cheese factors, required comparatively little alteration to make it fit for a central warehouse.
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Helen F
Warrington
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60 of 192  Wed 23rd Nov 2016 1:45pm  

I think it was on the west side of the north south section of West Orchard. The photographer would have been at the corner of the east west stretch.
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