Helen F
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Sun 27th Oct 2024 8:04pm
Another first would be work out how they made the Coventry Blue! |
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Annewiggy
Tamworth |
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Sun 27th Oct 2024 9:29pm
Google says it was made from woad. |
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Helen F
Warrington |
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Sun 27th Oct 2024 9:38pm
Yes, that much is known Anne but that was only part of the story. Not only do they not know what shade it was, they don't know what made it so durable. Urine was used to fix dye but perhaps there were other additives? Maybe Coventry widdle was special They don't even know where the woad came from. Was it local? Was it English or did it come from abroad? |
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Rob Orland
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Mon 28th Oct 2024 12:05pm
Green Party now added, thank you! |
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Mick Strong
Coventry |
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Tue 29th Oct 2024 8:51am
Lady Godiva was the first woman to be mentioned in the Doomsday Book? Mick Strong
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Rob Orland
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Tue 29th Oct 2024 9:43am
Was she the first, or only? |
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Mick Strong
Coventry |
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Tue 29th Oct 2024 10:48am
Hi Rob, I have only read that she was the first? Mick Strong
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Helen F
Warrington |
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Tue 29th Oct 2024 11:00am
I checked the question about women in the Domesday Book and there were at least 20 including one called Asa here. Most seem to be widows. So alas, Godiva was not first or unique. She wasn't even the largest land owner amongst them. |
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Mick Strong
Coventry |
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Wed 30th Oct 2024 5:17pm
Daimler Motor Company Limited. It then purchased from a friend of Lawson a disused cotton mill in Coventry for car engine and chassis manufacture where, it is claimed, the UK's first serial production car was made.
From Wikipedia.
Does this count ?? Mick Strong
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PhiliPamInCoventry |
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Wed 30th Oct 2024 6:01pm
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Helen F |
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Wed 30th Oct 2024 6:30pm
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Rob Orland
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Thu 31st Oct 2024 10:57am
On 30th Oct 2024 5:17pm, Mick Strong said:
Daimler Motor Company Limited. It then purchased from a friend of Lawson a disused cotton mill in Coventry for car engine and chassis manufacture where, it is claimed, the UK's first serial production car was made.
From Wikipedia.
Does this count ??
Certainly does, in my opinion! |
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Mick Strong
Coventry |
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Mon 4th Nov 2024 11:28am
Samuel Courtauld chose Coventry for the worlds first "man made fibre" factory in 1904 Mick Strong
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Helen F
Warrington |
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Mon 4th Nov 2024 12:05pm
Not sure that it was the World's first Mick because I think that the first factory was in France in 1891 ish. It was probably the UK's first and the World's first successful man made fibre factory. |
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Mick Strong
Coventry |
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Mon 4th Nov 2024 3:26pm
from Wikipedia
The first commercial viscose rayon was produced by the UK company Courtaulds in 1905. Mick Strong
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