Lost Coventry views (photos and pictures wanted)

Some of my requests have been answered. Parts of the mid to north end of Cox Street. I've got bits of both sides but some images are very poor - still missing some sections but a lot fewer than before. Blitz photos filled in a few blanks The south side of Cow Lane from halfway to the corner of Little Park Street and then round until you get to Banner House. This whole area became a factory - I found a sketch of part of the south side of Cow Lane On the same side of Little Park Street but further south, there are about three houses south of Bridgeman's including a ladies' seminary that are unknown. These might have been demolished too early for photography but were still there in 1850 - got a sketch of the seminary but the others are still unknown The buildings on the north side of Earl Street, where they built the Council House. I have clues as to what they looked like including some sketches at the back but maybe there are some photos too, especially of the ones on the corner of St Mary Street - between Rob and Neil this is complete. The east half of St John's Lane, particularly the south side - found quite a lot more images of this area. The final area that I feel certain must have been better recorded was the south end of Much Park Street. I've got bits of this area but not much early from the south side before Short Street and the school were built - I still feel that there might be more out there.

Exciting Discovery! I've been in touch with a chap called James Cooper on Facebook. He has recently added on the Visit Historic Coventry page a collection of new fantastic old Coventry images, several of which I've not seen before. James wants to get these added to Coventry Digital (Ben I'll been in touch about this when you are feeling better!), however, for now has agreed to let me post some on here. As such, look out for some great thread updates which I will label as the "Cooper Collection". This was the background - In the late 1970s my Dad found a folder of negatives during a house clearance and kept it hoping they showed some interesting scenes of Coventry. 45 years later we developed them! Can you help identify where and maybe when these were taken? I'll share the identifiable ones with Coventry Digital archive.

.......................as you can probably tell, I've been somewhat excited by these new photos. Amazing what keeps turning up!

Well between a new eruption and these, I wiped my morning out

I periodically return to this topic and update. Bits and pieces are still turning up every year. The kids' sketches provided images that I wasn't even expecting and there are plenty I still haven't pin pointed. Several courts/yards have come to light in paintings and photos. However some sections of the city were rebuilt too early to expect photography and many of them weren't exactly picturesque, so might easily have vanished without note. Troughton still takes the prize for the scope of his sketches. The list below doesn't represent everything I'm missing but what I think could be improved (in bold). I removed Earl Street because as noted last time, it's pretty much complete. Parts of the mid to north end of Cox Street. I've got bits of both sides but some images are very poor - still missing some sections but a lot fewer than before. Blitz photos filled in a few blanks - The only part I suspect could still see better images is the building opposite New Street. I've got a fuzzy aerial photo of the front and two great sketches of the back but no good picture of the front. The south side of Cow Lane from halfway to the corner of Little Park Street and then round until you get to Banner House. This whole area became a factory - I found a sketch of part of the south side of Cow Lane - I've found more of the south side of Cow Lane (including the kids' sketches) but I feel that it's unlikely that anymore decent pictures of this area will turn up. Maybe there is a better sketch of the Little Park side of the missing section, although there were factories/brick buildings there before the big Bushills factory was built. I don't expect a photo. On the same side of Little Park Street but further south, there are about three houses south of Bridgeman's including a ladies' seminary that are unknown. These might have been demolished too early for photography but were still there in 1850 - got a sketch of the seminary but the others are still unknown - Not expecting any advances on these remaining buildings, although I think that they weren't timber and were either Georgian or later. The east half of St John's Street, particularly the south side - found quite a lot more images of this area. - I still feel that something more might turn up for this street. I find it odd that there are no photos of the British Queen. The final area that I feel certain must have been better recorded was the south end of Much Park Street. I've got bits of this area but not much early from the south side before Short Street and the school were built - I still feel that there might be more out there. - The Short Street area is now complete (thanks to a painting but a photo might still turn up) and only the section where the school was built next to the gate site remains unknown.