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Midland Red
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Thu 8th Nov 2018 6:13pm
Park Road certainly was cobbled, at one stage
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Thu 8th Nov 2018 6:36pm
Great postcard image Cliff ![]() |
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Midland Red
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813 of 1107
Thu 8th Nov 2018 8:02pm
I did look and wasn't convinced!
On a second viewing I have to say it does make a compelling case for being the "footprint" of Park Road ![]() |
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Wimero
Nr Rugby |
814 of 1107
Thu 8th Nov 2018 9:08pm
Wonder if you can buy some of the cobbles when they're lifted. Would love to do my paved garden area with some. |
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Fri 9th Nov 2018 10:24am
I guess I need to go and have a look myself now Cliff! ![]() |
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
816 of 1107
Fri 9th Nov 2018 10:31am
This 1920 BFA image shows the stretch - that must be the 'Kielder' property, Anne. They were lovely houses weren't they! The more I look at that actually I don't think today's cobbles could be the same given the width / line. Perhaps they just reused some?
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Annewiggy
Tamworth |
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Fri 9th Nov 2018 10:42am
Handy for the train! |
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Annewiggy
Tamworth |
818 of 1107
Fri 9th Nov 2018 11:08am
As I said the house belonged to Mr Newsome Bushill. Looking on Ancestry he was a printer and stationer so he must be the owner of Bushill's we have discussed in Little Palace Yard. He died in 1925 leaving an estate of £47,469 which is over £2 million in today's money. ![]() |
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Midland Red
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Fri 9th Nov 2018 1:14pm
On 9th Nov 2018 10:31am, NeilsYard said:
This 1920 BFA image shows the stretch - that must be the 'Kielder' property, Anne. They were lovely houses weren't they! The more I look at that actually I don't think today's cobbles could be the same given the width / line. Perhaps they just reused some?
Mmm! It would seem that the line of Park Road never changed. The subject cobbles are not in line with the road, so it is likely that they were part of the "forecourt" outside the old Coventry station
It's good to see the houses, some of which, as I mentioned earlier, remained into the 1950s as bombed out shells ![]() ![]() |
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PeterB
Mount Nod |
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Fri 9th Nov 2018 3:00pm
There is a kink in Park Road, as shown in the map, but the cobbles are parallel to the platform edge and no part of Park Road is parallel to the tracks. Looking at Google satellite view the cobbles are ~60m from the platform edge and I think this would put them in the grounds of Kielder so I can only assume they were laid when the new station was built.
The current platform one is partly the original platform and the brick face can still be seen if you stand on platform two. The "to Birmingham platform" would have been where the current platform 3 is, but the platform face would have been on the opposite side, roughly where the buildings start.
The only other survivor is a brick building on the west side of Warwick Road with a sloping roof. Based on old plans I think this may have been the C&W (carriage & wagon) office/mess. I think it is now an electrical switch room. This should be retained.
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
821 of 1107
Fri 9th Nov 2018 3:13pm
Is that this one Peter? I think we have referenced them before as well but I'm sure the sections used as part of what is now Warwick Road Garage were once part of the Goods Yard? |
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
822 of 1107
Fri 9th Nov 2018 3:22pm
Speaking of the Garage - whilst looking into this latest 'hunt' I referenced - and have mentioned before some excellent images on their own FB page (so again hopefully they won't mind me using them but (c) to them in case if here!).
This is a very early image - there is another one more commonly shown which includes the cows but think it may be new to me - featuring the Stationmaster's house / Railway Hotel / Rocket pub etc. - signals on the earlier line visible -
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PeterB
Mount Nod |
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Fri 9th Nov 2018 6:43pm
On 9th Nov 2018 3:13pm, NeilsYard said:
Is that this one Peter? I think we have referenced them before as well but I'm sure the sections used as part of what is now Warwick Road Garage were once part of the Goods Yard?
Yes NeilsYard, that's the one. I've found a photo of it on the Warwickshire Railways website. It is on the right of the photo. It isn't the C&W office. The plan linked to from the photo page does not label the building.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks Thread starter
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Sat 10th Nov 2018 8:59am
Morning all ![]() |
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PeterB
Mount Nod |
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Sun 18th Nov 2018 12:43am
This is currently a display at Coventry Station called "Never Coming Home" commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
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