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Annewiggy
Tamworth
1 of 13  Thu 4th Apr 2013 10:11am  

This is the demolition of Croft Road with I believe a few of Queen Victoria Road houses in the background.
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
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2 of 13  Tue 25th Mar 2014 3:39pm  

My Yardley family ran the shop at 43 Croft Road. I know they were there until at least 1914. There is a picture posted under the subject "Yardley family history". Post copied from topic Starley Road on 21st Sep 2022 6:10 pm
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Covgrandma
Coventry
3 of 13  Mon 17th Oct 2016 10:14pm  

I just came across this page. I lived at the shop (27 Starley Road) which was run by my parents Ada & Reg Gilkes, until about 1958/59. They moved there in April 1939. Mrs. Bowman then took over the running of the shop (it was rented). I think it was probably built as a shop - it had a large window and there wasn't a front garden. No. 27 was the last house in the road. There was then a pedestrian entry giving access to rear of the houses in Croft Road, There was also a shop in Croft Road run by Mrs. Isherwood - it backed on to the River Sherbourne. We don't have any photographs. Post copied from topic Starley Road on 21st Sep 2022 6:07 pm
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dutchman
Spon End
4 of 13  Tue 18th Oct 2016 12:25am  

Hi Covgrandma and welcome to the forum Wave Here is a 1949 map showing the position of No.27 relative to Starley Road and Croft Road: Post copied from topic Starley Road on 21st Sep 2022 6:10 pm
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
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5 of 13  Wed 19th Oct 2016 10:26am  

I think I have mentioned before that my great grandparents ran a shop at 43 Croft Road, but this does not back on to the river as Covgrandma says but would have been opposite. Was the there 2 shops in Croft Road?
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Iain MacBean
Glasgow
6 of 13  Fri 22nd Dec 2017 8:03pm  

I lived with my parents and twin brother at 13 Croft Rd up until 1959. There were three shops in Croft Rd, one around No 20 which I remember sold sweets etc, there was another around 28? run by Dick and Lilian Sowter that sold groceries and number 43 on the corner of Rudge Rd, was I think called Broomfields and sold vegetables. I can remember the Gilks shop as it was opposite the rear drive/entrance. There was also an old cycle shop half way down Starley Road. Can also remember the lovely Jeanette and Jaqueline Ballington twins who lived at No8. Post copied from topic Starley Road on 21st Sep 2022 6:06 pm
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NeilsYard
Coventry
7 of 13  Tue 6th Mar 2018 5:21am  

Very rare shot from this era of the corner of Croft Road where today (believe it or not!) stands IKEA.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
8 of 13  Fri 28th Sep 2018 1:36am  

Thanks to Pauline Blower on the CoventryLive Nostalgia FB page. Late 60's and an unusual view of the row of original terraces not too long before they came down.
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Prof
Gloucester
9 of 13  Mon 24th Aug 2020 9:32am  

Croft Road, with Queen Victoria Road in the background.
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heathite
Coventry
10 of 13  Mon 7th Sep 2020 7:25pm  

Croft Road, 1911.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
11 of 13  Wed 21st Sep 2022 4:47pm  

Here's another interesting shot of Croft Road -
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NeilsYard
Coventry
12 of 13  Mon 30th Sep 2024 2:59pm  

April '87 and clearance work has begun for what was then the 'new' Co-op building - which has in itself now also gone and now the site of the Skydome. My Dad often parked on the car park that was there once the old row had been cleared for our Saturday morning trips in to town -
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NeilsYard
Coventry
13 of 13  Mon 30th Sep 2024 3:01pm  

Apols that one could have gone in the GEC thread but compares nicely with the slightly earlier one already on there showing that car park -
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