
Rob Orland Historic Coventry All posts by this member | 1 of 293 Tue 9th Aug 2011 8:09pm Webmaster: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:1656 I recently bought this postcard from eBay thinking that it was a house in Hall Lane, Walsgrave. It's entitled "The Rest in Winter Time". I've since compared it with another old photo, however, and realised that it isn't where I thought it was. Does anyone else recognise this place?
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 2 of 293 Wed 10th Aug 2011 4:56am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3478 Oh, trust you to come up with that one, and a very old one at that. How old do you think we are Rob - he ha ho ho.
Seriously though, just a wild guess to start the ball rolling, it would not be in Berkswell would it ? it looks like that kind of area. Not just an ordinary house though, might be a convalescent home of some sort. Don't think anyone's eyes are good enough to read the notice on the gate!!!!!!!
Waiting in anticipation.
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Rob Orland Historic Coventry All posts by this member Thread starter | 3 of 293 Thu 11th Aug 2011 7:36am Webmaster: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:1656 On 10th Aug 2011 4:56am, Dreamtime said:
....it would not be in Berkswell would it ? it looks like that kind of area.
It is possible. However, the person selling the card had been told it was in Walsgrave, although he wasn't 100% sure, which was what made me compare it on Google Street View to a house in Hall Lane.....
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After I saw another old card though, I realised that the adjacent building was missing in the above photo, so it must be somewhere else.....
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 4 of 293 Thu 11th Aug 2011 9:30am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3478 Mmm, that was no '60 min. makeover' but of course over the years they do anything to retain most of the original.
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 5 of 293 Thu 11th Aug 2011 9:50am Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5608 The church tower in the postcard view might be a starting point
My first impression is that it's Woodway Lane - the location of the church and the shape and incline of the road look similar
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 6 of 293 Thu 11th Aug 2011 10:38am Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 I think its the first photo that Rob is attempting to locate, rather than the second which appears to be the junction of Hall Lane & Woodway Lane.
Although, strangely, if you type "The Rest, Walsgrave" into Google, in one of the many links you arrive at a Care Home in Woodway Lane! (certainly not recognisable as the first photo though!) |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 7 of 293 Thu 11th Aug 2011 10:56am Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5608 On 11th Aug 2011 10:38am, TonyS said:
I think its the first photo that Rob is attempting to locate....
Yes, I know - the mystery is the first postcard, not the second, and my response was to that - if you compare the first postcard to my Google link, you'll see some similarities - the church tower and the bend and incline in the road |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 8 of 293 Thu 11th Aug 2011 11:18am Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 ![]() ![]() |
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Rob Orland Historic Coventry All posts by this member Thread starter | 9 of 293 Thu 11th Aug 2011 7:54pm Webmaster: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:1656 Cliff, you're a genius! ![]() ![]() |
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PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 10 of 293 Wed 27th Jun 2012 7:10pm Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4236 Hi all ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 11 of 293 Thu 28th Jun 2012 4:18am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3478 Can't help but admire this forum for all the great photos you boys put on. There is always something new to see.
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 12 of 293 Tue 3rd Jul 2012 12:29pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 Philip, I think your first photo looks like the courtyard entrance to the Guildhall, your second is the archway entrance (although moved from another location) to the Motte & Bailey castle dating from the mid-twelfth century, and the last is the clock-tower on the corner of the Council House. (This "clock tower" is actually visible in the "Coventry City Centre 1920" photo on the "Britain from above" web-site) ![]() |
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Dougie from Wigan All posts by this member | 13 of 293 Fri 24th Aug 2012 9:38am Member: Joined Dec 2010 Total posts:239 |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 14 of 293 Fri 24th Aug 2012 9:48am Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 Hi, that would be outside "Civic Centre One" Dougie - in the grassed garden area in front of the building. |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 15 of 293 Thu 4th Oct 2012 1:52am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3478 Sorry folks, but I still refer to it as the Council House. How far behind am I? ![]() |
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