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Helen F
Warrington |
376 of 425
Tue 12th Dec 2023 12:08pm
The photo is a before and after merge. The full building looks fine. It's only that corner that is a bit odd when artificially placed next to the old architecture. It makes practical sense since the original ceiling heights would have been unsuitably high. Not every old building can be saved... although Coventry has decimated its collection. |
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lindatee2002
Virginia USA |
377 of 425
Tue 12th Dec 2023 1:07pm
On 12th Dec 2023 10:27am, Rob said:
I wonder if anyone remembers BerDots the batch shop on the corner of King Edward Road? Excellent pork and stuffing batches on the way to watch the City.
Also, the Palladium picture house. My mother used to call it the flea pit! Seven pence for kids on a Saturday morning to watch a whole load of kids films, including Dan Dare. My mate's mother was an usherette and she used to let us in through the fire door. In the Summer they used to turn the heating on so you bought more ice cream to cool down!
Finally, there was a toy shop on the opposite side of the road to the Palladium and down towards Primrose Hill park. It was in a short row of buildings that I vaguely recall had top shops. Used to spend my picket money there.
Hillfields was a great place to grow up in during the fifties and sixties.
I was tossed out of the Palladium one Saturday morning for shouting. I was only about 6 or7 and I had to sit on the steps to wait for the other kids to come out. My grandma lived in Wellington Street, almost opposite the cinema but I wasn't going home early as she would have asked questions I'd rather not answer.
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Choirboy
Bicester |
378 of 425
Tue 12th Dec 2023 2:03pm
On 12th Dec 2023 11:35am, Mick Strong said:
I will take a look next time I am in Cov. I'm relieved they did not bulldoze the whole area flat!On 12th Dec 2023 10:26am, Choirboy said:
Hi Choirboy, you don't have to apologise and I value your opinion. Just not my thing in that particular setting.
I think they could have done better things with the shipping containers.
On 12th Dec 2023 8:53am, Mick Strong said:
Talk about spoiling a building !!
Sorry to disagree Mick. It's the mixing of contrasting styles that give a sense of history.
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bk
Coventry |
379 of 425
Tue 12th Dec 2023 5:01pm
On 12th Dec 2023 10:27am, Rob said:
I wonder if anyone remembers BerDots the batch shop on the corner of King Edward Road? Excellent pork and stuffing batches on the way to watch the City.
Also, the Palladium picture house. My mother used to call it the flea pit! Seven pence for kids on a Saturday morning to watch a whole load of kids films, including Dan Dare. My mate's mother was an usherette and she used to let us in through the fire door. In the Summer they used to turn the heating on so you bought more ice cream to cool down!
Finally, there was a toy shop on the opposite side of the road to the Palladium and down towards Primrose Hill park. It was in a short row of buildings that I vaguely recall had top shops. Used to spend my picket money there.
Hillfields was a great place to grow up in during the fifties and sixties.
John Blakemore archive shows som of these shops, if you go to Cov Dig and search 'Blakemore Hillfields'. Example below:
b p kyneswood
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colintheglen
Bempton, Yorkshire |
380 of 425
Tue 12th Dec 2023 5:08pm
Hi Rob, I can remember Berdots, a plump woman ran it and she was always dressed in immaculate white cow-gown and apron. Also did a tasty faggot and pea batch, the shop was painted orange and was still going in the early eighties.
Also remember going to the palladium which as you say was locally called the flea pit, I can recall watching Norman Wisdom films in the mid sixties with my brother. I think it was later turned into a casino. There was a paper shop next to Philips Ironmongers which sold lots of toys, opposite which was I think old Home and Colonial shop, selling cooked meats and cheeses. Happy Days when life seemed a lot simpler. |
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry |
381 of 425
Wed 13th Dec 2023 10:26am
On 12th Dec 2023 2:03pm, Choirboy said:
As we can see from the current Google Street View, the original building has gone - the "photo" in post 370 was someone's "now and then" montage. On 12th Dec 2023 11:35am, Mick Strong said:
I will take a look next time I am in Cov. I'm relieved they did not bulldoze the whole area flat!
On 12th Dec 2023 10:26am, Choirboy said:
Hi Choirboy, you don't have to apologise and I value your opinion. Just not my thing in that particular setting.
I think they could have done better things with the shipping containers.
On 12th Dec 2023 8:53am, Mick Strong said:
Talk about spoiling a building !!
