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Prof
Gloucester
31 of 93  Wed 18th Jul 2018 10:30am  

Looks as if TS initials are for Thomas Sharp then, Annewiggy.
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
32 of 93  Wed 18th Jul 2018 4:14pm  

The proposed building was in "Tudor Style" faced in stone and decorated with bay windows, turrets, and a clock tower.
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Helen F
Warrington
33 of 93  Wed 18th Jul 2018 6:59pm  

The police station doesn't look like it was there in its stone format on the 1850 map although there was a police station about half way along St Mary's Street or Half Moon Lane as it was called then. It looks like it was brick (although it could be a skin on an older building). On the Fire Insurance maps it says that it was 'Under construction July 1897'. Probably later than we expected? There's a rather nice sketch of it in the library (search - police Mary). There have been changes since then, including a new storey but that might have been post bombing.
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
34 of 93  Thu 19th Jul 2018 10:56am  

But tell me, what did the hundreds of working men think of the building in 1920? What did the returning soldiers think of the expense of the building when they could hardly get a penny for their injured state that stopped them working? In the 1950's we did not have this great forum, or anything like it, there was little information out there, so I asked my grandad. I believe for a time it was called the Tudor House, and people liked that, it was in harmony with its surroundings but they feared in the long run they would have to pay for it. I also think there were some demonstrations by ex-soldiers but I could be wrong about what he told me (memory).
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Helen F
Warrington
35 of 93  Thu 19th Jul 2018 11:27am  

They think what we all think, that the latest council spendathon is an overambitious waste of money when we can least afford it. Then 50 years later they or their kids are outraged that the council wants to update it or worse, knock it down and start again.
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Prof
Gloucester
36 of 93  Thu 19th Jul 2018 1:48pm  

I am of the persuasion that the Council House is an adornment to Coventry, so let us hope, if the University take it over, they will respect and value it as a statement of its time, just on the turn of the new century. With the other council buildings in St Mary's Hall it is something worth keeping.
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Midland Red

37 of 93  Thu 19th Jul 2018 3:30pm  

I'm reminded of the old "joke" - which would probably now be outlawed - of the immigrant from the sub-continent newly arrived by coach into Pool Meadow, walking up Priory Street into Bayley Lane and on into Earl Street. He asked a passer-by what the large building was. "Council House" came the reply. "Good grief! I've got my name down for one of those!" Wink
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
38 of 93  Thu 19th Jul 2018 5:31pm  

NeilsYard, it really gripes me when things can be sold, when really the people of the city paid for them with higher rates, and in this case mostly the men from the WWI.
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Prof
Gloucester
39 of 93  Sun 29th Jul 2018 2:12am  

Here is a view of Cathedral in 1919 with the caption "To the left of the picture is a collection of towers from an unidentified building. At the time the picture was taken the First World War had just finished." In my opinion these 'unidentified towers' could be the Council House from the photographer's stance. The spire then would be Christ Church in the distance.
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Prof
Gloucester
40 of 93  Mon 30th Jul 2018 9:21am  

On 9th Apr 2017 12:11pm, Midland Red said:
Superb photos with the bridge gone at last!!
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pixrobin
Canley
41 of 93  Tue 31st Jul 2018 3:22pm  

This is the view today of the replacement window where the bridge had slotted in.
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heathite
Coventry
42 of 93  Tue 31st Jul 2018 4:15pm  

A pic without the window, after the bridge removal.
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Slim
Another Coventry kid
43 of 93  Tue 31st Jul 2018 9:42pm  

IMHO, it looks far better without the bridge. The "Civic 3" was built in the seventies, immediately after the council tower block in Much Park St. (William Moss were the main contractors for both projects). It is beyond me what the planners were thinking of. That bridge was just not in keeping with the Council House's architecture, and, shades of Prince Charles, stuck out like a carbuncle on the backside of humanity. It was plonked on like an afterthought. It wasn't level, and was at an odd skewed angle. It was clad in panels that looked like scrapped metal sheets with a lick of brown paint. I don't wish to labour the point, but it was an insult to normal human beings. The sooner the new window frame stonework weathers to blend in with the rest of the building, thus eradicating all trace of that accursed bridge, the better. Wink I daresay some will not share my opinion. Lol
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Prof
Gloucester
44 of 93  Wed 1st Aug 2018 6:15pm  

Well Slim I certainly do. A fine building like the Council House treated by planners/Council in such a way is appalling, and all to keep them dry when it was raining!
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Slim
Another Coventry kid
45 of 93  Wed 1st Aug 2018 9:37pm  

There is an error in my previous post. I said "like an afterthought". Of course, it was an afterthought.
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