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NeilsYard
Coventry
16 of 90  Wed 29th Aug 2018 1:17pm  

Further to Osmiroid's image that I posted earlier - here is what must be the latest image I know of of an intact Derby Lane before its destruction in very near to the same spot. This one is dated 1936 and as you can see it still retained its ye olde charm (although probably its olde charm rats as well!). Mirrorpix have recently added some great new images which I will try to add on the forum where appropriate.
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Osmiroid
UK
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17 of 90  Wed 29th Aug 2018 2:03pm  

Another great find Neil!!!!!! So rare to find pictures from inside Derby Lane. Thumbs up
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Helen F
Warrington
18 of 90  Wed 29th Aug 2018 2:38pm  

Hi Neil, I was going to post that Mirrorpix seemed to have more old photos, though they're hard to filter out from the modern ones. I think that the reason Derby Lane is so poorly covered is that it was tall and thin. It must have been quite grand at one point, as hinted at by the artists who have covered the street. They had more chance to show the street because they could exaggerate the angle of view to show it more clearly.
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
19 of 90  Thu 30th Aug 2018 2:22am  

On 29th Aug 2018 1:17pm, NeilsYard said: Mirrorpix have recently added some great new images which I will try to add on the forum where appropriate.
Another great one Neil thanks, looking forward to some more. Thumbs up
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
20 of 90  Thu 30th Aug 2018 2:36pm  

Flapdoodle. In the book I think it was Rob recommended - Humorous Reminiscences of Coventry Life - it says "In the summer of 1792, Broadgate was excavated to the depth of 5/6 feet, when a regular pavement was discovered, and upon it a coin of Nero, in middle brass".
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NeilsYard
Coventry
21 of 90  Thu 30th Aug 2018 9:15pm  

Thanks all / Helen. I noted during a search after I posted that you hinted that you had already seen this one. It really is hard to picture that this is where Cathedral Lanes covers now.
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Helen F
Warrington
22 of 90  Thu 30th Aug 2018 11:10pm  

I've seen a lot of pictures Neil. I've stopped predicting the end of the image supply because novel ones turn up quite regularly. The Mirrorpix photo isn't the most useful image I've got of Derby Lane. It can't have been long before the war. The Library is on the left, which from my perspective is a modern monstrosity (only in so much as older buildings were demolished to make way for it). Wink The north east end of Derby Lane is somewhat lacking in useful information although I have a few images and I think I've worked out what it looked like.
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
23 of 90  Fri 31st Aug 2018 9:19am  

It's hard to picture that is Derby Lane in the first place, looks so drab, none of the richness of Derby Lane, looks like they were looking for the chop as well as Butcher Row etc.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
24 of 90  Fri 14th Feb 2020 9:50am  

Following a post on FB about Derby Lane I have only just realised that there is something visible today that links in with the old photo posted earlier in this thread - you can see what I think is the back of today's Yorkshire Bank building still visible from the old image. Anyway I love this type of thing as it really places the Coventry of old to the unrecognisable today.
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Helen F
Warrington
25 of 90  Fri 14th Feb 2020 3:25pm  

I also love that kind of clue between pictures Neil. Some of my best Coventry research work does that. Well spotted Thumbs up
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NeilsYard
Coventry
26 of 90  Fri 14th Feb 2020 3:35pm  

Cheers Helen - You can see they have bricked up the window to the left - I'm now just going to have to research the history of that building! Big grin Wonder what that room was used for?
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NeilsYard
Coventry
27 of 90  Fri 14th Feb 2020 3:45pm  

Looking at BFA - it almost looks like someone was living in there. This is dated 1949 so they cleared and developed the site quite quickly post-war.
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Helen F
Warrington
28 of 90  Fri 14th Feb 2020 4:21pm  

It might have been a fire escape with where it went to destroyed in the war?
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Prof
Gloucester
29 of 90  Sun 1st Mar 2020 10:53pm  

Forum library image Rob's pic
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Prof
Gloucester
30 of 90  Sun 1st Mar 2020 11:22pm  

Hay Lane
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