Bertiewoost
Mount Nod, Coventry |
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Thu 30th May 2013 8:42pm
Does anybody remember "Gauntletts" cafe/grocery store, in the square at Jardine Cresent, Tile Hill?
I think the family who owned the cafe lived up by Tile Hill Wood School.
I was only a nipper at the time, but I remember Teddy boys congregating on the benches in the square. bertiewoost@gmail.com
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TonyS
Coventry |
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Fri 31st May 2013 7:01am
On 30th May 2013 8:28pm, Bertiewoost said:
Does anybody remember Restaurant Roma, on the corner of Queen Victoria Road/Croft road?
I couldn't have told you the name of the place but I enjoyed exactly the same meal at least once a week when I worked in the City Arcade in the mid 60's - although strangely I can't recall anything else on their menu, or me ever eating anything there other than sausage, egg & chips!
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berjay
Bewdley Worcs. |
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Sat 29th Jun 2013 2:54pm
bad boy (are you?) as far as the cafe in Pool Meadow is concerned, the only one I can remember is the one directly opposite the Priory St. baths next to the Midland Red office (they had the most wonderful contour map of the Midlands in their window, which I used to spend many a happy minute or three looking at) - is this any help?
best regards Bernard |
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Mick Strong
Coventry |
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Sun 6th Oct 2013 2:00pm
As a child, mum used to take me to a cafe that was at the top end on the left in Broadgate (where the bookshop and HSBC cash points are). The buses used to be able to drive all around Broadgate and we had to catch either the 18 or 18a home to Canley from outside Owen Owen. I'm not sure if these were temporary buildings and the cafe may have been a Lyons?? Mick Strong
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pallmall
Kent |
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Sun 6th Oct 2013 5:59pm
Yes, that was a Lyons in Broadgate and was still there up to the early 1970s as far as I remember. |
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Mick Strong
Coventry |
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Sun 6th Oct 2013 7:27pm
What about the cafe that used to be upstairs in the old Woolworths? Mick Strong
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Sun 6th Oct 2013 11:03pm
Recall from previous threads Dutchy about the location of Ram Bridge by the ramp - Think we found an old Telegraph photo from when they were constructing the precinct. At the risk of straying off-topic can anyone tell me if Ram bridge and the Sherbourne were visible pre-war from Smithford Street? |
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dutchman
Spon End |
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Sun 6th Oct 2013 11:34pm
Both sides of the bridge were covered by buildings before the war.
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Radford kid
Coventry |
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Mon 7th Oct 2013 9:25am
On 6th Oct 2013 7:27pm, Mick Strong said:
What about the cafe that used to be upstairs in the old Woolworths?
Hello mick, have a look at this re Woolies cafe
Industry, Business and Work - Your first job in CoventryColin Walton
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Mick Strong
Coventry |
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Mon 7th Oct 2013 1:20pm
Great stories, how long were you there for? I remember being in the cafe with my mum and was amazed how the lady poured about 20 cups of tea at once. Mick Strong
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Radford kid
Coventry |
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Mon 7th Oct 2013 5:33pm
We have just stopped laughing Mick, my wife was the Cafe supervisor and she was quick she used to line them up and fill, big drain under the counter so any spilled would run away. Lol. I wonder? It could have been my wife. Mr Cain was the manager, Mrs Southgate was manageress My Mum used to clear the tables, I was the maintenance engineer, what a small world? I loved them days I felt very sad when Woolies closed (store number was 123). Colin Colin Walton
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks |
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Mon 7th Oct 2013 5:42pm
Hi
I enjoyed a bacon-butty in Woolies, right up until it finally closed, on Saturday mornings. |
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Radford kid
Coventry |
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Mon 7th Oct 2013 5:57pm
Bit of a sad day Philip, love to turn the clock back, all down to money Colin Walton
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dutchman
Spon End |
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Mon 7th Oct 2013 6:22pm
We occasionally had fish & chips there on a Friday. Likewise the basement restaurant of Owen Owen and Fishy Moore's in New Buildings.
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Mick Strong
Coventry |
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Mon 7th Oct 2013 9:41pm
was the original "Fishy Moores" by the old Exchange & Mart shop? Mick Strong
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