Mick Strong
Coventry |
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Wed 22nd Sep 2021 1:01pm
I remember the water feature outside the Belgrade regularly have a box of soap powder chucked in it.
Anyone have a picture??
Mick Strong
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Wed 22nd Sep 2021 4:30pm
Mick, it was often Sky Blue!
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
33 of 42
Thu 19th Oct 2023 3:55pm
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Helen F
Warrington |
34 of 42
Thu 19th Oct 2023 4:19pm
One of these days I'm going to work out where that well was on the old maps.
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
35 of 42
Wed 10th Jul 2024 12:35pm
Not quite town but is this the same one that was outside St John's / now on Earlsdon Avenue South? (pictured here at the junction of Hearsall Common and Earlsdon Avenue North).
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Helen F
Warrington |
36 of 42
Wed 10th Jul 2024 12:54pm
Nice find. I think that it's a slightly different design.
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Annewiggy
Tamworth |
37 of 42
Wed 10th Jul 2024 2:32pm
From the Daily Telegraph. That drinking fountain was from the employees of the Coventry Chain. The inscription read; "Erected by the employees of the Coventry Chain Company Ltd in memory of the 45 comrades who fell in the great war 1914 -1918". The presentation actually took place exactly 104 years ago, July 10th 1920 ! Despite the treacherous weather, nothing changes.
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
38 of 42
Wed 10th Jul 2024 4:32pm
Great timing
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Annewiggy
Tamworth |
39 of 42
Sun 14th Jul 2024 12:51pm
It still exists in Spon End, outside the old Renold Chain Factory ! It was eventually placed there after the plaque turned up in a flea market in Chorley. (Argon I have edited the name, checked it on Google ! but spell checker tried to change it 3 times back to the other spelling.) My grandad actually worked there at some time.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks |
40 of 42
Mon 15th Jul 2024 9:28am
Hello,
A visitor to Coventry, a one time resident once said to me that Coventry could only get a water feature to operate for three minutes before it stops working.
How much accuracy there is in that, is over to you.
Coventry water supply is so hard, how often do we have to clean a scrape water taps clogged with scale.
Domestic central heating systems were historically limited in our area because of this, until the indirect boiler technologies arrived that used the same circulatory water over & over again. It's the oxygen reaction with the lime that exacerbates the issue. Both any external oxygen or oxygen dissolved in the water. If during maintenance, a particular radiator gets removed for partial drainage, it's not long before that radiator & the connection go rotten.
With external water features it's hardly surprising that there are constant issues.
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
41 of 42
Fri 24th Jan 2025 12:35pm
Wasn't sure where to put this but another recent FB post has revealed this. It allegedly was originally in the grounds of the Whitley Pumping Station but now resides in an unknown Coventry garden -
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lindatee2002
Virginia USA |
42 of 42
Fri 24th Jan 2025 4:09pm
Looking forward to seeing where this turn up. I think I've see a couple of post where bits and pieces have 'disappeared' some lions, I think.
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