Coventry Bakers and Bakeries

Application status decision yesterday: WITHDRAWN

I remember Pails, 'cos I was born in Sir Thomas White's Rd. Its sad to think its gone. We also used to have a butchers (in STWR), but I can't think of the name. Anyone else? Ta, JC

I suspect it will be resubmitted in a scaled-down form.

Was that on the corner of Abercorn Road where the off-license is today? I couldn't even remember the butchers in Craven Street and Iived there for over seven years!

Jack Marshall ?

Hi, Thanks for that and as always remarkably quick. How could I forget Marshalls? The shop on the corner of STWR was always called Wardies. It was owned by a Mr. Ward of course. Ta, JC

Hi all I am looking for some old photos of Foleshill Road and the bakery called Mick the Baker's and wondering if anyone can help me. My father now in his 80's is not in the best of health and I would like to cheer him up finding some pics of the old days. I know he had the bakery in the 70's through to the early 90's. I know this is a long shot but I hope someone out there can help. Thank you, Mike.

Any idea of the building number or the approximate location?

Hi I used to see the horse & cart of Laurels bakery trotting around Foleshill.

Plans to restore historic Pails Bakery

Typically sloppy captioning by the Telegraph staff The large building behind the group photograph is the Baptist Sunday School in Lord Street, nothing to do with the bakery. I've no idea where the picture of the white horse was taken but it looks nothing like Craven Street. Update: it was taken in Thomas Street where the business originated. It didn't move to Craven Street until 1908, ten years after Alfred Hugh Pails bought it from his employer. The current building of course isn't anything like as old as that.

Garners were both butchers (pork specialists) and bakers (bakery located at rear of Gosford St) they also had branches in Broad Street, Walsgrave Rd and Spon End. The open topped pies were called "savouries" and were developed by Charlie Maine (Harry Garner's brother-in-law) during the war to cut down on pastry due to rationing, they were that popular they went on to be the best seller right until the last branch shut in Spon End in 2006. I recall them being delivered in vast numbers to the local collieries in the 70s. Nice hot with a touch of brown sauce on the top.

Far Gosford Street, next to the archway entrance to Harnall Row. I often used to take a short cut home from school via All Saints Lane and Harnall Row and the smell in the archway from the bakery was overpowering.

Does anybody remember the BGH bakery? I believe it was somewhere down Melbourne Road, Earlsdon. As a Tile Hill kid I remember having to get the bus to Hearsall Common to fetch bread for the family, during one of the bakers' strikes back in the 60's.

Your reminiscences are fascinating, Dutchman. The city today must be nothing like the one you grew up in.