deanocity3 keresley All posts by this member | 16 of 30 Sun 27th Apr 2014 11:56am Member: Joined Nov 2013 Total posts:355 |
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skyblue1 allesley village All posts by this member | 17 of 30 Sat 4th Oct 2014 7:36am Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:4 My grandad and nan used to live in Torrington Ave in the fifties up to the seventies, we used to play in the fields opposite, which all the way up to the railway line, not a building or industrial estate in sight, lost my Davy Crockett gun somewhere in those fields lol, very happy days. ![]() Chris jardine |
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pixrobin Canley All posts by this member | 18 of 30 Sat 4th Oct 2014 9:55am Member: Joined Mar 2014 Total posts:1103 Hi skyblue, just trying to imagine which part of Torrington Avenue you mean. I believe you must mean on part of the Tile Hill South estate. As I'm a Canley kid we used to come under the bridge in Wolfe Road up to Torrington Ave. I remember that for a short period our playground were the footings of the houses before what was to become Gravel Hill Road. A bit later on my dad used to deliver bread in the area in a little electric van from the Co-op bakery just past the roundabout at Templar Avenue. To my recollection there was a petrol station around the bottom of Gravel Hill Road with a small shop sellings sweets - and paraffin heaters. My dad did a stint there too - but delivering paraffin (Aladdin Pink) in the Tile Hill and Canley areas. Then I seem to remember a tyre warehouse being built - I think it started as Goodyear tyres. |
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Bibbles COVENTRY All posts by this member | 19 of 30 Fri 29th Apr 2016 10:00am Member: Joined May 2013 Total posts:4 I came across this old house again recently which is situated in the fairly, recently developed Bluebell Walk, off Tile Hill Lane. I remember that the licencee of the Woodlands Public House resided there in the 1970-80s.
I wonder if anyone could throw some light on it for me or maybe some one had a photograph of it that they may share.
From my research I see that the Coventry City Council has noted it as a building of interest and dated it 1921-24. However, it is listed in the 1919/20 street directory as Wood Farm (unless I have the name of this wrong and that Wood Farm existed further down Tile Hill Lane). Having looked into the history of the house that I think is called Wood Farm I see it was owned by Herbert John Wright, the son of John and Sarah (Pearson) Wright of Hearsall Farm and Herbert worked on his Fathers farm until his mid 20s. John Wright had previously farmed at Tanyard Farm and before that Berkswell where his children were born. Herbert John Wright died at Fen End Farm, Kenilworth in 1966.
The house looks like a typical farmhouse but has this crenelated building attached to it which I think is unusual. Beverley Wishart |
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mcsporran Coventry & Cebu All posts by this member | 20 of 30 Fri 29th Apr 2016 1:04pm Member: Joined Oct 2013 Total posts:473 This is the Bing birds eye view. |
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pixrobin Canley All posts by this member | 21 of 30 Thu 12th May 2016 3:41pm Member: Joined Mar 2014 Total posts:1103 The house in Bluebell Walk
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 22 of 30 Thu 12th May 2016 4:08pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2976 The style is very similar to the Spon End waterworks manager's house. |
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mcsporran Coventry & Cebu All posts by this member | 23 of 30 Sat 18th Nov 2017 5:29pm Member: Joined Oct 2013 Total posts:473 An interesting view of the roundabout at the Tile Hill Lane junction with the A45 in about 1958, courtesy of the Gone But Not Forgotten website
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Seabreeze Wiltshire All posts by this member | 24 of 30 Wed 17th Jan 2018 11:48am Member: Joined Jan 2018 Total posts:4 Toogoods worked around Tile Hill, Allesley, Coundon, Canley areas. Working very long hours, especially Christmas time. He did not have a mobile chip van.
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TSP W.A. All posts by this member | 25 of 30 Mon 27th Aug 2018 3:26am Member: Joined Aug 2018 Total posts:14 ![]() |
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TSP W.A. All posts by this member | 26 of 30 Mon 27th Aug 2018 3:49am Member: Joined Aug 2018 Total posts:14 The shops in Jardine Crescent under construction
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 27 of 30 Wed 25th Mar 2020 12:52pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2868 Does anyone know what the Barclays Bank was on the corner of Tile Hill Lane and Fletchamstead Highway? Looks a lot different post-war - BFA 1946 |
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Joey UK All posts by this member | 28 of 30 Mon 4th Jan 2021 11:49am Member: Joined Jan 2018 Total posts:11 Hi, anyone know what the pub was/is that was opposite Tile Hill College back in the 80s? I think it was set back from the road up a sloping driveway. Spent a lot of time in there in 1982 whilst on day release as an apprentice from Rolls Royce. Great memories of getting hammered at 17 on 2 hour lunch breaks 🤣 |
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matchle55 Coventry All posts by this member | 29 of 30 Mon 4th Jan 2021 12:02pm Member: Joined Feb 2014 Total posts:241 Hi Joey,
It was the Woodlands, sadly long gone along with a lot of pubs in that area ![]() |
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Joey UK All posts by this member | 30 of 30 Mon 4th Jan 2021 1:38pm Member: Joined Jan 2018 Total posts:11 Hi, thank you. Been bugging me for ages. Sad that it's gone now 😢 |
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