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rocksolid
Bristol
166 of 188  Sat 14th Sep 2024 10:59am  

On 13th Sep 2024 10:42am, NeilsYard said: I thought I had shared this one before but this Street level view shows what was then the Matterson's building close-up with the Cocaine Ad in Robs aerial -
I guess this shot was taken late 1940s like the other similar one in the Hales Street thread posted by Neil although this one has a more up-to-date lorry advertised, the older one could even be just pre-war? That curved wall has achieved a certain fame through this forum, hasn't it? It was obviously well-used for advertising purposes.
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
167 of 188  Sat 14th Sep 2024 12:16pm  

I think this is the weigh-bridge on Rob's now and then of Hales Street. If this picture appeared now you would think it was the public toilets. Hales Street
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NeilsYard
Coventry
168 of 188  Wed 25th Sep 2024 4:25pm  

OK so pre-War date this one - It's got some great detail and I'm slightly puzzled by what the road is front right and that timbered building? I think it might be a rare capture of that era of Bayley Lane?
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NeilsYard
Coventry
169 of 188  Wed 25th Sep 2024 4:49pm  

I think this is a similar view after the blitz and really shows the destruction Sad And that timbered building bottom right is this one seen on the Bayley Lane thread - the pattern is the same -
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
170 of 188  Thu 26th Sep 2024 9:25am  

On 25th Sep 2024 4:25pm, NeilsYard said: OK so pre-War date this one - It's got some great detail and I'm slightly puzzled by what the road is front right and that timbered building? I think it might be a rare capture of that era of Bayley Lane?
That's a smashing photo, Neil. I was just looking on this 1937 map, and I think you must be right about that timbered building being Bayley Lane. I think we can also see the double row of tiny terraced houses in Freeth Street, just left of centre. And isn't the rear of the Gaumont Cinema huge! Oh, so many things of interest in aerial photos - like staring at a 3D map from funny angles!
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Helen F
Warrington
171 of 188  Thu 26th Sep 2024 3:57pm  

Yes, the timbered building was Bailey Lane. It was not an original timber frame but was in fact a new build covering number 44 and 45. In 1819 William Henry Brook painted the same location and captured the very grand original. It was there when the drawings for Coventry Past and Passing were made and even Dr Troughton sketched it from the other direction. On the end was a star symbol and I wonder if the building had been the Star Inn at one point? By the time the Board of Health map was drawn it had been demolished and a shed plus a passage replaced it. The left hand side of the passageway probably followed the original passage into the inn yard and even in 1850 there were still a coach house and stables in the yard at the back.
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20A-Manor House
Coventry
172 of 188  Sun 29th Sep 2024 9:01am  

I know the spires, but that is all:
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Helen F
Warrington
173 of 188  Sun 29th Sep 2024 10:10am  

Thanks 20A, Double thumbs up it was looking out over Cross Cheaping. Next view along to this one looking over the Burges.
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lindatee2002
Virginia USA
174 of 188  Sun 29th Sep 2024 1:21pm  

I'm not good at this but is that the fire station left of centre at the top?

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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
175 of 188  Sun 29th Sep 2024 4:15pm  

Yes lindatee also with the cobbles out the front too. High heels - a no no ! Roll eyes
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Mick Strong
Coventry
176 of 188  Sun 29th Sep 2024 5:54pm  

On 29th Sep 2024 10:10am, Helen F said: Thanks 20A, Double thumbs up it was looking out over Cross Cheaping. Next view along to this one looking over the Burges.
What is the building behind Comley & Sons, with "Coventry Ales" on the wall?
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Helen F
Warrington
177 of 188  Sun 29th Sep 2024 6:00pm  

That would be the Coventry Cross.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
178 of 188  Thu 13th Feb 2025 10:48am  

Apols if I have already mentioned this previously - I'd forgotten they had added this when I first discovered it a while ago but the fantastic NLS side-by-side mapping site now includes a Post-war Aerial Mapping!
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Helen F
Warrington
179 of 188  Thu 13th Feb 2025 11:52am  

Wow, now there's a distraction from important stuff Lol
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William Knights
Manchester
180 of 188  Fri 14th Feb 2025 9:30am  

On 25th Sep 2024 4:49pm, NeilsYard said: I think this is a similar view after the blitz and really shows the destruction Sad And that timbered building bottom right is this one seen on the Bayley Lane thread - the pattern is the same -
Hello I am struggling to pinpoint the location of the timber frame building. Would anyone be able to help please?

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