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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member	856 of 874 Fri 21st Aug 2020 9:39am Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:3774 Without the nippies.
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member	857 of 874 Fri 21st Aug 2020 4:34pm Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3477 Just stepped back in time with that one Prof. Thanks
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member	858 of 874 Thu 24th Sep 2020 3:10pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5604 Broadgate 2020 - doesn't look any better, does it? Coventry photos
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member	859 of 874 Thu 24th Sep 2020 5:16pm Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:3774 I always thought she bent her head to the church in those far off distant religious times.
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Gumnut Moruya NSW Australia All posts by this member	860 of 874 Tue 20th Oct 2020 11:20am Member: Joined Jun 2014 Total posts:74 As a child I remember Broadgate from the early 80's up to the 90's. In the right corner (near Owen Owen) I remember the buses driving over the cobblestones. I knew even then that this was not new. I loved the sound and look. Question I have is, were they from the original Broadgate? The area has changed so much over the decades, were they a sixties attempt at the old days?
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member	861 of 874 Tue 20th Oct 2020 12:24pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2583 It depends where the cobbles were Gumnut. It took me ages to notice that the east side of modern Broadgate wasn't where it had been before the war. An entire depth of buildings was turned into road. It was obvious that the west side was built over what had been buildings. The original pavement was just to the west of Lady Godiva. See Britain From Above below and Old Maps. Usual suggestion to zoom in or out as appropriate. New Broadgate Old Broadgate Old Maps of Broadgate
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member	862 of 874 Tue 20th Oct 2020 1:43pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 Like Helen says the buildings on the west side of old Broadgate in relation to today were more or less along the line of where the Cathedral Lanes tent was so the cobbles where the buses sat that I remember in the 70's/80's were almost certainly moved there. The NW corner of 'new' Broadgate where the entrance to The Leofric was was pre-war in Market Place! Edited by member, 20th Oct 2020 1:44 pm
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Heathite Coventry All posts by this member	863 of 874 Wed 21st Oct 2020 8:18am Member: Joined Aug 2012 Total posts:723 The Pru building, not there in 1937, there in 1940 Top image from Kelly's 1940. Edited by member, 21st Oct 2020 8:20 am
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member	864 of 874 Wed 25th Nov 2020 10:39pm Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1531 Devastation in Broadgate and Trinity Street.
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member	865 of 874 Sat 5th Dec 2020 8:34am Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5604 On 8th Jun 2010 8:31pm, Rob Orland said: Taken by our friend Brian (bkrowstron) in 1980, this lovely view of Broadgate must bring back nostalgic memories for many of us. Certainly my first memory of "town" was here - specifically having a cup of tea and a chocolate cup cake in Lyon's tea shop in the temporary buildings there - probably late 1960s when I was about 4. Those shops were no longer there when this picture was taken (they went in 1974), but it was still a nice place to be, and I just had to share Brian's photo with everyone in the hope that it would provoke some more memories. Coventry photos
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Rob Orland Historic Coventry All posts by this member	866 of 874 Sat 5th Dec 2020 9:37am Webmaster: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:1652 Oh my, indeed! Wouldn't it be lovely to have some greenery back there again - a colour our eyes all yearn for. I can see how the paved space in Broadgate has proved useful, but there's still plenty of space for, perhaps, a small garden around our Lady Godiva. The contrast above, however, is quite shocking.
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member	867 of 874 Wed 23rd Dec 2020 1:51pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 Another great image from the spire from Tony Lay - this time 1983. Includes the well.
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Mick Strong Coventry All posts by this member	868 of 874 Wed 23rd Dec 2020 5:08pm Member: Joined Oct 2020 Total posts:368 Looking at the picture front on. I assume the block on the right is taken up by the Leofric? Remembering the shops on ground level of the left hand block, are the 4 levels above the shops residential? Mick Strong
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OddSock Coventry All posts by this member	869 of 874 Fri 15th Jan 2021 11:33am Member: Joined Mar 2018 Total posts:51 Broadgate - 31st December 1987. Zales visible in the background! OddSock: Particularly interested in the family surnames Cowley, Shale, & Pratt in Coventry!
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member	870 of 874 Fri 15th Jan 2021 2:15pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2583 The pic ties in well with the one posted by Neil. One of these days I'll truly pinpoint that well. I saw this view for the first time in 91. Only Godiva remained and she was under the big tent. I'd get off the bus from the station and walk down the hill to catch the 20 or the 20A to Foleshill.
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