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Coventry
976 of 984  Sun 29th Sep 2024 9:06am  

1939:
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Helen F
Warrington
977 of 984  Sun 29th Sep 2024 10:14am  

It's the best view to show the gap between Timpsons and Duval. It's wider than it seems from views along the road.
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stpauls
norfolk
978 of 984  Sun 29th Sep 2024 6:11pm  

On 27th Mar 2024 12:29pm, NeilsYard said:
Now this shows a rebuilt Coventry City centre to be admired, with Lady Godiva proudly centrally displayed & bus stops again sensibly located around the perimeter. At that time my mum worked in one of the pre-fab (cake?) shops. As a Coventry kid after the blitz I loved the rebuild but when I returned a number of years later, I was shocked by what greeted me, I seem to remember that Lady Godiva was under a tent !! seemingly pushed to the side ?? Centre character destroyed !
tillyt

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NeilsYard
Coventry
979 of 984  Tue 8th Oct 2024 9:25am  

More lovely detail in this find from CliffB
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rocksolid
Bristol
980 of 984  Tue 8th Oct 2024 9:51am  

Yes indeed, a brilliant shot from a most unusual angle. About 1930 when the National Provincial Bank was newly-built. The thing that I find notable is how clean the pavements are, barely a scrap of rubbish to be seen, not like today with cans etc being discarded all over the place. Those were the days when there were street-cleaning machines with brushes to clear the gutters. I think they still exist but are rarely seen.
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Mick Strong
Coventry
981 of 984  Tue 8th Oct 2024 10:36am  

On 8th Oct 2024 9:25am, NeilsYard said: More lovely detail in this find from CliffB
What a great pic. A Rolex watch from Mr Flinn, how much would that be worth now?
Mick Strong

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lindatee2002
Virginia USA
982 of 984  Tue 8th Oct 2024 2:15pm  

That's our bank - I always feel good going into this beautiful building. So often in photos on the Forum it's the only recognizable building in the city. When I use other branches in the UK it just doesn't feel the same. We had excellent service there and extra help when we needed it. Sometimes it's not so bad being oldish.
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Helen F
983 of 984  Tue 8th Oct 2024 2:33pm  
Off-topic / chat  

lindatee2002
Virginia USA
984 of 984  Tue 8th Oct 2024 4:24pm  

Helen, I bow almost daily to your oldishness(?) It is a gift. When I was growing up my family had post office accounts and paid in cash - no checkbooks for us. My first account was with Barclays in a portakabin at the university of Warwick where I worked and where my paycheck was deposited and I received my first checkbook. We've moved around a lot but left Barclays in the late '60's and moved to NatWest for our banking needs. It wasn't until I was in Coventry and needed to go to the actual building that in realized this was my bank! None of the branches in places I have lived compare with it. The interior isn't what it was but you can't have everything.
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