Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
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Thu 26th Nov 2020 10:40am
Neil ,
It was farther back than that picture, it was just under the bridge in later years, the boards about ten feet high, next to the Empire. |
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Kings Head Hotel, Broadgate
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
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Fri 27th Nov 2020 10:46am
Neils yard
If you look on post 281, Hertford Street topic, you will see the Kings Head rubbish.
If you look on 26 and 41 of Kings Head topic you will see the reception desk. Maybe you can enlarge it and tell us all what you see. I certainly don't have the know-how. Hope it helps. |
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NeilsYard
Coventry
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Fri 27th Nov 2020 10:49am
Thanks Kaga - although those interior shots (the only ones I am aware of that exist) are of the 1st floor not the reception.
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
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Fri 27th Nov 2020 4:55pm
NeilsYard,
It shows you both shots, ground floor and 1st floor, and nowhere can you see a bell. |
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NeilsYard
Coventry
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Fri 27th Nov 2020 5:25pm
As per Helen's comments and the capture of the stairwell in the back - if you look at Blitz damage images you can see the stairwell was standing towards the rear of the hotel. I don't think the ad Anne found was the reception, Kaga - much as I'd love to see it. |
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Kings Head Hotel, Broadgate
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scrutiny
coventry
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Fri 27th Nov 2020 5:43pm
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NeilsYard
Coventry
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Mon 30th Nov 2020 10:03am
Great find scrutiny Where did you get that from? Sounded like a lovely evening. What's that first 'Artist' listed as? |
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
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Mon 30th Nov 2020 10:08am
It looks like " George Jennings - - Bass". Perhaps a big man with a very deep voice? |
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Kings Head Hotel, Broadgate
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scrutiny
coventry
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Mon 30th Nov 2020 10:24am
He might play the bass? And for Neil lot 628 is very diverse with what is in it. |
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NeilsYard
Coventry
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Mon 30th Nov 2020 11:30am
Brill! Well done |
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Kings Head Hotel, Broadgate
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moriarty
allesley park coventry
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Mon 30th Nov 2020 12:16pm
If you have very feint pencil or ink on the back of a photo you can sometimes read it under ultra violet light. You can get a really powerful torch off eBay for a couple of quid. It also helps on old deeds etc. |
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Garbett
Coventry
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Mon 30th Nov 2020 12:16pm
Very interesting
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scrutiny
coventry
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Mon 30th Nov 2020 3:10pm
Thanks moriarty, I'll try it |
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NeilsYard
Coventry
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Tue 8th Dec 2020 11:15am
Today's cracker from my recently donated clippings! It's 1934 and this is one of the cellars underneath The Kings Head. Its brick, so the clipping states, approx 17th century. I think the hotel was first recorded in 1703. The cellars were all filled in apparently post-blitz.
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Kings Head Hotel, Broadgate
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
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Sun 13th Dec 2020 11:07am
NeilsYard,
May I make a suggestion? Before the hotel, it had been a horse and coach place, the first real taxi service in Coventry - it may have held in the region of a dozen horses in the stables. This looks like an oat/corn feed vault, about the right size. There are no signs of wine/barrel racks, nor a sign of thralls for butter and cheese, so that would be my guess. |
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Kings Head Hotel, Broadgate
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