Sorry to disagree Mick. It's the mixing of contrasting styles that give a sense of history.
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bk
Coventry |
382 of 425
Wed 13th Dec 2023 12:46pm
b p kyneswood
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Tricia
Bedworth |
383 of 425
Thu 14th Dec 2023 10:20am
On 12th Dec 2023 10:27am, Rob said:
Finally, there was a toy shop on the opposite side of the road to the Palladium and down towards Primrose Hill park. It was in a short row of buildings that I vaguely recall had top shops. Used to spend my picket money there.
Hillfields was a great place to grow up in during the fifties and sixties.
I think the toy shop you are thinking about was Porter's the newsagents. I remember buying a fishing net from there to go fishing at the Swanswell.  |
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Choirboy
Bicester |
384 of 425
Thu 14th Dec 2023 10:23am
On 13th Dec 2023 10:26am, Rob Orland said:
Agh, that has just triggered a migraine!On 12th Dec 2023 2:03pm, Choirboy said:
As we can see from the current Google Street View, the original building has gone - the "photo" in post 370 was someone's "now and then" montage. On 12th Dec 2023 11:35am, Mick Strong said:
I will take a look next time I am in Cov. I'm relieved they did not bulldoze the whole area flat!
On 12th Dec 2023 10:26am, Choirboy said:
Hi Choirboy, you don't have to apologise and I value your opinion. Just not my thing in that particular setting.
I think they could have done better things with the shipping containers.
On 12th Dec 2023 8:53am, Mick Strong said:
Talk about spoiling a building !!
Sorry to disagree Mick. It's the mixing of contrasting styles that give a sense of history.
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Mick Strong
Coventry |
385 of 425
Thu 14th Dec 2023 11:21am
On 13th Dec 2023 12:46pm, bk said:
The prices in the window are decimal, so post February 71.
At first I thought one of them said "sprouts" but it actually says McVities "Sports". Anyone know what these were?Mick Strong
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bk
Coventry |
386 of 425
Thu 14th Dec 2023 12:26pm
b p kyneswood
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Rob
Wimborne |
387 of 425
Thu 14th Dec 2023 4:52pm
On 14th Dec 2023 10:20am, Tricia said:
Could be, Tricia. It seemed an old building with magic tricks etc. in the window. The whole row was pulled down.On 12th Dec 2023 10:27am, Rob said:
Finally, there was a toy shop on the opposite side of the road to the Palladium and down towards Primrose Hill park. It was in a short row of buildings that I vaguely recall had top shops. Used to spend my picket money there.
Hillfields was a great place to grow up in during the fifties and sixties.
I think the toy shop you are thinking about was Porter's the newsagents. I remember buying a fishing net from there to go fishing at the Swanswell.
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colintheglen
Bempton, Yorkshire |
388 of 425
Fri 15th Dec 2023 11:26am
BK, I never used it when it was Hillfields Information Centre, but do remember it being a fishing tackle shop in the 60's, and purchasing a reel and tackle as well as maggots in 1/2 pint measure. Can't remember the name of it though, although Smarts seems to play on my mind.
Not sure if it was pulled down with the expansion of Sidney Stringer School. |
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Tricia
Bedworth |
389 of 425
Fri 15th Dec 2023 5:28pm
On 14th Dec 2023 4:52pm, Rob said:
Thinking about it Rob, I was wrong saying the toy shop was Porters. Porters was a newsagents, that sold newspapers, magazines, confectionery and the odd small toy. The shop you are thinking about was further down King William Street, towards Primrose Hill Park. For the life of me I can't recall the name of the shop but remember it selling magic tricks and stink bombs On 14th Dec 2023 10:20am, Tricia said:
Could be, Tricia. It seemed an old building with magic tricks etc. in the window. The whole row was pulled down.
On 12th Dec 2023 10:27am, Rob said:
Finally, there was a toy shop on the opposite side of the road to the Palladium and down towards Primrose Hill park. It was in a short row of buildings that I vaguely recall had top shops. Used to spend my picket money there.
Hillfields was a great place to grow up in during the fifties and sixties.
I think the toy shop you are thinking about was Porter's the newsagents. I remember buying a fishing net from there to go fishing at the Swanswell.  |
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Rob
Wimborne |
390 of 425
Fri 15th Dec 2023 8:04pm
Well done Tricia! The shop did sell magic tricks and stink bombs. It was an Aladdins cave for kids!
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