Coventry Digital

Radford I’d covered well, a wonderful collection. I was so disappointed with the Stoke section. Some photos of Stoke are lumped in with Binley Colliery.

Dear all I had the pleasure today of scanning some seeimgly well-known Coventry images but from 10x8 plates and 8x6 celluloid. Below is an example - there are four in a gallery for convenience. Happy to add more details of course! Let me know. Ben

That's not my bike on the left, Ben, but I put mine there on many occasions when visiting that little shop on my way between home and town

Arthur Petty was the licensee of the Hare and Squirrel from 1926-1929 when the building was demolished. W F Lane was the licensee of the Royal Vaults in the first Broadgate picture,1896-1898, although a Mrs Emily V Lane was recorded from 1903-1913. Hertford Street is in the third photo. The second Cross Cheaping photo is later than the first but I haven't worked out how much later.

Dear all I'm delighted to let you know a little more news. Firstly, another seven boxes of Arthur Cooper negatives have been found. They'll be with us in late March I hope. Secondly, a whole box of photographs from the Council, taken by a company called Selves, has been found in a loft. Most are to do with post-war redevelopment. I've added a few here with lots (LOTS) more to come. Third and finally, a lovely family album came to be from a man called Chris Biggs. He acquired it thirty years ago at a jumble sale. The photographs of interest are of the 1932 Coventry Carnival, including the now gone Jesson Street. I'll update here when I've published the files.

Ohhh goodie! Fingers crossed that some of the Selves are pre-war like the one below of the chapel in West Orchard. The Carnival images are often crackers as they capture odd bits of the city.

Wonderful news, Ben I like this one which shows Bishop Street/Tower Street corner before the Royal Mail building went up!

Ohhh goodie! Fingers crossed that some of the Selves are pre-war like the one below of the chapel in West Orchard. Indeed we have pre-war photographs, including what looks like shots of Broadgate that are well known as prints, but now we have the negs. There's an awful lot to get through so I'm hopeful there's lots in there for you Helen. The Carnival images are often crackers as they capture odd bits of the city. The carnival ones are super. I'll do my best for tomorrow. I'm about half way through the upload atm. The whole set is an unknown family album from between 1929 and 1931. They visit Blackpool and the 1929 Scouts Jamboree in Birkenhead as well as lots of Cov pictures.

Here you go, Helen. Need to add more metadata, though.

I'll add to the list as I go. 1 Lady Herbert's Garden 2 Singer Cars Motor Car Repair Works in Far Gosford Street, south side of road. 3 Hertford Street south east end 56/57 Black Cat Café, 55 Johnson and Mason, wine merchants, 54 ? 4 Hertford Street south east end 55 Johnson and Mason, 54 ?, 53 C B Odell auctioneers 5 Unknown 6 Lady Herbert's Garden, Cook Street Gate 7 Lady Herbert's Garden 8 Lady Herbert's Garden - covered seating 9 Unknown church and lych gate. 10 Hertford Street east side 55 upwards. Float 3 spires. 11 Unknown garden 12 Jesson Street 1 Dragoon Cycles, 2 Mrs T Stevens - fruitier and florist, 3 Pram Cott Co. Float - modern machine tools. 13 Singer Cars Motor Car Repair Works in Far Gosford Street, south side of road. Float 3 spires. 14 All Saints School on corner of Far Gosford Street and Vecqueray Street, south side of road and 145 Cricketers Arms? 15 Unknown location. Elephant and castle. 16 Singer Cars Motor Car Repair Works in Far Gosford Street, south side of road. 17 All Saints School on corner of Far Gosford Street and Vecqueray Street, south side of road and 145 Cricketers Arms? 18 Unknown. Float bicycles through the ages. 19 Gosford Green Bandstand 20 Jesson Street 1 Dragoon Cycle Co, 2 Mrs T Stevens - fruitier and florist. Fancy carriage. 21 Coventry Ladies 1929 watching the bowling at Gosford Green 22 Bowling 1929 in Gosford Green 23 Visiting Coventry parks, 1929 24 Visiting Coventry parks, 1929 - Cannon on Gosford Green? 25 Outdoor baths at Stoke Green.

Thanks Helen. There are a few I got, happily. Anything particulalry interesting to you?

I must be missing something here - where are the numbers? The first image is Scout Jamboree, Birkenhead, not Lady Herbert's Garden.

Depends how Helen has her search set up. On the bar with the search box is a small magnifying glass and a filters button. The filters button allows you to make changes to how searches are made.

Thanks, Ben - gotcha So... 21 and 28 are Gosford Park, not Gosford Green. 2 and 15 are by the old Calcott building. 25 is a pool, not baths!!! Wait a moment... 13 and 16 ??? Singer's - I'm confused again

Sorry, I forget about the order. The slides say Gosford Park but the map says Gosford Green. The photo has Singer Cars on the building, the map has it as motor car repair works. While there's not much of some of the buildings I worked out the locations by bits of chimneys or roof. Not very helpful but it shows where they were at the point that float passed. Thanks Ben and Chris for these. There are quite a few locations I've never seen before, Including parts of Hertford Street. Usually people photographed the other side of the road or the top end.