Albany Road / Butts

Those very early photographers produced stuff that was outstanding. Fools me regularly.

More 'Gold' from Steve Foster on FB. This time he was fitting curtains inside the old BT Tower - now the Ramada Hotel. Its a super rare capture of that old Subway! And also a great view of the old Butts Cycle track still intact before the Rugby ground moved back.

And one more from Steve looking the other way with a great shot of the GEC -

Hope Street looking south - you can see the Technical college at the end on the Butts and can really see the state these old rows were in -

This one is courtesy of those new uploads to 'The Coventry Graphic' via the British Newspaper Archive. It contains some really excellent photographs of members of 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers during their time in the area, billeted there after their arrival from India and prior to their departure for Gallipoli. Image: "Coventry's Military Guests. The Munster Fusiliers in their Indian uniforms, preparing to proceed to their billets on Monday." 'The Coventry Graphic,' 15th January 1915. I think the photo is taken in Gordon Street looking North. That's Butts behind (Butts Road today) with the junction in to Thomas Street going away. You can just see the sign for Butts Post Office on the very right - It coincidentally matches this new David Fry one on CD with the same buildings showing behind looking North up Thomas Street itself -