Foxcote Warwick All posts by this member | 1 of 35 Sat 15th Dec 2012 4:09pm Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:900 I was looking for some details on Much Park Street and found this shot. It's a bit blurry but appears to have a sign post by the cottage and I can't see much of it but I thought it would be interesting to put on here and wondered if anyone has a tale to tell about it. I had thought Short Street was a new road name, due to the modern developments.
Corner of Much Park Street and Short Street
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 2 of 35 Sat 15th Dec 2012 4:30pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2975 Hi Foxcote ![]() |
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Foxcote Warwick All posts by this member Thread starter | 3 of 35 Sat 15th Dec 2012 4:37pm Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:900 Thank you Dutchman, that explanation has helped, it's one of those spots that has altered so much, it's hard to imagine it all. It's a pity that shot is so blurry, there's some great posters and I can't read the white post street sign either ![]() |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 4 of 35 Mon 13th May 2013 9:51am Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2867 Just reviving this as I had cause to check out some University locations for a friend last night and stumbled around what remains of what is now the aptly named 'Short Street'. If ever there was anywhere in the city to demonstrate the "ligature" effect of the ring road it's here. The line of the original road is stopped in its tracks by the ring road and now subway though as Dutchman mentions in today's terms the road now abruptly right-angles along where the "Lord Rodney" stands. |
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 5 of 35 Mon 13th May 2013 1:48pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2975 Short Street as it was in 1934. Viewed from the south-east with Parkside in the foreground and Short Street running due north from it. The west side of Short Street has been lost in shadow. Much Park Street runs both north-west and east from where Short Street ends near the centre of the picture:
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 6 of 35 Mon 13th May 2013 1:54pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2867 Great shot Dutchman ![]() ![]() |
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 7 of 35 Mon 13th May 2013 2:23pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2975 On 13th May 2013 1:54pm, NeilsYard said:
Great shot Dutchman
Yes Neil. The south side of the eastern-leg of Much Park Street survived the building of the Ringway and was renamed. The north side was completely destroyed.
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The section that extends southwards would be todays 'version' of Short Street? (though with newer terracing) What was it known as then?
It was the same then Neil. The photo is skewed slightly westwards. I've edited my description to compensate for it.
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 8 of 35 Mon 13th May 2013 2:25pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5607 For those who don't know the area, here's a photo of Short Street from 2010, taken from Parkside, with the Ring Road just beyond the last car
Hard to imagine it was once part of the a main artery through Coventry (before the Ring Road) - travelling from Spon End, along the Butts and Queens Road, then St Patricks Road and Parkside, into Short Street and then to the top of Gulson Road, and out of the city along London Road ![]() |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 9 of 35 Mon 13th May 2013 2:33pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2867 Cheers guys - so am I right in saying that where the Lord Rodney is now (currently addressed as Short Street) was formerly in Much Park Street? |
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mick coventry All posts by this member | 10 of 35 Mon 13th May 2013 2:35pm Member: Joined Sep 2012 Total posts:72 Short Street has never been any bigger than it is now. It was 'cut' in 1903 to improve the access to the factories being developed on the newly opened up Cheylesmore Park. On the balance of the land the Council erected the first Council Houses built in the City. This was an issue the Council had been debating for some years - since they had the powers to do so. The requirement to build Council Houses did not happen until after WW1. |
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PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 11 of 35 Mon 13th May 2013 2:36pm Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4248 Hi all ![]() |
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scrutiny coventry All posts by this member | 12 of 35 Mon 13th May 2013 2:45pm Member: Joined Feb 2010 Total posts:754 Could it be an old police telephone for 999 calls only, as well as the duty policeman's call in box? ![]() ![]() |
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PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 13 of 35 Mon 13th May 2013 3:24pm Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4248 Hi Mattash & thank you, ![]() |
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 14 of 35 Tue 14th May 2013 2:00pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2975 On 15th Dec 2012 4:09pm, Foxcote said:
Corner of Much Park Street and Short Street
The picture was taken shortly after Short Street was driven through circa 1900. The cottages on the corner were demolished shortly after the picture was taken (hence the advertising posters) and the street furniture removed. The end walls of condemned buildings were often used as makeshift advertising hoardings.
Sod's Law has decreed that the town planning map for that area and that year (1905) is missing so I can't verify the purpose of the cast iron pillar.
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 15 of 35 Tue 1st Jul 2014 9:50pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2867 Hopefully the right place for it - pictured the end of Short Street being cleared for the Ring Road - Whitefriars Monastery to the left. Gulson Road at middle, The Plough Inn and London Road to the right.
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