PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks |
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Sun 12th Feb 2012 2:26pm
Hi I hope this is the live link for the above Herberts Lad.
BBC Grandstand
Thank you & best wishes. Is this the one? |
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Alvisnick
France |
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Sun 12th Feb 2012 5:15pm
Famous Coventrians - May I submit Capt G T Smith-Clarke? He was not born in Coventry but worked at the Aero Engine Inspectorate during WWI and became Chief Engineer and Manager at the Alvis Car Co in 1923 developing and designing most of their vehicles such as the famous Speed Twenty, prewar military vehicles and aero engines. I believe he lived on Kenilworth Road where he constructed his own observatory and was a consultant during the contruction of the Jodrell Bank radio telescope in the - 1950's? During WWII he designed unitary metal buildings which could be bolted together for the Cov & Warwick hospital to replace bomb-damaged wards during the Blitz. He later developed the current form of the 'iron-lung' to help paralysed patients breathe with greater comfort and other hospital equipment. He was something of a Coventry benefactor, supported the Coventry Carnival and I believe there may have been a hospital ward named after him.
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herberts lad
Exhall |
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Sun 12th Feb 2012 6:26pm
Yes many thanks for the Grandstand link. |
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Midland Red
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Tue 14th Feb 2012 4:13pm
On 12th Feb 2012 12:33pm, herberts lad said:
A famous Coventrian not to be missed off the list is Graham Symonds sadly now departed died in 2006 aged 69....
I've now added that other Olympic swimmer from Coventry, the late Graham Sykes, to "Famous Coventrians" |
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks |
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Mon 20th Feb 2012 9:59am
On 4th Feb 2012 7:17pm, mayjan said:
Have you seen her in the drama on TV Sunday evenings, (Call The Midwife), she is really good,love it .
Hi all
What are we going to watch on Sunday evening tele' now Mayjan? It will be back to a shunt in the goods yard.
Best wishes. |
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Midland Red
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Mon 20th Feb 2012 10:17am
On 20th Feb 2012 9:59am, PhiliPamInCoventry said:
Hi all
What are we going to watch on Sunday evening tele' now Mayjan? It will be back to a shunt in the goods yard.
Best wishes.
Less of the "double-entendres", Monsieur |
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Midland Red
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Mon 12th Mar 2012 4:08pm
I have just added the name "Gael Bigirimana" to the list of Famous Coventrians, in the "Earned Coventrian Status" section
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry |
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Mon 12th Mar 2012 9:20pm
I've also just added a much overlooked, and surprisingly little heard of Music Hall performer named T E Dunville. I'd only heard of him through one or two mentions in local books, but from what I've read he thoroughly deserves a place in any hall of fame, not just Coventry's.
This web page contains a brief description of him - and having just finished reading an original copy of his own autobiography, written in 1911, I can certainly testify that he can entertain! |
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Steve1966
Bedworth |
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Tue 20th Mar 2012 11:38pm
Another topic under the heading 'things I wished I'd asked my dad about' was regarding the fact that he said he once lived next door to actress Carmen Silvera ('allo 'allo) in King Richard Street when he was a boy. Dad I believe lived at no.3. He was born in 1939 and she in 1922 so if true she was an adult at the time. I've just googled and she did indeed grow up in Coventry having been born in Canada. Anybody shed any further light on the subject? |
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anne
coventry |
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Mon 26th Mar 2012 11:10pm
Terry Hall and Lenny the Lion? |
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Adrian
UK |
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Tue 27th Mar 2012 5:54pm
I have added John George Gray to the list, earned Coventry status. |
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Midland Red
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Wed 28th Mar 2012 8:28am
Good shout, Adrian! Place of birth added |
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Adrian
UK |
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Wed 28th Mar 2012 5:19pm
Thanks Cliff, and tidied it up. I'm very surprised he is not more recognised. |
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Midland Red
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Wed 28th Mar 2012 7:38pm
Yes, considering his history, it's surprising that he isn't better known |
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Adrian
UK |
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Fri 30th Mar 2012 9:49am
I have added Leonard Lord to the Famous Coventrians list.
Adrian |
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