Dentists were very fond of pulling your teeth out for any reason in those days, I had 4 back teeth out (by Cocaine) because my teeth were crooked and they said there was not enough room for them, no braces then. Fortunately my mum worked in the house so I was able to go and sit in the house afterwards. The dentist was in Moseley Avenue by the library.

There was a dentist in Daventry Road that I used in the 1960's. On one occasion I had to have a wisdom tooth removed, the dentist didn't seem himself, As he was working on me he kept whistling a tune. After some time and a struggle he told me that he had had a car accident on his way into work and was still nervous. He apologised, told me that he had only managed to remove half of the tooth and asked me to come back the following week. Not the best experience.

I think all of us who had horrible experiences with dentists years ago never forget them. Even though they play nice music and have mobiles on the ceiling, I still dread going and grip the arms of the chair and hold my breath! It was a choice of gas or cocaine for extractions, both horrible.

When we moved to Tamworth the family dentist was nicknamed Butcher Boyd. I swear he had a card game going in the back room as he would keep disappearing.

Does anyone recall a dentist on Station Road West (just a few steps from Foleshill Rd, opposite the General Wolfe)? He was my first dentist in Cov in the early sixties, and I recall him with a measure of horror and ingrained memories of what I considered his butchery, reinforced, no doubt, by the fact that there was a Dix the Butcher just round the corner! I ask, having just seen a piece on the TV about Jimmy Dix, a Nuneaton dentist of the 1930s who apparently was the pioneer of surfing (of all things!) in Britain. Seems quite a coincidence, and makes me wonder if they were related.

Kimbo, Sure do! He tried take my wisdom tooth out, nearly broke my ribs with his knee on them, black and blue for months. Broke the tooth off, and left it at that - it finally came out twenty years later. Never went back again.

After the end of rationing the premature rotting of ones teeth was hastened by every adult one knew, on meeting, giving you a sweet (taught never to accept from strangers!!). Childhood experiences of dentistry in the 50's and 60's seem to be universally bad. Mine started with the school dentist at Gulson Road Hospital where I woke up from the gas before the extraction was completed. I then went to Mr Roache in Walsgrave Road opposite Gosford Green. He would have a syringe already in his hand as you sat down in the chair. No conversation, just jab-jab. You would be sent back to the waiting room for the cocaine to take effect and the previous patient (victim) would be called back to have their extractions. I never received a filling. Probably a relief because the band connected pantograph drill attached to the chair differed little from an instrument of extended torture. Having had teeth broken off and unnecessarily extracted I could not summon up enough courage to visit a dentist again until an abscess in a unextracted root forced me to. The young dentist was aghast at what had been done and introduced me conservative dentistry (excellent, but not available on the NHS, £££!).

