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Tue 13th May 2014 4:47pm
Travelling into town today on the 57 bus from Bedworth I noticed that a building had been demolished on Lockhurst Lane adjacent to the Courtaulds footbridge. It looked as if it was the old White and Poppe building, another important part of Coventry's industrial heritage. Can anyone confirm this or did my eyes mislead me? |
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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Tue 13th May 2014 4:49pm
Hi Heritage
You are correct. I travelled on the No4 today, passing the spot. |
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Midland Red
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Tue 13th May 2014 5:11pm
I don't suppose anyone has thought about preserving this?
Former City of Coventry Police Box, Lockhurst Lane - 13 Feb 2007
The former Coventry City Police Force had a brick Police Box built on the wall outside the White and Poppe factory on Lockhurst Lane. This box still exists complete with its flap which used to house the public phone for emergency use. The building now contains electrical equipment.
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Tue 13th May 2014 6:40pm
It looked as if the box has gone as well. |
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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Tue 13th May 2014 7:09pm
Hi Heritage
You may be right on that too. That empty building was severely damaged by burst top floor central heating tanks & sprinkler systems during very hard frosts two winters ago. The frost damage pushed the external walls completely out of vertical.
I am struggling to find pictures, but I am sure that I have seen pictures of the outside of the building resembling an ice fall following several days of permafrost, the whole external of the building encased in ice. It was several days before the mains water was turned off. |
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NormK
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Wed 14th May 2014 8:08am
I remember that frozen building Philip, I got a quick glimse of it as I drove by and couldn't believe what I had seen, so I turned round to look again, the whole front was covered in icicles, and I am not suprised it damaged the brickwork, there is a lot of power in ice if left to expand for too long.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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Wed 14th May 2014 8:29am
Thank you both,
You are all brill on our forum! |
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Phippo
Coventry
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Thu 7th Nov 2024 5:06pm
Hi, I have this picture of the workforce outside White and Poppe in 1917 that I thought people may be interested in. Alice Daniels became Alice Phipkin and she was my Grandmother if anybody can name any of the other people all the better enjoy
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
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Fri 8th Nov 2024 9:53am
That's a wonderful picture, Phippo, thank you for this. It will be equally wonderful if someone can find a relative in this photo.
(By the way, I hope you didn't mind me moving this into the "mother topic", where it won't be so alone. ) |
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