Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 196 of 207 Sat 1st Jan 2022 4:13pm : Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:2337 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 All posts by this member | 197 of 207 Mon 7th Feb 2022 10:22pm : Joined Jan 2013 Total posts:2059 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 All posts by this member | 198 of 207 Mon 7th Feb 2022 10:52pm Moderator, : Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:3188 New one for me Anne ![]() |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 199 of 207 Tue 8th Feb 2022 3:42am : Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:2337 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 ![]() |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 200 of 207 Tue 8th Feb 2022 9:33am : Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:3183 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 All posts by this member | 201 of 207 Tue 8th Feb 2022 11:13am : Joined Jun 2013 Total posts:449 ![]() ![]() |
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Annewiggy Tamworth All posts by this member | 202 of 207 Tue 8th Feb 2022 11:24am : Joined Jan 2013 Total posts:2059 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 All posts by this member | 203 of 207 Tue 7th Jun 2022 10:44am : Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1645 ![]() |
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 204 of 207 Wed 8th Jun 2022 10:08am : Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1645 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 All posts by this member | 205 of 207 Wed 8th Jun 2022 10:47am : Joined Jan 2013 Total posts:2059 She was made Lord Mayor in 1957 so perhaps a little longer after the war than I thought. |
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PhiliPamInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 206 of 207 Wed 8th Jun 2022 12:55pm Moderator, : Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:3817 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 All posts by this member | 207 of 207 Tue 14th Jun 2022 8:47pm : Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1645 ![]() |
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