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Annewiggy Tamworth	166 of 187 Fri 11th Aug 2023 7:03pm You were only babies, I was born the year before.i wonder if my dad is driving that bus.
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lindatee2002 Virginia USA	167 of 187 Fri 11th Aug 2023 7:42pm On 11th Aug 2023 6:14pm, Choirboy said: Photos from the year of my birth also lindatee. They recall my earliest memories of Owen-Owen, Sainsbury's and the only street view of any permanence during my early childhood. The motor bike and sidecar reminded of me of the BSA M21 we had until about 1954/5. I would travel on mother's lap and my elder brother in the rear of the sidecar. The bike was missing a pillion seat and I recall an identical one to the photo being fitted for my bother when I was too old for mother's lap. Ah,the motorbike and sidecar. I always wanted a ride in one of those. Several dads in our street had them but my dad went to work on a pushbike. I love the one the police officer has on Murder in Paradise..
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PhiliPamInCoventry Holbrooks	168 of 187 Sat 12th Aug 2023 8:20am On 11th Aug 2023 7:03pm, Annewiggy said: You were only babies, I was born the year before.i wonder if my dad is driving that bus. Hi Anne, If the reg of the bus is GKV, (my vision is useless this morning), then it was brand new that year.
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mcsporran Coventry & Cebu	169 of 187 Sat 12th Aug 2023 12:00pm My vision also impaired after a cataract op but If it was 1948, the bus would be an FHP reg, The GKV buses mostly were dated 1949 or 1950.
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Helen F Warrington	170 of 187 Sat 12th Aug 2023 12:08pm It's certainly something KV and could be either G or C but it looks like GKV is the most likely.
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PhiliPamInCoventry Holbrooks	171 of 187 Sat 12th Aug 2023 1:43pm If it's EKV, I think that it's a pre-war batch. Whatever, I would love to think that it was your dad driving, Anne. If it was EKV, they were possibly the first buses built with pre-selector gear arrangements anywhere. That was a Daimler development that we can all be proud of. That lead the way for automatic gear-boxes, being developed. There might have been some Alvis sharing on that. Daimler & Alvis & AEC, collaborated on this ground-breaking technology during the thirties.
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Heathite Coventry	172 of 187 Sat 12th Aug 2023 1:53pm It's GKV 49
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PhiliPamInCoventry Holbrooks	173 of 187 Sat 12th Aug 2023 2:00pm On 12th Aug 2023 12:00pm, mcsporran said: My vision also impaired after a cataract op but If it was 1948, the bus would be an FHP reg, The GKV buses mostly were dated 1949 or 1950. Hi, I do wish you well after your treatment. 47 new buses arrived during 1948, FHP 1 to 30, plus 17 GKVs. The post war order was for 100 Double Deckers, the balance minus 5, arriving during 1949, all Daimler classed as CV A6s. The full order was five short, those being prototype development buses. This could be copied to the Coventry bus topic. That last pic confirms for me GKV. Any thoughts?
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mcsporran Coventry & Cebu	174 of 187 Sat 12th Aug 2023 2:23pm I agree, GKV 49, it was delivered in the last few months of 1948, not too sure about the driver though. source: cct-society.org.uk
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bk Coventry	175 of 187 Sat 12th Aug 2023 4:20pm Well this has been perfect to read. The rest are here and to confirm, Bert came in 1948, so GKV seems correct. There's no others of the city, but some of what we think are the Stoke Aldermoor floods just after. b p kyneswood
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NeilsYard Coventry	176 of 187 Thu 12th Oct 2023 12:17pm We've had similar shots before but I liked this one as its shows that end of what remained of Derby Lane and the Library. You can almost hear those chaps on the benches saying 'I remember old Butcher Row being here!'
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Annewiggy Tamworth	177 of 187 Thu 12th Oct 2023 12:35pm Would that be pre war, showing the demolition of Martin's bank ? Question
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Helen F Warrington	178 of 187 Thu 12th Oct 2023 1:07pm I think that it's post war Anne, and those are the ruins of the Prudential.
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Choirboy Bicester	179 of 187 Thu 12th Oct 2023 2:31pm Prudential ruins are missing from EAW001835 BFA, 1946.
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NeilsYard Coventry	180 of 187 Thu 12th Oct 2023 2:37pm IIRC they had to bring the Pru ruins down quickly as it was literally falling down so its only just post-war. I think rebuilding started pretty quickly. The moral-boosting Bible quote on Holy Trinity is still showing - Coventry Digital (Free registration)
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