dutchman
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Mon 8th Jun 2015 9:17pm
The Magnet Café, corner of New Buildings, 1962. Not heard of it before now.
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dutchman
Spon End
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Wed 10th Jun 2015 12:38am
This is an aerial view of the same corner in 1953. The fire station is on the left and the Hippodrome is in the foreground. The temporary shops to the right of the café had not yet been built. I believe the small triangular projection on the corner of New Buildings was an ice-cream kiosk:
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
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Wed 10th Jun 2015 3:50am
Mornin' Dutchman, a good aerial view that one thanks.
Are the cobblestones (high heel killers I used to call them) still there? I know it's a restaurant now in place of the old Fire Station. My mind is mostly on the 60's, but I do remember going in to see the whale on display on the corner, just a waste piece of ground in the 50's.
Enjoy your day.
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dutchman
Spon End
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Wed 10th Jun 2015 2:46pm
There are a few cobblestones on the fire station side Dreamtime, mostly by the edge of the pavement and a great many more on the opposite side of the road.
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
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Wed 10th Jun 2015 3:20pm
Ah, thanks, I would have thought they would have all been long gone by now, like most of Coventry's identity. |
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pixrobin
Canley
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Sat 1st Aug 2015 1:32pm
Are there any good restaurants close to Coventry Transport Museum? Needs to serve lunchtime roast meal and be accessible to those with mobility problems. (Walkers, Wheelchairs, and mobility scooters). Possible group of 10 people attending.
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morgana
the secret garden
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Sat 1st Aug 2015 2:09pm
Doubt if you will find any that will be able to fit a lot of wheel chairs and scooters Pixrobin. |
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pixrobin
Canley
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Tue 4th Aug 2015 10:44am
This was formerly King Wa's in Warwick Row
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bohica
coventry
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Tue 4th Aug 2015 5:26pm
Do I recall that as Chattaway's wine bar?
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MaggieD
Earlsdon
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Sat 12th Sep 2015 7:19am
Does anyone remember a cafe that was next to the gas showrooms in Corporation Street, early 60s, there was an upstairs restaurant as well. No one else seems to remember it if this is a childhood imagination then it's a vivid one as I can even remember the people who worked there, the decor and even the seating. |
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bohica
coventry
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Sat 12th Sep 2015 8:52am
Yes I remember it. Wasn't it a relic of the wartime British Restaurants? |
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
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Sat 12th Sep 2015 9:49am
Hi MaggieD, are you sure it was not the one above the Gas Showrooms, up the wrought iron stairs. I stand corrected if wrong, but the one upstairs stands vividly in my mind as my mum used to take me in there often, as well as the one above the Opera House in Hales Street. You mention early 60's so that was a few years after. |
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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Sat 12th Sep 2015 10:01am
Hi to you both
There was one café, ground floor to the left of the iron lift cage, whilst on the first floor there was a full restaurant facility with uniformed waitresses. It was a real treat for me to have dinner in there. As a child, I remember the fact that it was full to overflowing on a Saturday lunchtime, so much so that there was a waiting area adjacent to the gas showroom itself, where you waited in turn for a table to become vacant. The restaurant manager would then show you to your table. Steak & kidney pie was my favourite no bought in affair, it was made there & had carrots & mushrooms in it. I could just eat it now, Maggie. Shall I book a table? |
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MaggieD
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Sat 12th Sep 2015 2:41pm
Thank you to everyone regarding the cafe enquiry, my husband was convinced I had imagined it. |
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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Sat 12th Sep 2015 5:20pm
Hello Maggie
We are all so glad that you joined our forum. |
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