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Wed 21st Oct 2015 1:14pm
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Leanne
Coventry
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Wed 11th Nov 2015 10:45pm
On 6th Feb 2015 5:24pm, Derrickarthur said:
I appreciate that Norman Conquest said he was tiring of the topic but noticed that he said he had lived in Arbury Avenue. I was born in Arbury Avenue (in 1951) and have moved 100 yds into Astley Avenue. Thought you might be interested in this aerial photo from 1946 courtesy of Britain from above which shows Arbury Avenue at bottom of photo running left to right and the cul-de-sacs of Astley & Evelyn Avenues running off it. The arrow on Astley Avenue shows a light area which was the cleared bomb damage of 30 Astley Avenue. Mr Samuel Walter Tipson was not at home at the time but tragically his wife Ellen (39) and four children Joan (13) Pamela Eliza (6) Alan Roy (3) and Patricia Ann (9 months) all died on 14/11/1940 and are buried in the communal grave at London Road Cemetery.
Hi Derrick, Samuel is my great uncle and it's lovely to hear somebody who know of his story. Would love to hear more if you know anything.
Many thanks, Leanne x
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Midland Red
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Thu 12th Nov 2015 12:27pm
I posted these photos on the "German Connections" thread a couple of years ago, but it's perhaps worth repeating them here at this time of year - it's the Cross of Nails in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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Fri 13th Nov 2015 1:32pm
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pageb45
Goderich, Ontario, Canada
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Sat 14th Nov 2015 3:50pm
Hello. There is a documentary on the BBC News website, posted today, of vintage footage and survivor/eyewitness accounts. The URL is: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-11741315. I hope this helps.  |
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
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Sat 14th Nov 2015 4:00pm
On 13th Nov 2015 1:32pm, PhiliPamInCoventry said:
Hi all 
Coventry Blitz
Interesting to read, thanks Philip. It never ceases to amaze me as to how my parents and family survived all that. Although not in the city but at Tile Hill not far from the Standard. I was not old enough to remember those fearful days but strong recollections of the years to follow.
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Covkidd
Coventry
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Sat 14th Nov 2015 4:26pm
Anyone know if a Coventry bomb map, similar to the London bomb map, has ever been published |
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gangan
Stockton, Southam
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Sat 14th Nov 2015 8:33pm
75 years ago as I write this, Coventry was being bombed. Will we never learn? |
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Jimjam
Coventry
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Sat 14th Nov 2015 9:30pm
On 14th Nov 2015 4:26pm, Covkidd said:
Anyone know if a Coventry bomb map, similar to the London bomb map, has ever been published
Saw one today on BBC News website |
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Covkidd
Coventry
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Sun 15th Nov 2015 2:56pm
Cant find it, got a link? |
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Osmiroid
UK
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Sun 15th Nov 2015 3:26pm
Loads of information here, and two maps. |
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Covkidd
Coventry
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Sun 15th Nov 2015 3:36pm
Thanks, yes I'd seen that, I was thinking more of a detailed map like the London one, which shows where individual bombs had fallen. |
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heathite
Coventry
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Tue 17th Nov 2015 5:33pm
Hi all, I can't remember where I discovered these images but someone may find them interesting.
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
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Fri 20th Nov 2015 3:39pm
Dutchman, my father and I visited the Cathedral, as near as we could get, on the Sat morning early following the raid, we brought home lots of bits and pieces, including the nozzle of an incendiary bomb, father shaped them into a stick, never got around to make a cross, my young brother still has the piece, wonder if you can call it an artifact |
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dutchman
Spon End
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Fri 20th Nov 2015 4:44pm
Or souvenir?
Never managed to find a bomb myself, not for lack of trying.  |
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