Derrickarthur Coventry All posts by this member | 76 of 86 Thu 29th Jun 2017 9:36pm Member: Joined Nov 2014 Total posts:192 Cannot remember the Ebonite & Rubber Co but I wasn't born till 1951 in Arbury Avenue. My elder brother Allen was born in 1942 and vaguely remembers the factory behind the two bungalows at the top of Bedlam Lane and behind the chip shop and Roger's Pet Supplies and Mr Green the Hairdresser. It must have backed on the the gardens of the Olde Hall Pub (now demolished). |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 77 of 86 Thu 29th Jun 2017 10:07pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5606 Liquidators appointed in 1956, according to The London Gazette |
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 78 of 86 Fri 30th Jun 2017 5:26pm Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:3788 Derrickarthur. Yes it had a cinder road, led off Bedlam Lane, it was right behind the pub, not quite the size of a football pitch. Had a few incendiary bombs hit it. Aug/Sept 1941 when I was there, cycled down Arbury then down Windmill Lane to A/G Rd. |
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arthur p burbage leic All posts by this member | 79 of 86 Fri 30th Jun 2017 7:46pm Member: Joined Aug 2014 Total posts:51 I was born in Bedlam Lane in 1934 next to William Adams the coal merchant, stayed there till 1960, went to Windmill Road school. |
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johnwright combe martim All posts by this member | 80 of 86 Sat 1st Jul 2017 10:13am Member: Joined Jun 2014 Total posts:144 Hi Derrickarthur. You mention the two cottages in Bedlam Lane, and the chip shop on the corner of Bedlam Lane and Lythalls Lane. I have looked on Google maps and the area has completely changed now. When I was a kid in the 1950s/60s I went to school in Windmill Road, one of my old classmates was a lad called Peter Bird who lived in the first of the two cottages (now demolished). Also in our class was the daughter of the people who owned the chip shop, her name was Ann Scorer, I wonder where my old classmates are now. Also, next to the cottages was a warehouse, Brands Paper Merchants, I worked there once for a few months. I remember The Old Hall pub, had many a pint in there, such a pity that it was demolished, it was a lovely old building with much history. |
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slash1 northampton All posts by this member | 81 of 86 Sat 8th Jul 2017 7:46am Member: Joined Apr 2011 Total posts:151 On 29th Jun 2017 5:58pm, Kaga simpson said:
There was an old factory on the corner of Lythalls Lane and Bedlam Lane, Rubber and Ebonite I think it was called.
It made a spongy substance, rolled it out into big sheets like lino, then cut it in pieces then moulded it into objects like bottle tops, put the articles in a huge heated drum, inside the drum were long trays that revolved inside the drum, while the articles baked. I only worked there for about three months when I was fourteen. I remember little about it.
This large heated drum was probably an "Autoclave", still used to this day to make rubber rollers etc. from sheet rubber. Can be steam, most common, heated, electric, or occassionally gas fired.
Similar systems used to make car windscreens, etc.
In truth there is not a lot of things/stuff made without heat, although they are trying to move away from it where possible these days, due to energy costs etc. |
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arthur p burbage leic All posts by this member | 82 of 86 Sun 9th Jul 2017 5:44pm Member: Joined Aug 2014 Total posts:51 In the late 1940s the chip shop was run by the Bonsor family, next door was a boot & shoe repairers, next was the hairdressers, next Catfords pet shop, next was Smiths sweet shop, next a garage. |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 83 of 86 Wed 3rd Jan 2018 3:17pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2869 Adding this here as we do not appear to have a separate Bond Street thread and Lants is on here (Cliff should we have one?) This one appears courtesy of Lorraine Gardner-Crofts from the Coventry Old and New FB Page and shows her gran in Bond Street shortly after the war before demolition. You can just make out the old Bablake School on Hill Street in the background so Lants would have been further down to the right.
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 84 of 86 Wed 14th Nov 2018 3:29am Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2869 As they were mentioned on this thread some time ago. Love the logo!
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 85 of 86 Sat 17th Nov 2018 8:57pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5606 Nine spires ![]() ![]() |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 86 of 86 Sat 17th Nov 2018 11:25pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 Oh wow! Thanks Neil, not seen that logo for many many years. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, they were sold in tin boxes of 48 (if I remember correctly) and sealed with brown paper tape. |
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