
NormK bulkington All posts by this member | 16 of 29 Tue 25th Dec 2012 9:27am Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:827 Good morning Foxcote. On Google Earth select a place you want, then click view, then historic imagery, and it goes back in time by sliding the date back. It gets a bit blurry but it gives you an idea where roads etc used to be. ![]() Milly rules |
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Foxcote Warwick All posts by this member | 17 of 29 Tue 25th Dec 2012 9:39am Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:900 Thanks ever so NormK, I am glad I asked, it sounds great. I'll have a go. ![]() |
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scrutiny coventry All posts by this member | 18 of 29 Sat 1st Jun 2013 3:45pm Member: Joined Feb 2010 Total posts:752 Just to explain, just to the left of the urinal stood a police box (Tardis). It would have blanked out the rear end of the Triumph car and half the steps to the Glass entrance. ![]() |
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woodford coventry All posts by this member | 19 of 29 Sat 1st Jun 2013 9:48pm Member: Joined Feb 2013 Total posts:156 Brilliant photo - to think I've walked past there, for several years on the way to work, without knowing about this!! ![]() ![]() |
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Baz Coventry All posts by this member | 20 of 29 Sun 2nd Jun 2013 7:59am Member: Joined May 2012 Total posts:334 I don't know where I got this photo, it may have come from an old newspaper that I took my own photos of, many moons ago. But this is the one you are after.
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Foxcote Warwick All posts by this member | 21 of 29 Sun 2nd Jun 2013 8:35am Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:900 That's a great shot, Baz !
I found an aerial shot on the 'Britain from Above' site but I didn't think I'd ever see such a close-up of it at ground level ![]() |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member Thread starter | 22 of 29 Tue 4th Jun 2013 4:36pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5604 ![]() |
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Longford Lad Langen, Germany All posts by this member | 23 of 29 Sat 2nd Nov 2013 2:40pm Member: Joined Jul 2013 Total posts:23 Browsing the pictures on this forum has brought back many memories of my younger years in Coventry, but I never expected to find a picture of this little building!
Many years ago, I was "making use of the facilities at this establishment" when about 5 fire engines went past. It was the first time I had heard fire engines with sirens and was only used to hearing the old fire bells.
I thought it was the end of the world.
Perhaps somebody could put an approximate date on this. It was long before the "City of Coventry Fire Brigade Yellow" saga. |
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oldmoney Leicester All posts by this member | 24 of 29 Sat 2nd Nov 2013 3:10pm Member: Joined Sep 2012 Total posts:18 Wasn't there another gents loo like that round by where the ice rink is now?
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NormK bulkington All posts by this member | 25 of 29 Sat 2nd Nov 2013 6:27pm Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:827 There was one of these in Adelaide Street, we dismantled it a long time ago. These things might have looked unsightly, but boy-oh-boy they were handy at times ![]() ![]() Milly rules |
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Primrose USA All posts by this member | 26 of 29 Sat 2nd Nov 2013 9:46pm Member: Joined Sep 2011 Total posts:191 The Adelaide Street one was near the junction with Castle Street, wasn't it? Memory fails me as to whether that one had a roof. Being female and very young at the time, I always viewed those structures with a mixture of fascination and horror!
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NormK bulkington All posts by this member | 27 of 29 Sun 3rd Nov 2013 8:41am Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:827 Yes Primrose you are right on the location of it. Also I do not recall it having a roof either. ![]() Milly rules |
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Covjb35 Aberdare All posts by this member | 28 of 29 Sun 3rd Nov 2013 11:17am Member: Joined Oct 2013 Total posts:23 Sorry, but I don't have a photo of this facility. I do remember it however, at the junction of Ford St., Alma St. & Raglan St. I recall passing it on the way to the Highfield Road soccer ground. The toilet is marked on the 1:2500 map as Unl (urinal). As far as I remember, it was painted green, and I don't recall a roof either. |
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scrutiny coventry All posts by this member | 29 of 29 Sun 3rd Nov 2013 12:48pm Member: Joined Feb 2010 Total posts:752 The urinal at Castle St, as far as I remember, had no roof and was smaller than the one on Lower Ford St, which had a re-enforced glass roof. The one at Castle St was used as emergency only, as that particular area for some reason was out of bounds at night time. I came from Hillfields and felt safe day and night but in that area, day time only? |
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