The spirit of Coventry
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Sat 16th Jul 2011 8:53pm
Does anybody know where Comleys and Sons, house furnishers, was? |
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dutchman
Spon End |
2 of 16
Sat 16th Jul 2011 9:08pm
Burges
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The spirit of Coventry
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3 of 16
Sat 16th Jul 2011 9:25pm
Ah nice one dutchman, thanks for that. |
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Midland Red
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4 of 16
Sat 16th Jul 2011 9:27pm
... and it's still there
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dutchman
Spon End |
5 of 16
Sat 16th Jul 2011 9:44pm
The spirit of Coventry said:
Ah nice one dutchman, thanks for that.
Somewhere west of the Burges
Seriously, your guess is as good as mine. Depending on the date, it was mostly iron and steel works in that area. |
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Sat 16th Jul 2011 9:46pm
Thanks for that Midland Red, was this the building that is opposite Buttons cafe, as I remember sitting on the second floor looking out the window to a brick built building that had some white writing on the top (some sort of graffiti), said something about Pink Floyd? I can't remember, can anyone else? |
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Midland Red
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7 of 16
Sat 16th Jul 2011 9:53pm
This is a better view of its location
I can't help you directly with your reference to Buttons
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dutchman
Spon End |
8 of 16
Sat 16th Jul 2011 10:42pm
The spirit of Coventry said:
Thanks for that Midland Red, was this the building that is opposite Buttons cafe,
Yes, used to be Argos I think?
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9 of 16
Sun 17th Jul 2011 1:53pm
Thanks mate, as I say it used to have some writing, I think someone had lent over the roof and painted it on with a brush, as I say can't remember what it said but it was there a few years ago. |
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Osmiroid
UK |
10 of 16
Mon 19th Sep 2016 8:48pm
This excellent! I have been meaning to ask if there is any info on what the remaining old buildings of Burges/Cross Cheaping were.
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
11 of 16
Sat 18th Feb 2017 9:18pm
Just found this.
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Helen F
Warrington |
12 of 16
Sat 18th Feb 2017 10:29pm
Bit of information about the photo. The building to the right of Comley's was the Fountain Inn. The white, gabled building opposite the inn later became the Forbidden Planet and you can see that there was another building and a half before Ironmonger Row. The right side of Comley's was built over the river Sherbourne and was the site of one of the two bridges that gave the Burges it's name.
Troughton sketch of the river on the west side (bigger version than thumbnail)
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Midland Red
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Wed 21st Dec 2022 9:40am
Spot the difference time:
From Dean Large on FB
I took this photo in 2010
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Midland Red
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14 of 16
Wed 21st Dec 2022 4:37pm
Anyone spotted it yet? |
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Wed 21st Dec 2022 5:15pm
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