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The spirit of Coventry
Spain
1 of 46  Sun 20th Feb 2011 7:43pm  

Here is a photo taken of T.W. Liggins builder, don't know who is standing in the doorway nor where the photo could be taken from. If you look at the picture carefully, in the window of the shop you may notice what I think is St John's Church, the shape is uncanny and you can see the turrets on the top. To the left of the building there is a gap (could this be demolition or bomb damage)
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dutchman
Spon End
2 of 46  Sun 20th Feb 2011 11:58pm  

I think it's much earlier than that? A "Thomas William Liggins" (builder) married Catherine Newbold on 8th August 1882 at Holy Trinity Church and from the way the person in the photo is dressed, the picture could well have been taken on that same day! From the slope of the ground I would say it was the east side of Hill Street, somewhere near the Newdigate Arms on the corner of Bond Street although documents of the time give his home address in 1891 as being in Queen Victoria Road.
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The spirit of Coventry
Spain
Thread starter
3 of 46  Mon 21st Feb 2011 12:44pm  

How interesting, could give me some new leads, thanks for helping me out
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Midland Red

4 of 46  Mon 21st Feb 2011 3:39pm  

Trade Directory for 1912-13 has T W Liggins & Co, Builders, at 102 Queen Victoria Road Agree it doesn't stack up with the photo and the sloping ground
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The spirit of Coventry
Spain
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5 of 46  Tue 22nd Feb 2011 5:41pm  

The interest in this is great!! Does anybody think that the reflection in the window could be that of St John's Church?
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dutchman
Spon End
6 of 46  Tue 22nd Feb 2011 6:47pm  

If the picture was taken in Hill Street, yes.
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The spirit of Coventry
Spain
Thread starter
7 of 46  Wed 23rd Feb 2011 11:12am  

How could he be in two places at once? Intriguing mysteries again!
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dutchman
Spon End
8 of 46  Thu 24th Feb 2011 3:34am  

That picture couldn't have been taken in Queen Victoria Road as the ground there was completely flat. Nor could it have been taken in nearby Holyhead Road as the ground there slopes the opposite way. There is no reason why Liggins couldn't have moved from Hill Street to Queen Victoria Road after that picture was taken.
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Greenman
Cumbria
9 of 46  Thu 24th Feb 2011 4:01pm  

I wondered for a while if the reflection in the shop window could have been the tower of Queen's Road Baptist Church, but the slope is wrong.
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Midland Red

10 of 46  Wed 15th Feb 2012 9:03am  

Just a note to say that Mr Alf Youell passed away on Monday, age 98 He is listed on "Famous Coventrians" A really nice man and a great character
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NormK
bulkington
11 of 46  Wed 15th Feb 2012 9:15am  

Was he anything to do with Youells the builders?
Milly rules

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NormK
bulkington
12 of 46  Wed 15th Feb 2012 9:50am  

Just checked him out... the name rang a bell because Youells were a well known builder around Coventry and he built loads of properties in and around the town..He lived to a ripe old age....
Milly rules

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Greg
Coventry
13 of 46  Wed 15th Feb 2012 12:13pm  

Among many other developments, he built some houses at Aldermans Green and Warwick Green Bulkington.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
14 of 46  Wed 15th Feb 2012 1:27pm  

Hi all Wave Yes, he built many of the houses when the Armscott Rd & Blackberry Fields area of Wyken was being developed.(1950-60)Wave You might like to read this too. Broadstreet Rugby Club Quote: Over the next few years the club extended, but it became obvious that the facilities at Henley Road were no longer large enough to cope with the number of teams that we regularly playing, and in 1970 the club entered into an agreement with Alf Youell of Youell Investments, to sell only the pitches at Henley Road, and to move to a new ground and clubhouse at Brandon Road. The new ground was opened in 1973 by Bob Weighhill, Secretary of the Rugby Football Union, and it was named the Ivor Preece Field, in honour of Ivor Preece, England and British Lions, who was also the club's President at the time. The club retained the Henley Road clubhouse still run it as a social club with over three hundred members. Once again, the club outgrew the facilities at the Brandon Road ground, and have now moved to the other side of the Coventry Eastern Bypass, to the new Ivor Preece Field. Alf Youell was also heavily involved in this move, along with Persimmon Homes, the purchasers of our previous ground. The new ground was opened by the great Rugby World Cup winning captain Martin Johnson (rugby union), captain of England national rugby union team, The British and Irish Lions, and Leicester Tigers. The new clubhouse has facilities, a 250-seater stand, car parking, five senior pitches, (two floodlit), mini and junior pitches, and forty-six acres of ground. The Ivor Preece field is used for representative rugby with the semi finals of the Daily Mail schools rugby played at both age groups here. England Deaf Rugby use the rugby facilities for training sessions and international matches.
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Midland Red

15 of 46  Thu 16th Feb 2012 12:20pm  

Press report from New Zealand LINK and a previous article regarding this fine man LINK
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