dutchman
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Wed 29th Oct 2014 7:14pm
It was formerly the Coventry Motor Sundries factory and Plaza cinema car park Norman.
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Norman Conquest
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Thu 30th Oct 2014 12:33pm
Thank you for reply Dutchman.
I left Coventry early 1960s and returned 1990 ish. So many changes , not all for the best. ... Norman.
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EMH
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Thu 12th Mar 2015 8:51pm
I am looking for info. on the people who used to live in the three cottages at Court No. 7 in Spon Street - the premises are now used by the Watch museum. These cottages were occupied I think from about 1880-1980 (give or take 10 years). Can anyone help me with some names? If not of the families living there then perhaps the name of the landlord/owner of the land or who built the cottages? Thanks.
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dutchman
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Thu 12th Mar 2015 9:37pm
Hello EMH and welcome to the forum
There were 27 cottages at one time in Court No.7 which was also known as Shakespeare Yard.
I think the three remaining cottages were Nos.25, 26 & 27.
In 1891 No.25 was occupied by Annie and Henry Hopkins (hairdresser).
No.26 was occupied by Joseph Penn (watch movement maker) and Maria Penn (woolen spinner).
No.27 was Louisa and William Ward (cycle machinist).
I think the cottages were built by the brewery and some were eventually incorporated into the Shakespeare pub.
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Annewiggy
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Fri 13th Mar 2015 11:13am
Hi EMH
This is from the Coventry Herald March 1887 British Newspaper Archive. Good description of layout of houses 22-27
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Annewiggy
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Fri 13th Mar 2015 11:34am
Having a quick look on google, Dutchman, I think the Watch Museum is in 22,23, and 24, but on a visit there I seem to remember a building that could have been a coal house so it may be that some of 25, 26 and 27 were incorporated in the museum. |
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EMH
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Sat 14th Mar 2015 1:00pm
Firstly, thank you for your quick responses Dutchman and Annewiggy. My husband has done some sketches of the Watch Museum and is wanting to include a few lines on the history of those cottages. I've tried looking at the Herbert Archives and also on the Census (but without names have had no luck)! So, your info. will be VERY helpful to him and we will try to find more about the cottages and people who lived there soonest. Again, many thanks for your help. Regards, Eileen |
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dutchman
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Sat 21st Mar 2015 3:12pm
On 4th Dec 2013 10:32pm, Baz said:
I have a picture of the shops and police box (I think) from behind the church, dated 1937.
The same shops viewed from the Holyhead Road side, presumably taken after the war as the two shops on the left-hand side of the first picture are now missing:
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Janey
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Sun 22nd Mar 2015 8:42pm
In the mid to late 50's my friend and I used to go down Spon Street to a second hand shop that she said was owned by her uncle. Going towards town, the shop was on the left hand side but I am not sure how far along this was, and it was quite small. I believe it was called Davenports, or maybe that was just his name and may not have been on the shop front, I can't remember now. Anyway, what I do remember is managing to buy what were probably ex-juke box records that had a large hole in the middle but you could get some "middles" with a small hole in them that clicked into place so you could play them on your record player. I remember getting Twenty Flight Rock by Tommy Steele from there, and possibly one or two early Elvis records, at bargain prices. Does anyone remember this second hand shop? In the early 50's my family moved from Coundon to Hearsall Lane, and my mother worked at the GEC in Spon Street, where she would do wiring for television sets, and often brought home hundreds of multi coloured beads (the ends of the flexes she had cut) and I made endless necklaces and bracelets with them. I also remember the GEC having Christmas parties for the children, and we were always presented with a lovely gift. One of mine that I treasured for years was a sewing set - a pretty box with a hinged lid and three drawers, full of needles, threads and buttons, all you needed to sew with. |
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Helen F
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Sun 22nd Mar 2015 11:31pm
There was a record shop called J Fennell opposite Crow Lane, on the left as you headed into the city. There's a picture of it in the Library pictures. Search for fennel |
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dutchman
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Mon 23rd Mar 2015 12:34am
On 22nd Mar 2015 8:42pm, Janey said:
Going towards town, the shop was on the left hand side but I am not sure how far along this was, and it was quite small. I believe it was called Davenports.
Correct, it was Davenports
It's the temporary building to the right of the pub here:
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Janey
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Mon 23rd Mar 2015 12:03pm
Thank you Dutchman. It is good to know my memory hasn't deserted me completely ! Where on earth do you find all your photos of Old Coventry? There are many on this Forum that I haven't come across before. I probably have most of the books of old photos of Coventry that have been produced and sometimes sit for ages looking through them, often with a magnifying glass so I can read the names on some of the shops. Several years ago a kindly old gentleman called Mr Beasley lent me four or five albums of wonderful old photographs, one being of the 1960's, which had photos of Hillfields, the Swanswell, Ford Street, Pool Meadow - all of which I remembered as a child because my grandmother used to live in Lower Ford Street. I often wondered what happened to the albums. However, one day at work at Little Park Street Police Station I was introduced to a visitor, David McGrory, by Tony Rose, who used to, or may still, look after the Police Museum (had to change the name from the Black Museum!). David has produced several books on Old Coventry, and it transpired that he now owns all the albums that Mr Beasley had. |
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morgana
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Mon 23rd Mar 2015 1:22pm
Janey if you look top left side in the grid there are more in Members Album s which if you click on each photo it will enlarge each photo belonging to each member. |
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dutchman
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Mon 23rd Mar 2015 2:44pm
On 23rd Mar 2015 12:03pm, Janey said:
Thank you Dutchman. It is good to know my memory hasn't deserted me completely ! Where on earth do you find all your photos of Old Coventry?
They're all on the internet Janey (or were at one time). Many of them can be found in the "Library pictures" link top-left of this page but it helps if you already know what you're looking for.
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Janey
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Mon 23rd Mar 2015 9:15pm
Why didn't I think of that! Thanks again to Dutchman and Morgana. I still have much to explore on this fascinating forum. |
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