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1 of 1703  Sat 12th Jun 2010 12:12pm  

Demolished this morning - The Greyhound, Much Park Street RIP
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BrotherJoybert
Coventry
2 of 1703  Sun 13th Jun 2010 6:18pm  

I thought they were supposed to be saving it and using it as a corporate function room? I went past a few Saturdays ago and noticed they had demolished what I thought was an "extension" and assumed that was as far as the vandalism and unnecessary destruction was going: just goes to show you can never trust Coventry's planners about anything. Sad
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dutchman
Spon End
3 of 1703  Mon 14th Jun 2010 1:58pm  

If you leave a building derelict long enough the planning dept will always roll-over in the end. There is now nothing* left of the Much Park Street I remember from my childhood except for the stone gateway. That is another part of my personal history and my identity which has been lost forever. *Strictly speaking the 'Admiral Lord Rodney' was a part of Much Park Street before the Ring Road was built but even that is now unrecognisable from the outside.
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nodigitsever
Allesley Park
4 of 1703  Thu 29th Jul 2010 11:35pm  

Coventry City Council have destroyed more of my city than the Nazis ever did!!
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DBC
Nottinghamshire
5 of 1703  Fri 30th Jul 2010 7:31pm  

And it started before WW2, when historic locations such as Butcher Row were demolished to make way for the new Trinity and Corporation Streets.
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nodigitsever
Allesley Park
6 of 1703  Tue 3rd Aug 2010 10:50pm  

They are trying hard to make us lose our heritage, history and sense of identity as it is not "PC" nowadays! They want everyone to be the same "Common Purpose"! Well, NOT ME!
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NeilsYard
Coventry
7 of 1703  Wed 1st Sep 2010 10:20pm  

That's (another) absolute tragedy. Been some years since I last drank in there I admit but still. I remember my dad recalling this was one of his locals and the landlady used to look after them all well (will get her name - this was in the 50's/60's). Very upsetting.
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
8 of 1703  Sun 5th Sep 2010 1:13pm  

Please, please, someone must remember the Navigation Inn on the Stoney Stanton Road, although now demolished, but my father was the licencee during the early 60's. Happy days.

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erwegoagen
Coventry Wyken
9 of 1703  Sat 18th Sep 2010 10:15am  

Re the Navi. I was born in Bridge Row in 1931. The cottages are now demolished. Would you remember a shop just round the corner, 'Henry's'??
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
10 of 1703  Sat 18th Sep 2010 11:45am  

Sorry, No, cannot recall 'Henrys' but Bill Toseland (my father) built a little landing stage at the back of the Navigation, strictly for fishing in the canal. Also arranged the harvest festival on the back lawn. That would have been around 1962/3
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NeilsYard
Coventry
11 of 1703  Tue 16th Nov 2010 3:08pm  

I parked in Whitefriars car park last week (£4 for 2 hours!!!!) and walked through the Gate and past the site. Just tragic. Whoever gave the go-ahead for that Severn Trent building wants locking up. It's monstrous.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
12 of 1703  Sat 26th Mar 2011 12:23am  

Does anyone know why they demolished The Smithfield? Took my lads to the Transport Museum a few weeks ago which brought memories back about drinking in there. There's merely a piece of grass there now. I know it was not as old as it appeared to be.

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dutchman
Spon End
13 of 1703  Sat 26th Mar 2011 1:13am  

Not specifically but the council has a history of clearing large areas of land when there is not yet any viable plan for a new development on the same site. In fact when walking though any familiar street in Coventry I always take a long hard look at the buildings in the knowledge that they'll soon be gone forever.
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Marie
Coventry
14 of 1703  Thu 31st Mar 2011 8:15pm  

Hi all. Does anyone remember The Fobwatch Tavern (later known as The Butts Retreat)? I was only a child then (so my memory is not that brilliant) but the main reason I am asking is to try to track down an old family friend who I believe once was running The Fobwatch with his wife (during the early 90's) - I believe his name was Roy Smith? Does anyone have any memories of this pub or its former landlords/ladies? Any help would be very much appreciated. Many thanks in advance. Marie
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dutchman
Spon End
15 of 1703  Thu 31st Mar 2011 9:05pm  

I live within sight of the pub (which is still open by the way) but haven't used it since the 1980s. It's always been the "Summerland" to me, that being the name of the pub for most of its history:
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