Coventry Dentist List 1970

Please be aware this is transcribed and may have errors, I will have to proof read later Angus, D. A., 276 Broad Lane. Beasley J. E., 34 Park Road. Bhan, M. L., 38 Everdon Rd. Boden, R. P., 37 Stoney Rd., Caradoc Close. Brayson, T. J. (Rice and Brayson), 8, Spencer Road. Bulow, J. J., 14 Binley Rd. Carter, T. N., 192 Hearsall Lane. Chadbourne, B. (Doyle & Chadborne), 2 Sir Thomas White's Rd. Clemons, M. E. (Clemons & Farr), 8 Grosvenor House, Grosvenor Road. Cormack, A. F., 3 Park Rd. Craven, T. C., 37 Stoney Road, 272 Henley road. Cross T., (Cross & Orton), 2 Rotherham Rd. Czyz, Miss K. J., 141 Binley Road. Davies, H., 117 Holyhead Rd. Dix., R. H., (Dix, Dix & Seddon), 549 Foleshill Rd. Doyle, A. C., (Doyle & Chadbourne), 2 Sir Thomas White's Rd. Farr, J. D., (Clemons & Farr), 8 Grosvenor House, Grosvenor Road. Fitzgerald, M. W., 107 Moseley Av. Fogg, W. J., 117 Holyhead Rd. Foley, M. A., (Foley & Vause), 61 Walsgrave Rd. Gossabe, G. R., 107 Moseley Av. Harrison. H. J., 2 Ulverscroft Rd. Innes, I. R. (McColm & Innes), 92 Leamington Rd. Jonas, G. B., The Dental Surgery, Roseberrry Av, Bell Green District Centre. Kerbu, G. C., 2 Carthusian rd. Lal, D., 197 Broad Street. Lammie, G. A., 76a Quinton Rd. Lewin, D. S., 298c Foleshill Rd. McCallum, W. K., 28 Coundon Rd. McColm, G. R., (McColm & Innes), 92 Leamington Road. Madan, A. S., 5 Coundon Road. Madan, A. S., 19 Leamington Road. Mander, J. A., 63 Moseley Av. Mokrzycki, J., The Dental Surgery, Roseberrry Av, Bell Green District Centre. Neville, S. N., 6 Tile Hill Lane. Newbould, G. H. (Wood & Newbould), 268 Earlsdon Av. O'Connor, A., 3 Park Rd. O'Connor, M. F., 2 Longfellow Road. Orton, G. R. (Cross & Orton), 2 Rotherham Rd. Prichard, A. C., 85 Bagington Rd. Pritchard, S. W., 85 Bagington Rd. Randall, P., 643 Foleshill Rd. Rice, P. O. F. (Rice and Brayson), 8 Spencer Rd. Roache, S. H., 106 Marlborough Rd. Robinson, A. L. (Timms and Robinson), 298c Foleshill Rd. Saravanamuttu, J. S., 252 Remembrance Rd, Willenhall. Seddon, A. F. (Dix, Dix & Seddon), 549 Foleshill Rd. Seth, K. B., 139 Jardine Crescent. Shephard, D. F., 6 Tile Hill Lane. Skingsley-Barter, D., 8 Spencer Rd. Sood, V. K., 40A Kenpas Highway, 9 Mayors Croft. Stock, D. C., 37 Stoney Rd. Summerfield, L. R., 7 Binley Road. Syred, P. A., 5 Caradoc Close. Timms, K. J. (Timms & Robinson), 298c Foleshill Road. Vause, R. B. (Foley & Vause), 61 Walsgrave Rd. Warmington, B., 18 Binely Road. Wartnaby, R. A. (G. J. Wartnaby and R. A. Wartnaby), 2 Light Lane. Wartnaby, G. J. (G. J. Wartnaby and R. A. Wartnaby), 2 Light Lane. Willaims, P., 6 Tile Hill Lane. Wilson, W. (Miss), 83 St. james' Lane, Willenhall. Wood, G. H. (Wood & Newbould), 268 Earlsdon Av. Wyde, R. A., The Dental Surgery, Roseberry Av.

Hello Thank you for that. "Boden, R. P., 37 Stoney Rd., Caradoc Close." . He had a practice in Earlsdon/Hearsal common for some years. His last practice was with Holbrooks Health Team. He became ill on the job, that took his life just months later.

My goodness! That's awful. There's overlap of dentists that worked alongside Mr Boden at his surgeries- them being: Craven, T. C. Stock, D. C. & Syred, P. A.

'Gossabe, G. R., 107 Moseley Av.' was actually Mr. Gossage, an Australian dentist, a cheerful, kind gentle chap who by no fault of his own I was terrified of. The surgery made the mistake of putting the fire exit next to the entrance to the toilet, I was a smart kid and saw this as an opportunity, so one time when the guards weren't watching, I made my Great Escape and pegged it up Moseley Ave, only to be intercepted by my extremely cross mum and dragged back to face the terror of a checkup. I had no idea she could run so fast until that day.

Hello Throwley. I used to go to a dentist at 107 Moseley Ave, but I am going back to the late 50's early 60's but I can't remember the dentist's name. My mum worked as a daily for a while for his wife, the surgery was attached to the house. That was good as the dentist decided to take out 4 of my back teeth as he decided my mouth was crowded so I was able to go into the house afterwards. They had a couple of children so when I was in my early teens I babysat for them. It was so eerie. The telephone kept ringing in the surgery but of course I could not do anything about it and the children's bedroom was at the end of a long dark corridor when I had to go and check on them, I did not babysit many times !

Hi Throwley, I checked the book because I thought I might have done a transcription typo but it's the same in the directory I got that list from. Probably a typo in the book itself- I've found a few mistakes here and there. Thanks Throwley <3 oh no!!!! That sounds traumatising. I Imagine Children these days haven't learnt to fear the dentist like the previous generation did (luckily I'm in the former category and later cohort and have never had any unpleasant dental experiences). Patient comfort wasn't always considered back then. Whereas the dentists now feel they have failed professionally if the patient feels any discomfort. How times change.