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Earlsdon Kid
Argyll & Bute, Scotland
31 of 88  Fri 27th Jul 2018 8:07pm  

Yes it was, Prof, but I didn't know the location until after I'd first posted the picture!
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Prof
Gloucester
32 of 88  Fri 27th Jul 2018 8:23pm  

My post 22. But I made the mistake, forgetting that this Peeping Tom from the bottom Hertford St originally now faces down Hertford St, and not across Broadgate. Here is the proof. See post 9 Midland Red for image.
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Prof
Gloucester
33 of 88  Fri 17th Aug 2018 10:35pm  

David McGrory suggests in 'Coventry a History & Celebration' that the ancient oak figure of Peeping Tom (now in Cathedral Lanes) is a likely representation of St. George and that it came most probably from St Mary's Priory. However joined onto Gosford Gate was the Chapel of St George, and it seems to me more likely that it was kept in that Chapel and brought out for Processions and maybe even the Mystery Plays though they were based on the Bible stories.
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Helen F
Warrington
34 of 88  Fri 17th Aug 2018 10:45pm  

When you see his full body he has the armour and bow legs of someone missing his horse.
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Prof
Gloucester
35 of 88  Sat 18th Aug 2018 1:01pm  

Yes, I feel sure St George would have been on his horse originally and the arms were cut off to make 'Tom' fit the window aperture!
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Helen F
Warrington
36 of 88  Sat 18th Aug 2018 1:18pm  

Maybe something similar to this.
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
37 of 88  Sun 19th Aug 2018 11:16am  

It's a pity Lady Godiva didn't ride down Pepper Lane, Peeping Tom could have shaken her hand. Thumbs up
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Midland Red

38 of 88  Thu 23rd Aug 2018 12:28pm  

This ain't "Tom"! Post copied from topic Council House on 24th Aug 2018 11:37 am
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Midland Red

39 of 88  Fri 24th Aug 2018 11:36am  

On 24th Aug 2018 10:51am, Annewiggy said: I came across this site which says it is Peeping Tom, even if it is misspelt as Pepping Tom! Coventry Society
So, it is Tom! Well found, Annewiggy Thumbs up Post copied from topic Council House on 24th Aug 2018 11:43 am
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Prof
Gloucester
40 of 88  Tue 21st Sep 2021 8:45pm  

Colour pc by Collywobbles
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Harrier
Coventry
41 of 88  Wed 22nd Sep 2021 12:28pm  

Coventry Godiva Harriers was formed in 1879 and one of the first resolutions passed by the new committee was 'that the club adopt the image of Lady Godiva as the club badge'. Fast forward 15 years... following a serious split in membership following the committee's decision not to enter Championship races for financial reasons, a new club was formed called the Coventry Harriers, which took away most members and officials from Godiva. One of the first resolutions passed by the new committee was 'that the club adopt the image of Peeping Tom as the club badge'. A nice piece of historical symmetry? The Coventry Harriers' badge was woven in silk by Thomas Stevens and Sons. It was his 1893 version and not the earlier WH Grant image which was slightly surprising because Grant [future Coventry Mayor] was a life vice-president of the Godiva club, although Stevens' managing director, Hill, also had strong connections with the Godivas. There is a Coventry Harriers vest on display in the Herbert, donated by W Ward's daughter. The long sleeved vest is a burgundy colour, the colour adopted by Godiva Harriers in the early 1900s when the two rival clubs reunited. The new Godiva vest replaced the old striped brown and cream one which led to the club being derogatorily referred to as the 'Zebras' in the early years of the separation! Another interesting coincidence (??) was the fact that the WH Grant weaving sheds in Livingstone Road were still being used by NP Aerospace who were the Godiva club road race sponsors around 2000. The Stevens 'Peeping Tom' is looking the other way to Prof's image above!!!!
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
42 of 88  Tue 15th Feb 2022 3:27pm  

On 15th Feb 2022 10:48am, NeilsYard said: I think this is a still from a wartime/post-war film, but it shows nicely the lovely buildings that survived the incendiaries.
I loved that one Neil, wasn't there a Peeping Tom looking out from somewhere down there? Thumbs up Post copied from topic Bishop Street on 23rd Feb 2022 7:23 pm
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Helen F
Warrington
43 of 88  Tue 15th Feb 2022 4:58pm  

He was down near the bottom of Bishop Street, on the left of the road. Even while he was there he was hard to see from the ends of the street. He was set in a small dormer window in the roof of a small two storey building. Post copied from topic Bishop Street on 23rd Feb 2022 7:13 pm
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NeilsYard
Coventry
44 of 88  Wed 23rd Feb 2022 9:44am  

Look who I've found!
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
45 of 88  Wed 23rd Feb 2022 11:47am  

Mr T M Freeman commissioned the statue in 1934 by local sculptors Ormerod Brothers in stone and was placed in the premises of Mr R J Cree in Bishop Street. It was later in the garden of Mr Freeman's son in Warwick New Road in Leamington. It was sold at auction in 2007 and remained in storage until the owner placed it in the bar of his pub "The Rainbow Inn" Allesley. I am trying to find if it is still there. Mr Freeman and the statue in his garden
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