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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
196 of 241  Sat 1st Jan 2022 4:13pm  

Thanks, Helen. Well it wasn't all wasted then. Interesting to read what a high percentage of it was used for. I wonder what happened to the large heavy garden roller which landed at the side of my father-in-law's garage during the blitz at 9 Dickens Road. It was still nestled there in 1961, the year I was married and my hubby has often said we could have done with that here when developing our own gardens. It came out of nowhere and they never did find the owner.
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
197 of 241  Mon 7th Feb 2022 10:22pm  

Just watched ’The Heart of Britain’ on Talking Pictures. Some interesting footage of Coventry 1941. Apologies if it has been shown before.
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Helen F
Warrington
198 of 241  Mon 7th Feb 2022 10:52pm  

New one for me Anne Double thumbs up While I recognised most of the views of bomb damage, I couldn't quite place all of them.
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
199 of 241  Tue 8th Feb 2022 3:42am  

New to me Anne too. What great footage. Pity a great many of our younger generations have not seen it, maybe they would appreciate their lifestyle now more. Watching all those in that footage show us the many who helped put that country back on her feet again. My great uncle worked in a foundry during the war years and seeing those in the video how hard they worked brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for stirring up memories Anne Double thumbs up
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NeilsYard
Coventry
200 of 241  Tue 8th Feb 2022 9:33am  

Great find Anne! Think that's the first time I've heard Mayoress Hyde speak! I wasn't aware until recently that she was killed in a motoring accident in Scotland in 1963.
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Wearethemods
Aberdeenshire
201 of 241  Tue 8th Feb 2022 11:13am  

Double thumbs up Double thumbs up
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
202 of 241  Tue 8th Feb 2022 11:24am  

Neil, when my dad was a bus conductor just after the war, he told a lady that the bus was full and she could not get on. She said, “Young man, don’t you know who I am?” and my dad replied “I don’t care if you are Lord Mayor of Coventry, there is no more room on the bus”. You can guess who it was!! If you search that IWM site there are more pictures.
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Prof
Gloucester
203 of 241  Tue 7th Jun 2022 10:44am  

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Prof
Gloucester
204 of 241  Wed 8th Jun 2022 10:08am  

On 8th Feb 2022 11:24am, Annewiggy said: Neil, when my dad was a bus conductor just after the war, he told a lady that the bus was full and she could not get on. She said, “Young man, don’t you know who I am?” and my dad replied “I don’t care if you are Lord Mayor of Coventry, there is no more room on the bus”. You can guess who it was!! If you search that IWM site there are more pictures.
Good story, Anne, but would not have been Lord Mayor so soon after the war. Was Pearl Hyde the first?
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
205 of 241  Wed 8th Jun 2022 10:47am  

She was made Lord Mayor in 1957 so perhaps a little longer after the war than I thought.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
206 of 241  Wed 8th Jun 2022 12:55pm  

On 7th Jun 2022 10:44am, Prof said:
Mum's shop Marcia Gowns is in that gap on the left. The Swanswell is on the right of the picture.
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Prof
Gloucester
207 of 241  Tue 14th Jun 2022 8:47pm  

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NeilsYard
Coventry
208 of 241  Fri 16th Dec 2022 4:50pm  

Can anyone pinpoint this one? I think it’s the St Patrick's Road junction, but with where?
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Midland Red

209 of 241  Fri 16th Dec 2022 6:25pm  

If it is St Patrick’s Road, then it must be Manor Road. My other thought is that it’s Stoney Road, viewed from inside Manor Road.
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Gas Centre
Perth Scotland
210 of 241  Sat 17th Dec 2022 1:21pm  

It is in Stoney Road, not St Patrick’s Road.
Alan H

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