
Rob Orland Historic Coventry All posts by this member | 1 of 60 Wed 22nd Jun 2011 10:28pm Webmaster, : Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:1561 One of our fellow members, Genghis Smith, has done a sterling job restoring that wonderful and rare photo of the corner of Cow Lane, so I'm adding it here at his request. Enjoy....
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 2 of 60 Thu 23rd Jun 2011 12:14am : Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2632 Nice job ![]() |
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Foxcote Warwick All posts by this member | 3 of 60 Fri 17th May 2013 8:51am : Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:710 I am not sure which property is the 'Hare and Squirrel' on this old photo of Cow Lane |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 4 of 60 Fri 17th May 2013 9:17am Moderator, : Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5086 |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 5 of 60 Fri 17th May 2013 9:25am Moderator, : Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5086 In the old photo, the door on the left with the lamp above - I remember this as a dark and dingy 'general store' in the early 1960s, run by a woman who must have been in her 90s! It was on my route home from Holy Trinity and I sometimes called in to buy some sweets. Greyfriars Lane was cobbled all the way down to this spot ![]() |
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Foxcote Warwick All posts by this member | 6 of 60 Fri 17th May 2013 10:15am : Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:710 I found another shot of your 'dingy shop', I can see a window as it's a slightly different angle.
Corner of Union St, Cow Lane, Greyfriars Lane and Cheylesmore |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 7 of 60 Fri 17th May 2013 10:23am Moderator, : Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5086 Thanks - that shows the Hare & Squirrel as I remember it (with the double bay windows) - I assume that in the first photo the H&S is the half-timbered building to the left of the gateway
I wonder when that was demolished for the "new" public house? - perchance it was 1940! ![]() |
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 8 of 60 Fri 17th May 2013 3:05pm : Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2632 On 17th May 2013 10:23am, Midland Red said:
I assume that in the first photo the H&S is the half-timbered building to the left of the gateway
Yes it is:
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I wonder when that was demolished for the "new" public house? - perchance it was 1940!
Pre war. It was in a slightly different position and orientation as well.
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Foxcote Warwick All posts by this member | 9 of 60 Sat 18th May 2013 8:55pm : Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:710 Thanks for the location of the 'original Hare and Squirrel', Dutchman. According to the old Newspapers, it was up for sale in 1858 and was described as a Commercial Inn and Market House with a good Malthouse attached containing a Ten Quarter Kiln, stabling for eight horses and a large garden. Looking at that map, roughly what do you think the square area of the property would have been? Just interested in visualising the layout of the property. |
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 10 of 60 Sat 18th May 2013 11:24pm : Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2632 On 18th May 2013 8:55pm, Foxcote said:
Looking at that map, roughly what do you think the square area of the property would have been?
I'm afraid I've no idea Foxcote, 10,000 square feet maybe?
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Foxcote Warwick All posts by this member | 11 of 60 Sun 19th May 2013 7:25am : Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:710 Thanks Dutchman, the angles of the old photos made the old Hare and Squirrel look smaller than it actually was, I can see the gardens etc on your map. It didn't sound very pleasant to have spent a night there from the description in the first article that I have found from 2002, there's some great details of Cow Lane in the second link...
Pungent smell of Cow Lane
Memories of Cow Lane
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Annewiggy Tamworth All posts by this member | 12 of 60 Sun 19th May 2013 12:54pm : Joined Jan 2013 Total posts:2083 On 17th May 2013 9:25am, Midland Red said:
In the old photo, the door on the left with the lamp above - I remember this as a dark and dingy 'general store' in the early 1960s, run by a woman who must have been in her 90s! It was on my route home from Holy Trinity and I sometimes called in to buy some sweets. Greyfriars Lane was cobbled all the way down to this spot
I found this picture of the shop on the corner of Cow Lane and Greyfriars Lane. It clearly shows the cobblestones in Greyfriars Lane. I will leave you car experts to date it but I would have thought 1960's.
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Foxcote Warwick All posts by this member | 13 of 60 Sun 19th May 2013 1:21pm : Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:710 Oh that's a cracking photo Annewiggy ![]() |
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Annewiggy Tamworth All posts by this member | 14 of 60 Sun 19th May 2013 1:24pm : Joined Jan 2013 Total posts:2083 Just found some more. Another view of the shop and a view further up Cow Lane of the Weavers Top Shops.
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 15 of 60 Sun 19th May 2013 1:30pm Moderator, : Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5086 On 19th May 2013 1:21pm, Foxcote said:
Oh that's a cracking photo Annewiggy
Absolutely made up! ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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