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Stub
Coventry
241 of 361  Tue 22nd Oct 2019 3:25pm  

Worked there in the early 70's, it was a satellite operation preping cars for new owners, main site was on Holbrook Lane
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Stub
Coventry
242 of 361  Tue 22nd Oct 2019 3:45pm  

Do you have pictures of Parkside Garage please, I served my apprenticeship there from '69 to '73, I've been searching for them when I came across this forum TIA Stuart B
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Midland Red

243 of 361  Tue 22nd Oct 2019 4:16pm  

Post #184 of this thread Thumbs up
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NeilsYard
Coventry
244 of 361  Thu 7th Nov 2019 9:57am  

Another shot of Gardners on Gulson Road - 60's perhaps? I think this is looking towards where what's called Gulson Lodge - part of the Uni - is today built on the garage site, Charterhouse Road on the right where the car is pulling out from.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
245 of 361  Mon 11th Nov 2019 10:28am  

There have a been a few mentions on this thread about the Coventry Garage. I was not familiar with it myself and a bit confused by this Ad as it was marked as just Holyhead Road but I can now see that it was an unusual structure on what we now call Lower Holyhead Road, near to the Spon Street Junction - thanks to the Ring Road. I thought it worth blowing up the photo as never seen a shot of it before - I think this is the same place NormK mentioned some time ago on the Demolition thread and he added this photo - Looked an impressive place!
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Midland Red

246 of 361  Mon 11th Nov 2019 12:09pm  

This is the site of Coventry Garage, Neil Thumbs up
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NormK
bulkington
247 of 361  Tue 12th Nov 2019 12:36pm  

Blimey MR, haven't been down there for years, the last I knew it was a car park.
Milly rules

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Midland Red

248 of 361  Tue 12th Nov 2019 1:28pm  

Believe it or not, Norm, that photo was taken in April 2010 Oh my
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Hector1
Coventry
249 of 361  Tue 12th Nov 2019 1:44pm  

In the early seventies I worked on the petrol forecourt at Priestley's Bridge Garage and my brother was one of the car sales team there. Priestley's Bridge Garage was part of the Coventry Garage Group and also sold new Rootes and Chrysler cars in addition to having a large selection of second hand vehicles. By the time I left in 1976 they were beginning to sell Mitsubishi vehicles. My manager was Gerhard Mueller, a fascinating and well liked chap who had been captured during the war and subsequently stayed on after the war's end. During the petrol shortage of 1973 ? I remember him putting out signs on the forecourt proclaiming 'Keine Benzine'. Happy times.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
250 of 361  Mon 2nd Dec 2019 12:20pm  

In the early 80's DeLorean had a UK office base in Coventry. I think I have commented on other threads that I also knew that Chrysler via Talbot etc. also did work for them with parts manufacturing. I seem to recall someone saying the UK Office was somewhere around Spire House on New Union Street but looking at the Telegraph image I cannot place it. You can see the spires, but - anyone?
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PeterB
Mount Nod
251 of 361  Mon 2nd Dec 2019 12:50pm  

NeilsYard, It looks like Christchurch House. That had curved corner offices and there can't have been many of those in Coventry. In addition to the spires I think I can also see the back of what is now Whitefriars Housing on Little Park Street. I could go in the wave and see if I could get the current view, but somebody has built a car park in the way! Peter.
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bohica
coventry
252 of 361  Mon 2nd Dec 2019 2:19pm  

Neil... "... was explained to the Telegraph by former DeLorean managing director Barrie Wills, who now lives in Meriden. He said: "The DeLorean production purchasing department was one of the first occupiers of Christchurch House in Coventry city centre." Source: Local Telegraph
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NeilsYard
Coventry
253 of 361  Mon 2nd Dec 2019 2:22pm  

Yes - thanks both. In this one it looks like they must have had the whole floor as that looks like New Union St -
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
254 of 361  Mon 2nd Dec 2019 7:49pm  

An article on Coventry Live from Yesterday about De Lorean
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
255 of 361  Tue 3rd Dec 2019 4:07am  

Thanks for that bit of info Anne, makes a change reading some fact instead of fiction these days in the newspapers. Puts my hubby's old 1936 BSA Scout to shame although I like to think that was the second female in his life. Lol Lol
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