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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Mon 16th Jan 2023 11:22am
CliffB has done it again with this smashing 1939 shot of Hales Street including that rarely captured row next to the Smithfield, just pre-war and pre-destruction.
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Wed 19th Jul 2023 11:55am
Not sure I like this idea as begs the question what will happen to the Hales Street site?
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry |
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Thu 20th Jul 2023 10:13am
Moving the Coventry Transport Museum away from Hales Street is an absolutely terrible idea. I had a good chat with Paul Maddocks the other day, who is "in the know" (and spent years working at the Transport Museum - please see his six super articles on Historic Coventry, beginning with Part 1), and whatever they do in the old IKEA building will not be anything like what we think of as a "museum".
They will not retain all the staff or fund proper displays - gone will be all the wonderful features like the Blitz Experience, the Land Speed Record Simulator, the little educational cinemas - it will quite literally be like a huge car par full of old cars. People might walk by thinking "oh, very nice, another old car" without getting the full story that makes such a trip valuable or informative.
In my experience, when people from outside Coventry come to visit, the first two major items they wish to see are the Cathedrals and the Transport Museum. I believe losing the museum to IKEA will be a tourist disaster for our city. |
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Wed 22nd Nov 2023 11:59am
I hadn't noticed that sign was a Delivery notice on earlier images of this old entrance. That road in later became the lead up to the old Motor Museum -
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lindatee2002
Virginia USA |
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Thu 23rd Nov 2023 1:02pm
On 20th Jul 2023 10:13am, Rob Orland said:
Moving the Coventry Transport Museum away from Hales Street is an absolutely terrible idea. I had a good chat with Paul Maddocks the other day, who is "in the know" (and spent years working at the Transport Museum - please see his six super articles on Historic Coventry, beginning with Part 1), and whatever they do in the old IKEA building will not be anything like what we think of as a "museum".
They will not retain all the staff or fund proper displays - gone will be all the wonderful features like the Blitz Experience, the Land Speed Record Simulator, the little educational cinemas - it will quite literally be like a huge car par full of old cars. People might walk by thinking "oh, very nice, another old car" without getting the full story that makes such a trip valuable or informative.
When people from outside Coventry come to visit, the first two major items they wish to see are the Cathedrals and the Transport Museum. I believe losing the museum to IKEA will be a tourist disaster for our city.
You are so right, Rob, we loved those exhibits - especially the Blitz Experience. It's a vital part of Coventry history which involved all industries in the city. Visitors who are not from Cov. probably know a lot about the fantastic cars built there over the years but not too much about the WW11 experience. |
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Wed 10th Apr 2024 4:22pm
Another one as the RR is going in and could've added to several threads but adding here as you can see the Matterson's Plough
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