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Helen F
Warrington
451 of 500  Sun 8th Aug 2021 11:00am  

Hi Fran16, a belated welcome to the forum Wave
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belushi
coventry
452 of 500  Sun 8th Aug 2021 11:01am  

On 8th Aug 2021 10:41am, lolipop said:
On 10th Apr 2021 6:49pm, belushi said: Can anyone help? I seem to remember back in the 1960s that there was a hairdressers in Jubilee Crescent which also had a counter and stools where you could buy coffee. It would have been between the Godiva Fish Bar and Sharman's newsagents. Is this a false memory?
Remember a cafe about 3-4 doors down from the newsagents on the corner of Owenford but do not recall it being a hairdressers or barbers,as we as kids went to the barbers at the bottom of Foleshill bridge. Memory not so good as that was pre-56
Thanks for that. Yes, that would be the location. In the early-mid 1960s it was a hairdressers as well as a cafe, if I remember correctly.
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OddSock
Coventry
453 of 500  Sun 8th Aug 2021 4:24pm  

Having grown up in the 1970s & 1980s, in this neighbourhood, I can confirm that there was a ladies' hairdressers in between the Godiva Fish Bar and the newsagents, as described. I believe it was four/five shops away from the newsagent? However, I do remember that sometime in the 1980s, the shop was called 'Hair by Jenny Lovegrove', and that all the stylists wore burgundy-coloured jump suits - the fashion of the day!!
OddSock: Particularly interested in the family surnames Cowley, Shale, & Pratt in Coventry!

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Slash1
northampton
454 of 500  Thu 11th Nov 2021 1:26pm  

The first coffee bar that I recall, also with a jukebox, about 1958/59 time. Just down from the Gaumont, on the other side of the road. Any knowledge or memories?

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Midland Red

455 of 500  Thu 11th Nov 2021 1:32pm  

Does this help, slash?
On 11th Oct 2011 10:25pm, dutchman said: "El Cabana" and "Gigi", both in Gosford Street. There were others as well, the "Alex" at the very bottom of Gosford Street just before it became Far Gosford Street and another next to the Fox & Vivian pub I dont remember the name of. In the late 1960s the "Sorrento" opened almost next door to El Cabana. El Cabana and Sorrento: Gigi (far left) and "Steak House": Alex Cafe:
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scrutiny
coventry
456 of 500  Thu 11th Nov 2021 4:27pm  

My claim to fame. I painted the inside of Alex cafe for the princely sum of £4.50 in 1964. Mind you he did ply me with plum brandy one night, we got through the best part of a bottle. It was one hell of a walk home, all six hundred yards of it. Cheers Just to add, I was 16 at the time.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
457 of 500  Wed 17th Nov 2021 4:49pm  

Hi all, I enjoyed a lovely time in the Belgrade cafe today. The food & drink was excellent, a treat in fact, as five of us munched away, whilst sharing a couple of hours of catching up.
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Helen F
458 of 500  Wed 17th Nov 2021 5:08pm  
Off-topic / chat  

PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
459 of 500  Wed 17th Nov 2021 8:06pm  

Hi Helen, A completely refurbished Belgrade, new menu, new prices. Well, someone has to pay for it.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
460 of 500  Tue 5th Apr 2022 5:01pm  

Hi all, it's me, As unaccustomed as it is for me to yatter about food, after a morning’s chapel cleaning, I ventured along to the Playwright Cafe at the Coventry canal basin. I may have mentioned this venue before, but the quality of my thick cooked ham, fried eggs & chunky chips dinner was ace. Washed down with a strawberry milk shake made with cream, it was like being on holiday. Good old Coventry. Of course, I arrived on bus. Post copied from topic Our Phili-Pam on 6th Apr 2022 10:54 am
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bk
Coventry
461 of 500  Wed 13th Apr 2022 6:16pm  

Added this today to Cov Dig. George Wagstaffe tells me he designed the flooring tiles for self-service.
b p kyneswood

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NeilsYard
Coventry
462 of 500  Tue 26th Apr 2022 9:45am  

Ken Day shared this one recently on FB - been discussed on this thread, so adding here as it’s the first time I've seen the exterior of The Captain’s Table.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
463 of 500  Fri 17th Jun 2022 3:13pm  

Hi all, My lunch, sorry "luncheon", today was a fabulous fish & chip dinner in the Arena Tesco cafe. I did a social services errand to Kidderminster on Tuesday, where I paid over £10 for cod, chips & mushy peas, which was very good. Today for £6.50, this compared very favourably. The Tesco Cod, & it was cod, put the Tesco cafe into what I would term restaurant quality. No joke.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
464 of 500  Tue 27th Sep 2022 5:44pm  

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Annewiggy
Tamworth
465 of 500  Wed 28th Sep 2022 10:23am  

The Festival Cafe was opened in May 1962 opposite the Cathedral ruins as a temporary structure to provide snacks for visitors during the Cathedral Festival. It was still there in 1986 as John Laing were applying for permission to demolish it. TEMPORARY? And it was still there 1987 when the tourist information opened next door!
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