
Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 91 of 103 Tue 15th Feb 2022 3:27pm : Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:2348 I loved that one Neil, wasn't there a Peeping Tom looking out from somewhere down there? ![]() |
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member | 92 of 103 Tue 15th Feb 2022 4:57pm Moderator, : Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:3138 He was down near the bottom of Bishop Street, on the left of the road. Even while he was there he was hard to see from the ends of the street. He was set in a small dormer window in the roof of a small two storey building. |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 93 of 103 Wed 16th Feb 2022 10:25am : Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:3193 Was it somewhere in that row on post #65 Helen? |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 94 of 103 Wed 16th Feb 2022 11:12am Moderator, : Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5040 There’s reference to it on this page ![]() |
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member | 95 of 103 Wed 16th Feb 2022 11:32am Moderator, : Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:3138 It was the building next to these two on the right
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 96 of 103 Wed 16th Feb 2022 11:43am : Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:3193 Not the clearest but another view I don't think I've seen before -
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member | 97 of 103 Wed 16th Feb 2022 1:40pm Moderator, : Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:3138 Neil, I think that there are several versions of this view at different zoom distances and qualities. These are seen in different postcards. If you zoom in to the right, you can just see the building and dormer where Tom made his appearance.
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 98 of 103 Wed 16th Feb 2022 3:20pm : Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:2348 Yes, I think you found it Helen, I vaguely remember an Opticians there with a small display window on an angle as you enter the premises. Mind you that was in more recent times. However, I always thought it an odd place to situate a Peeping Tom.
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JohnnieWalker Bonny Hills, Australia All posts by this member | 99 of 103 Wed 16th Feb 2022 8:06pm : Joined Jul 2011 Total posts:276 Am I correct in remembering a butcher's shop in Bishop Street in the 1950-60s, with the grammatically incorrect "Meat at it's Best" in very large letters on the wall facing Corporation Street? A Ravensdale Junior School English teacher (Mrs Ison?) gleefully invited us to go and see it, in all its glory. Question True Blue Coventry Kid ![]() |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 100 of 103 Wed 16th Feb 2022 8:35pm Moderator, : Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5040 John, see post 49 here |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 101 of 103 Thu 17th Feb 2022 9:45am : Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:3193 ... and some photos of it later in that thread which came from the grandson/son of the butcher at the time ![]() |
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Annewiggy Tamworth All posts by this member | 102 of 103 Thu 17th Feb 2022 10:11am : Joined Jan 2013 Total posts:2043 There is a colour version in Rob’s Now and Then, in the Historic Coventry section. |
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 103 of 103 Sat 7th May 2022 10:01pm : Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1608 ![]() |
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