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Prof Gloucester	766 of 984 Tue 16th Jun 2020 11:07am
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia	767 of 984 Tue 16th Jun 2020 12:26pm Lovely Prof. Whatever they found wrong with that I will never know. OK you can all call me old fashioned if you wish but I reckon Lady G enjoyed sitting in that position too.
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Prof Gloucester	768 of 984 Tue 16th Jun 2020 12:36pm I'm sure she did Dream! She was more prominent then with centre stage!
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Prof Gloucester	769 of 984 Fri 19th Jun 2020 9:04am My elder brother who had been a photographer in the RAF (it was one of his hobbies from teenage) took a photo exactly like this of the square in its pristine condition. If you look closely at the model of Godiva it is not the real thing as the details of the new statue had not then been revealed. I gave one of these originals to David McGrory so perhaps that's how it found its way to Cornucopia?
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NeilsYard Coventry	770 of 984 Wed 8th Jul 2020 11:46am I passed this on to Rob on FB but worth sharing here - 1974 and interesting as it shows the clearance of the temporary shops which revealed cellars of old below. I think this was also when Broadgate stopped being an island to drive around. Mods note: This post copied into the 'Coventry's wells' thread, together with subsequent conversations on that subject
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Helen F Warrington	771 of 984 Wed 8th Jul 2020 1:13pm There were excavations in Broadgate 1974/75. The gap between the temporary shops and... Was that when they landscaped it?
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NeilsYard Coventry	772 of 984 Wed 8th Jul 2020 1:43pm I think so Helen yes
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Helen F Warrington	773 of 984 Wed 8th Jul 2020 1:46pm There are a fair number of largish bushes and trees, even in the Precinct. I wonder if there was a bit of redistribution? That would explain why the landscaping looked so well established in later photos?
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NeilsYard Coventry	774 of 984 Wed 8th Jul 2020 2:09pm I think this one was not long after all the work was done including to stop Broadgate island becoming an island. You can just see the well too - I hadn't really noticed the 'Broadgate House' sign before either. Mods note: This post copied into the 'Coventry's wells' thread, together with subsequent conversations on that subject
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CKV 1D COVENTRY	775 of 984 Fri 10th Jul 2020 1:52pm On 8th Jul 2020 11:46am, NeilsYard said: I passed this on to Rob on FB but worth sharing here - 1974 and interesting as it shows the clearance of the temporary shops which revealed cellars of old below. I think this was also when Broadgate stopped being an island to drive around. I noticed this particular photo of Broadgate posted on one of the Coventry related Facebook groups and the person who posted the photo on there dated it as being taken in August 1975. It was actually in the following month towards the end of September (26th I think it was?) that the road in front of where the temporary shops once stood, was closed off to traffic for good and Broadgate was sadly an island no more!!!! (a similar thing happened a number of years back now in London's Trafalgar Square, as one side of that was closed off to all traffic and became pedestrianized!). Mods note: This post copied into the 'Coventry's wells' thread, together with subsequent conversations on that subject
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Prof Gloucester	776 of 984 Thu 16th Jul 2020 10:36pm A slightly different angle. Smithford Street not yet gone. 1953
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Rob Orland Historic Coventry	777 of 984 Tue 4th Aug 2020 6:38pm On 3rd Mar 2020 1:11am, harlechjoe said: Dear Forum Members, In the 19th century a stagecoach known as The Wonder travelled from Shrewsbury to London with staging posts to change its team of horses at an average interval of 10 miles that varied according to the horse power needed between each stage. At the beginning of July I am planning a bicycle ride to retrace the route of this stagecoach and my reason for writing is to ask members if they have knowledge of the coaching inn it may have stopped at in the Broadgate area of Coventry. I am aware that 3 coaching inns were located here. Does anyone know which one was the staging post for The Wonder and is there an archived photograph of that coaching inn? Thank you for reading my appeal - Joe Just to let you all know, Joe has now completed the first part of his stagecoach journey, and has supplied this link to his page describing his exploits.
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argon New Milton	778 of 984 Tue 4th Aug 2020 7:14pm Thanks Rob, interesting reading.
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex	779 of 984 Wed 5th Aug 2020 9:21am What a most interesting man, well put. He must watch the father and son names of Darwin and Dickens, they do get mixed up so, but good luck to his very interesting ride.
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Dougie Wigan	780 of 984 Wed 5th Aug 2020 11:02am Yes, interesting read as I've followed the road from Holyhead to Coventry and they would have to dismount the coach a good few times and walk up those big hills.
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