Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia |
166 of 254
Sun 19th Nov 2017 1:12pm
Excellent one that one Neil. I remember the back of the Broomfield overlooked the backs of those cottages, or rather a grassy overgrown area looking at what is there now.
|
Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Spon End | |
Wearethemods
Aberdeenshire |
167 of 254
Mon 20th Nov 2017 11:22am
These buildings look partly demolished. Any idea of year Neil? I guess that's where the Bethel Church and Coventry Motor Sundries was built. Would I be right? |
Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Spon End | |
Helen F
Warrington |
168 of 254
Mon 20th Nov 2017 11:54am
Close. The chapel was built to the left of the picture, on the remains of the Cock Court. The Broomfield was built in the garden of the Inn. |
Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Spon End | |
NeilsYard
Coventry |
169 of 254
Mon 12th Mar 2018 2:34pm
|
Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Spon End | |
NeilsYard
Coventry |
170 of 254
Mon 28th May 2018 2:01am
Another smasher from the Bygone Spon End FB page -
|
Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Spon End | |
JohnnieWalker
Sanctuary Point, Australia |
171 of 254
Mon 28th May 2018 7:53am
Just look at all the people in those streets! These days, you wouldn't meet so many in a fortnight! No wonder people nowadays are scared stiff of strangers - we never meet any!
And kids safely and healthily walking or push-biking to school WITHOUT mummy or daddy to drive them there (in case they should encounter any strangers!). Whatever could their parents have been thinking? Shame on them!!
Economic progress (and particularly the private motor vehicle) has come at a terrible price!
Or am I just getting old?
OK - the question here is NOT "am I getting old".............................. Question True Blue Coventry Kid
|
Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Spon End | |
Annewiggy
Tamworth |
172 of 254
Mon 28th May 2018 10:29am
Every time I look at this picture I think that the lad in the coat with his hands in his pockets looks so much like my dad. He lived in Melbourne Road and was born in 1916 so if this picture is late 1920's it could well be him. |
Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Spon End | |
PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks |
173 of 254
Mon 28th May 2018 10:34am
Hi Annewiggy,
I used to buy from the tropical fish shop in Melbourne Rd. The business moved to south of Leamington, still with the name Melbourne Aquatics. |
Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Spon End | |
Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia |
174 of 254
Mon 28th May 2018 5:16pm
Another great fascinating picture you have shared Neil. When I lived at the Broom there was never that many people around under the arches even on a Saturday. In my humble opinion looks like the children are going home after school and the people are leaving their workplaces. They say a picture paints a thousand words. Sherlock Holmes would analyse that for us.
|
Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Spon End | |
PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks |
175 of 254
Tue 25th Sep 2018 7:23pm
Hi all
Spon End - Telegraph pics. |
Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Spon End | |
Prof
Gloucester |
176 of 254
Sat 6th Oct 2018 8:49pm
|
Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Spon End | |
Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia |
177 of 254
Sun 7th Oct 2018 2:12pm
As old as it was I enjoyed living in Spon End at the Broomfield. A lot of genuine and happy Coventrians lived there. I think time stood still for a great many years in that part of Coventry. |
Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Spon End | |
Prof
Gloucester |
178 of 254
Sun 7th Oct 2018 3:59pm
I remember this well, the Chapel of St James and St Christopher.
|
Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Spon End | |
Prof
Gloucester |
179 of 254
Sun 7th Oct 2018 5:43pm
On 2nd Nov 2010 3:56pm, Dreamtime said:
My memory box has just been shaken into action when Dutchman produced the arches photo. My friend and I used to walk home from the Plaza through Chain Gardens. How eerie that was as it was always so dark but we used to sing most of the way till we reached the Holyhead Road and civilization! If my memory serves me correctly was that along Four Pounds Avenue?
Yes, Dreamtime, I remember many times going to the Plaza along the 'blackpad' (Chain Gardens), they were allotments, and later this disappeared I believe under Four Pounds Avenue. This was when my grandparents lived in Malvern Road and granddad worked at the Alvis. |
Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Spon End | |
Prof
Gloucester |
180 of 254
Sun 7th Oct 2018 5:48pm
On 28th May 2018 2:01am, NeilsYard said:
Another smasher from the Bygone Spon End FB page -
The fashions certainly look like the 1920's, Anne! |
Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Spon End |
Website & counter by Rob Orland © 2024
Load time: 819ms