Foleshill (inc. Foleshill Road)

On 20th Sep 2011 4:04pm, nirvana said: Hi downunder, our family name is Strong, we used to own a farm where St Pauls Road is now, after it was made a compulsory purchase by the then council the family brought houses in Princess Street.

On 29th Mar 2024 3:18pm, Helen F said: Hi lolipop. A Paradise Street did run from Parkside to London Road but the area called Paradise was up towards Foleshill. The area was named after a farm, which did lend itself to a lane but it was later renamed Eden Street see a discussion here. The photo is out of my knowledge range. Was Coventry determined to be confusing, such that they renamed different roads with recycled names?

On 20th Sep 2011 6:07am, downunder said: Hi Bernie 1 I was born in Foleshill, Parkstone Road and was always told that Coventry ended at the Gas Works Bridge, where the new Arena is now, my father worked at the Gas Works all through the war, and was known as the Foleshill Gas works, over the bridge was Longford. Do I know any of your rellies?

On 24th Jun 2018 9:19pm, CKV 1D said: A 1955 view of the Foleshill Road, with the General Wolfe pub visible in the background there!

On 8th Jul 2019 1:41pm, Kaga simpson said: But for all the heavy industry in Foleshill, there were other things - amenities. The Livingstone swimming pool, a few yards down was a gymnastic club above Farr and Reddy's bakery - this club had all the equipment for competition. On the other side of the road to the bakery was a small bric-a-bac shop, amongst other things the grey-haired proprietor sold Charles Atlas books/schedules. He was well built and an old strong man, circus performer. Here he had a pair of John Skeaping racehorse statuettes that I bought from him. A girl at the gym club told me they belonged to her grandmother and had been stolen, and if she saw them close up she could prove it. I could sense her tensing up - the girl was of a rapturous beauty but of an oddly cold, uninvolving nature. "Well, the only way you can see them, you will have to visit my apartment". She walked away. Then she changes, walks back, and whispers, "I have half-day tomorrow, can we meet?" We met at 2pm. She smiles, she makes jokes, we walked to my place. She hardly glanced at the statuettes. A spring afternoon pours into your heart like a river. She left at a few minutes before 11pm for the last bus. Everything is radiant, I sleep like a log. I think, "Yes, there is more to Foleshill than industry".

On 27th Jul 2014 9:45pm, Greg said: Anyone remember the big cycle shop about where Halfords is now?

On 20th May 2025 11:57pm, stpauls said: I wondered if the ladies were looking towards the shoe shop. Was it Freeman Hardy & Willis ??

On 21st May 2025 12:58am, stpauls said: The grey matter took a little time but if you are relating to the 'Wolf' I believe the cycle shop was Swifts ?

On 11th May 2025 12:09am, stpauls said: Hello. Are we related ? My mum's maiden name was Strong and the large family lived in a house on the corner of Broad Street but I'm sure I remembered references to a farm at the top of St Paul's Rd. Mum had 3 sisters and 4 brothers and uncle Tom at one time lived in Princess St. !!