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Annewiggy
Tamworth
901 of 941  Sat 16th Oct 2021 9:54am  

There are quite a few adverts in the CET. The first is 1959 and this last one in 1972
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coventrian
germany
902 of 941  Sat 16th Oct 2021 11:43am  

Thanks for the info, Annewiggy. That`s the one. My sis and I would walk up to Hearsall Common when the fair came to town. Thanks again.
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coventrian
germany
903 of 941  Sat 16th Oct 2021 11:47am  

Thanks Helen F, very useful and sure enough, that's the one. My father worked at Armstrong Siddeley and left to open this shop. I think he converted a normal house to do so. Thanks again.
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Helen F
Warrington
904 of 941  Sat 16th Oct 2021 12:07pm  

Hi again, If you're using a laptop you can right click on the image and it will offer you opportunity to save or copy the image. You can save it to your machine or paste it into other software - eg Powerpoint or Photoshop.
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coventrian
germany
905 of 941  Sat 16th Oct 2021 12:14pm  

Thanks again, Helen F. I`ve just taken a screenshot of it.
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Earlsdon Kid
Argyll & Bute, Scotland
906 of 941  Sat 16th Oct 2021 3:55pm  

Hi Coventrian, I must have walked past the shop many times. I had a look on Google Maps and the front of the house certainly looks like it's been rebuilt as the bay window lintels and sills don't match the houses on either side. I grew up at the same time in Earlsdon, my parents owned Hyde Stores at 38 Providence Street from the mid 1950's. The store has now been replaced with a new build - 190 Earlsdon Ave N.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
907 of 941  Tue 25th Jan 2022 3:01pm  

I'm sure we've mentioned Robinson's on here before. I used them on Valentine's Day Big grin
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Earlsdon Kid
Argyll & Bute, Scotland
908 of 941  Mon 6th Jun 2022 9:43pm  

I’ve just come across an old print of "Hyde's Stores”, 38 Providence Street, Earlsdon. This is the first home I remember in the mid-1950's. The delivery van number plate was "LOG10" I'm pretty sure! The photo was taken sometime between 1953 and 1959.
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JohnnieWalker
Sanctuary Point, Australia
909 of 941  Tue 7th Jun 2022 1:10am  

I don't suppose you could choose your number plate back in the 1950s, but - as a mathematician - I would have enjoyed having "Log10" on my plates! Smile
True Blue Coventry Kid

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NeilsYard
Coventry
910 of 941  Thu 9th Jun 2022 3:47pm  

Here's an interesting one - Precinct development work in 1955. Looking at directories J & F Stone Lighting and Radio were at 4 Market Street but I'm trying to work out the angle this was taken from, in fact if it really is Market Street?
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Midland Red

911 of 941  Thu 9th Jun 2022 5:44pm  

Does this help, Neil?
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Helen F
Warrington
912 of 941  Fri 10th Jun 2022 10:15am  

I don't recognise the area at all but it is looking towards the Lion Foundry on West Orchard/the backs of Cross Cheaping. If you had access to the 1950 map you could see Stone marked on the map. The camera is looking almost due north from Smithford Street.
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Helen F
Warrington
913 of 941  Tue 14th Jun 2022 5:26pm  

I don't know about Neil but I'm always confused about the names of the three ways into the market. Not to mention which direction the photo was looking. Without studying the map, the advert still didn't help me visualise where the photo was. To me it could have been Smithford Street looking north or east; Broadgate looking north or west; or West Orchard looking west or south.
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
914 of 941  Tue 14th Jun 2022 7:13pm  

That picture is in Alton Douglas’s “A Century of News” and the title says "Work goes on in the Precinct, 1955". It shows Stone's which looks like it is on a corner. There is also a picture in the book, Market Street with Woolworths being built with Stones next to Trueform in the buildings that were on the side of Woolworths. Although dated before the other one, this looks more advanced. Did Stones move to different shops during the construction? Looking at the "1955" picture again the windows still standing above Stone's shop look like the windows facing Smithford Street of the old City Arcade - picture on here (the windows are shown clearer in the book!)
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Midland Red

915 of 941  Tue 14th Jun 2022 7:49pm  

Am I right in thinking that the “new shop” in the Woolworth building, referred to as 4 Market Street, is actually in what became Market Way? The image Neil posted is obviously their other shop in the City Arcade building. Update: The Telephone Directories confirm this. Listings for Stone’s at 4 Market Street and Trueform at 2 Market Street South in the early 1960s change by 1968 to Market Way. So, the image is of the City Arcade building. Thumbs up
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