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sandylane
Buckinghamshire
1 of 12  Sun 20th Nov 2011 5:14am  

Hello, one of my strong memories of my childhood, apart from the corporation buses, was Goodwins extra self raising flour. I was brought up in Perkins Street as a young child and went to Wheatley Street School and I remember Goodwins vans were blue with their advertisement on the side. I think they were Guy vans. I have been trying to find a photo of one even in the national magazine "Vintage Roadscene", but it seems as though those vans have gone forever with no photos anywhere to remember them. PeterW
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
2 of 12  Sun 20th Nov 2011 11:50am  

The name GOODWINS was a prominent feature on the roof of the building. Wave
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TonyS
Coventry
3 of 12  Sun 20th Nov 2011 7:24pm  

No van I'm afraid, but a great photo of the Coventry flour mill can be found here. Smile
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sandylane
Buckinghamshire
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4 of 12  Sat 26th Nov 2011 5:32am  

Good morning Tony, thanks for that mate. Peter.
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NormK
bulkington
5 of 12  Fri 10th Feb 2012 2:33pm  

Seeing the photo of the flour mill reminded me that when we demolished it I was patrolling the pavement to stop people walking past and a piece of wood from the roof fell and I got hit in the mouth and snapped off my two front teeth. I have dentures so how could I ever forget that place.
Milly rules

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dutchman
Spon End
6 of 12  Fri 10th Feb 2012 3:20pm  

That sounds horrendous Norm Oh my
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LesMac
Coventry
7 of 12  Wed 24th Apr 2013 3:41pm  

The building in the background was once a flour mill but when I worked there as a lorry driver it was Goodwin Foster Brown wholesale grocers. Les Post copied from topic Wheatley Street School on 27th Dec 2021 9:24 am
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gillian
coventry
8 of 12  Tue 4th Mar 2014 12:23pm  

Here is a family sepia photo I have which is said to be the Coventry Master Bakers Association float outside Coventry Flour Mill in 1897. Has anyone got any information about this please or where the building was situated. Thanks
gillian parnell

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dutchman
Spon End
9 of 12  Tue 4th Mar 2014 6:26pm  

The picture looks to have been taken from the western end of Wheatley Street.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
10 of 12  Thu 10th Mar 2022 10:38am  

Another new one to me of the flour mill, from Dean Nelson on FB.
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
11 of 12  Thu 10th Mar 2022 10:56am  

Is that the same building as Gillian’s post number 8. An article about a Mr James Groom who died in 1965 says he was former manager of the old Coventry Flour Mills, Robbins and Powers.
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Helen F
Warrington
12 of 12  Thu 10th Mar 2022 11:14am  

Well spotted Anne. You can see where a door with a pointed shelter was removed and a window put in.
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