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dutchman
Spon End
1 of 88  Wed 8th Feb 2012 10:05pm  

For many years he was in the Leofric but is not there now.
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dutchman
Spon End
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2 of 88  Wed 8th Feb 2012 11:01pm  

He moved around quite a bit but sometimes needed a bit of help from his drinking pals Smile
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Midland Red

3 of 88  Thu 9th Feb 2012 7:11am  

Last time I saw him, he was inside Cathedral Lanes Thumbs up
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scrutiny
coventry
4 of 88  Mon 4th Jun 2012 1:10pm  

Here is another "Peeping Tom" from Colin. Can anyone clarify where it is or was?
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dutchman
Spon End
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5 of 88  Mon 4th Jun 2012 2:58pm  

King's Head Hotel, corner of Smithford Street and Hertford Street, approximately where Broadgate House is today.
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scrutiny
coventry
6 of 88  Mon 4th Jun 2012 3:28pm  

Wow, you are good. This place then. Pic from Colin Cheers
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dutchman
Spon End
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7 of 88  Mon 4th Jun 2012 3:35pm  

Yes, a later version of the hotel with Peeping Tom occupying a fancier window opening on the corner.
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anne
coventry
8 of 88  Mon 4th Jun 2012 4:18pm  

I'm convinced there used to be a Peeping Tom looking over the newly built Hertford Street from Broadgate House in the 60's - have I got a mixed up memory? Wave
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Midland Red

9 of 88  Thu 16th May 2013 9:38pm  

There's this one in Hertford Street Oh my
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dutchman
Spon End
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10 of 88  Thu 16th May 2013 11:07pm  

That looks like the one from the pub of the same name which was at the bottom of Hertford Street? Pictures of Coventry
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woodford
coventry
11 of 88  Sun 19th May 2013 7:47pm  

On 16th May 2013 9:38pm, Midland Red said: There's this one in Hertford Street Oh my
That's the one - thankyou, Midland Red Wave
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NeilsYard
Coventry
12 of 88  Fri 14th Oct 2016 6:19pm  

Does anyone know the origins of all these Toms?!? The one that was on the Kings Head looked left but the one that was at the bottom of Hertford Street (is that the same one that's in Cliff's photo?) looks right?
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
13 of 88  Fri 14th Oct 2016 9:06pm  

This is another one I have not seen before. From Coventry Telegraph November 1940 courtesy of British Newspaper Archive. I don't recognise the building you can see, it looks like a roof top.
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Derrickarthur
Coventry
14 of 88  Fri 14th Oct 2016 10:31pm  

I took this photo in October 2014 in the bar of The Rainbow Inn in Allesley village.
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
15 of 88  Sat 15th Oct 2016 10:47am  

Thanks for that Derrickarthur. Found a bit of information on t'internet. The statue was commissioned in 1934 by the late Tom Freeman who was unhappy with the sculptures in the city. He asked local sculptures the Ormerod Brothers to make it. It says the bust's first home was in a gable window at what was then a sweet shop in Bishop Street but I haven't as yet been able to find a picture of a Bishop Street shop with a gable. Although it survived the bombing as per the newspaper article the Freemans were bombed out of the shop so it was taken away by Mr Freeman's son and used it as a garden ornament in Warwick. They auctioned it off in 2007 and was bought by the Dosanjhs of the Rainbow Inn. Another article says that this was the youngest of 5 Peeping Toms.
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