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Slim
Another Coventry kid
31 of 43  Tue 15th Dec 2020 9:40pm  

There was always a queue on a Sunday afternoon, such was its popularity. I don't suppose real ice cream exists anymore. I expect the kids all have to have virtual ice cream. Safer. And the cost saving, and lack of pollution - mummy or daddy doesn't have to drive them there in the Chelsea tractor/combat vehicle. Wink I suspect tinkers half-inched the sign for the tat.
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belushi
coventry
32 of 43  Wed 16th Dec 2020 8:25am  

Disappointed, Slim, that you have used outdated and potentially offensive language to describe, and help perpetuate negative stereotypes about, two different groups of people. Remember that this site is used for educational purposes, and in the past several different threads have turned nasty because of people not being nice to others.
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Mick Strong
Coventry
33 of 43  Wed 16th Dec 2020 8:56am  

On 20th Mar 2010 3:27pm, dutchman said: This is a picture taken in 1969: It wasn't just an outlet serving local kids, there was a sophisticated cafe inside. In the 1950s we used to visit by car, it was like a trip to the countryside for us. The local kids were always lined-up on the bridge with their legs dangling over the side and they were splashed with water when we ploughed through the ford.
Just to the right of the Milk Bar in this picture, there was a gate that led to Hearsall Golf Course. We used to use this gate when it had been snowing, to go on the golf course slopes on mum's tea tray
Mick Strong

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NeilsYard
Coventry
34 of 43  Wed 16th Dec 2020 9:27am  

The Milk Bar is gone of course Mick but the gate is still there (or one that does the same job!) The footpath goes across the course and ends up in Bates Road
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Mick Strong
Coventry
35 of 43  Wed 16th Dec 2020 9:49am  

Hi Neil, is that a public footpath? Cannot remember it being one as a youngster.
Mick Strong

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Earlsdon Kid
Argyll & Bute, Scotland
36 of 43  Wed 16th Dec 2020 10:42am  

I used this path regularly from Earlsdon to walk to the Milk Bar and on to the ford, a regular gathering place for a few of us on the weekend. The path was open to the public and the only thing you had to look out for was the odd wayward golf ball. I seem to remember the Milk Bar room having an old pianola in it that was falling apart near the end of its life and introduced me to the inner workings of the instrument!
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NeilsYard
Coventry
37 of 43  Wed 16th Dec 2020 10:49am  

Sure is, Mick
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CliffB
Coventry
38 of 43  Wed 16th Dec 2020 4:27pm  

It hasn't changed much, I took these a few weeks ago.
Memories and Nostalgia - Canley Ford - the "Milk Bar"
Earlsdon Kid
Argyll & Bute, Scotland
39 of 43  Sat 6th May 2023 5:16pm  

A photograph I took of Canley Ford in the winter of 1970 or near this time. I'd be interested what it looks like over 50 years on, if anyone has a recent photo of the ford!
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Handyman
Coventry
40 of 43  Sun 7th May 2023 12:32pm  

Mike Murphy

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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
41 of 43  Sun 7th May 2023 12:58pm  

I love this. Thank you.
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Helen F
Warrington
42 of 43  Sun 7th May 2023 1:51pm  

Ditto Philip. Some good stuff from Coventry Digital. 1910 by JJ Ward. I believe that this might be back to front.
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Skybluedave
Crewe
43 of 43  Mon 8th May 2023 11:22am  

Although growing up in Allesley Park during the 60's and 70's, my grandparents lived in the Green Lane area and we occasionally visited the Milk Bar, run at that time by Mrs Stokes (Grace). I was also a member at Hearsall and the lane ran alongside the 3rd hole, past the Milk Bar and then virtually bisected the course and into Bates Road. Very often you would see members of the public waiting by the fence and watching the golfers tee off.
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