Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 91 of 164 Mon 6th Nov 2017 9:58am Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:2644 mcsporran, that's a useful picture, I thought the building was about one floor up in 51, there you go, the fifties were confusing times as to the rate of re-building. Thanks. |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 92 of 164 Sat 30th Dec 2017 5:43pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:1957 Apologies if posted before.
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 93 of 164 Wed 25th Apr 2018 4:05pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:1957 A new one to me - similar to Cliff's on the 2nd page of this thread. Interesting as it shows the short-lived store in the context of Broadgate and the entrance on the left to Market Place....
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Roger Turner Torksey All posts by this member | 94 of 164 Wed 25th Apr 2018 8:12pm Member: Joined Aug 2014 Total posts:572 It certainly isn`t very photogenic, if I was a Scotsman I`d say dour, monolithic? |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 95 of 164 Thu 26th Apr 2018 9:19am Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:1957 I you mean the original store Roger then yes deco utilised many a slab-sided arrangement. |
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 96 of 164 Thu 26th Apr 2018 12:51pm Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:2644 Roger, I know they let it burn? They were short of water, they had a pump drawing water from the Sherbourne at the bottom of the Burges, saved buildings like the Wine Lodge and Anslows, MHW etc, made sure Owens was clear of people and then left it.
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 97 of 164 Thu 26th Apr 2018 1:25pm Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:954 The Owen Owen Trinity St shop to the left of the entrance to New Buildings in Midland Red's photo (70 in this topic) was where they had that fascinating cashier booth to which all the overhead cables carried screw top round containers, and at the pull of a lever, the notes and purchase docket sped at a fast rate, to be opened and change sent back by the cashier. To a child this was great fun to watch as they whirred past overhead.
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pixrobin Canley All posts by this member | 98 of 164 Thu 26th Apr 2018 2:42pm Member: Joined Mar 2014 Total posts:1080 Yes Prof, Philip showed the device in post 741 in the 'Shops of Yore' thread |
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 99 of 164 Thu 26th Apr 2018 10:32pm Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:954 Thanks for that Pixrobin |
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 100 of 164 Fri 10th Aug 2018 4:21pm Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:2644 I thought that around the mid thirties a lot of Coventry centre had been built well over half a century ago, and most buildings had an amount of timber and timber decays and the top end of the Burges was about to collapse and so was Butcher Row - so the council was forced to rebuild them. But the council did not just replace them, the top part of the Burges and Ironmonger Row, Little Butcher Row - they allowed Owen Owen to take over. Why?
Owen Owen built a store that was massive and solid for Coventry, higher than other buildings in the new Trinity Street, more like a castle, small windows for a new shop. Why?
Then less than five years later, they rebuilt, different spot, different design, three times lighter than the previous shop. Why?
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flapdoodle Coventry All posts by this member | 101 of 164 Fri 10th Aug 2018 9:42pm Member: Joined Nov 2010 Total posts:882 Different style because Coventry was being built in a contemporary style and everything had to fit in. New position was due to the Gibson plan. |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 102 of 164 Sun 12th Aug 2018 9:43am Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5202 Discussion on the general redevelopment continues in the "Post-war redevelopment" thread ![]() |
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 103 of 164 Sun 4th Nov 2018 8:43pm Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:954 ![]() |
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Osmiroid UK All posts by this member | 104 of 164 Tue 20th Nov 2018 2:46pm Member: Joined Aug 2013 Total posts:385 ![]() |
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 105 of 164 Wed 21st Nov 2018 10:27am Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:2644 Osmiroid. I agree with everything you say, the building spoilt everything that was Coventry, chopped the city in half - the Burges, Hales Street, Corporation Street, all cut off. It was the start of the square buildings that dominated the city through the fifties and sixties. |
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