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Mike H
London Ontario, Canada
46 of 235  Thu 31st Jul 2014 4:20pm  

This is the best and most comprehensive info I have ever seen on the Sherbourne, a good bit of history and many photos and drawings. Well worth a look.
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
47 of 235  Thu 31st Jul 2014 5:34pm  

Thanks for the link Mike, very interesting and a good read. Wave
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flapdoodle
Coventry
48 of 235  Thu 31st Jul 2014 7:45pm  

Another interesting find. I've never seen that well on Holyhead Road. Next time I'm out and about on my bike I might try to find it. The Radford Pool looks interesting. I visited an area in Cardiff that had a lake in it, and made an excellent feature to the area, and was a local attraction and hence busy.
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pixrobin
Canley
49 of 235  Thu 31st Jul 2014 8:27pm  

that's a brilliant link Mike - thanks
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
50 of 235  Thu 31st Jul 2014 9:31pm  

On 31st Jul 2014 7:45pm, flapdoodle said: Another interesting find. I've never seen that well on Holyhead Road. Next time I'm out and about on my bike I might try to find it.
The article says the well is in Lammas Road but it is actually in Beaumont Crescent, the next Road, about opposite the pedestrian crossing to Morrisons. I used to push my mum round in a wheelchair from St Catherines House and it did not look so tidy then but it is a hidden little treasure.
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flapdoodle
Coventry
51 of 235  Thu 31st Jul 2014 9:40pm  

Thanks, I couldn't find it on Google Earth! Found it now. Fascinating.
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Prof
Gloucester
52 of 235  Sun 10th Aug 2014 9:07pm  

I agree with Mike H that this article is first rate. Only one error I noted: Burges is a corruption of St. John's Bridges, not St Michael's.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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53 of 235  Mon 11th Aug 2014 6:42am  

Thank you for that, Prof. Cheers Thumbs up
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wingy
warwick
54 of 235  Wed 13th Aug 2014 6:22pm  

I remember the river used to flow through the Swanswell park, there was a wooden bridge over it, it went to the left of the park and ran alongside the Swanswell Pub, later to be covered over, there was plenty of fish in the river which was not very wide, I assume it must have ran underground towards Gulson Road.
roger wing

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new26
Coventry
55 of 235  Wed 13th Aug 2014 6:32pm  

That would be Springfield Brook. Still exposed at the side of houses in Brooklyn Road and Matlock Road I believe.
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dutchman
Spon End
56 of 235  Thu 14th Aug 2014 1:20am  

On 13th Aug 2014 6:22pm, wingy said: I remember the river use to flow through the Swanswell park....
I don't remember it at all and I used to play a lot in the park. When was it covered over?
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wingy
warwick
57 of 235  Fri 15th Aug 2014 8:24pm  

The wooden bridge had disappeared long before the brook or river as it was sometimes called during late 60's early early 70's was covered with concrete slabs and topsoil. Before this the small area at the rear of the pub facing the park had an outside seeating area where you could have a pint with the then open brook flowing past with the cloud of 'gnats' hovering above the water with a good view of the park. You may remember the old wooden building which was like a shack across the road from the pub which was at one time a secondhand shop but before that a pushbike shop doing repairs and sales, next to this was the bombsite that the new bus station is built over, to the rear was the old flour mill with the old public gents toilets which I believe are still there but closed down years ago, then you had the cinema on the corner
roger wing

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morgana
the secret garden
58 of 235  Fri 22nd Aug 2014 1:41pm  

How about this look of the river Sherbourne Priory Street.
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dutchman
Spon End
59 of 235  Fri 22nd Aug 2014 2:57pm  

Good find Morgana Thumbs up The cottages predate the Triumph factory. I would have expected the animals on the bridge to have been travelling in the opposite direction, ie: towards Smithfield Market rather than away from it.
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scrutiny
coventry
60 of 235  Fri 22nd Aug 2014 4:33pm  

You do not think like an animal Dutchman, a bid for freedom maybe? Smile
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