
NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 1 of 334 Sat 27th Nov 2010 12:41pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 Has anyone ever seen any images from inside The Kings Head?
Fascinating to see work about to start on the old National Provincial Bank:
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 2 of 334 Sat 27th Nov 2010 5:37pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2976 I've only ever seen pictures of its courtyard where the vehicles were parked. One of the hotels in the city centre was owned by the Great Western Railway but I've never been able to find proof which one it was? Anecdotal evidence suggests it was the Kings Head. Coventry Station was owned by the London & North Western Railway company who greatly resented any attempt by the GWR to muscle-in on their territory.
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Rob Orland Historic Coventry All posts by this member | 3 of 334 Sun 28th Nov 2010 12:00pm Webmaster: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:1652 I'd certainly love to see what it was like inside - it was apparently quite a high class place, but I've never seen any pictures. I must check, but I'm sure I've read that Admiral Nelson stayed in there on a brief visit to Coventry once. |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member Thread starter | 4 of 334 Sun 30th Oct 2011 5:14pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 Apologies Rob/Mike as this was listed from within these pages but I'd not seen this image before (especially in colour) of Hertford Street before it was pedestrianised:
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 5 of 334 Sun 30th Oct 2011 5:41pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2976 That's a flattering view of the street. The parts out-of-view were very badly damaged in the war and the council decided to sweep away the whole lot and start again. The only major building left intact was the "Westminster Bank" (top left) which had just merged with the "National Provincial" (top right) to form the Nat-West and so was no longer needed.
Incidentally, according to local author Roger Bailey, the closure of Hertford Street to through traffic alone added 50,000 route-miles per year to Coventry Transport's running costs! I thought it ridiculous myself that our school bus had to be rerouted via New Union Street, Little Park Street, and High Street in order to reach Broadgate. |
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Dougie from Wigan All posts by this member | 6 of 334 Mon 31st Oct 2011 11:52am Member: Joined Dec 2010 Total posts:239 Is this it looking the other way, as the front of the bank still looks the same to me and you can see the side pillars on your photo as you look up to Broadgate
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member Thread starter | 7 of 334 Mon 31st Oct 2011 1:07pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 Would have been dougie yes although don't think your photo is in the 60's! ![]() |
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 8 of 334 Mon 31st Oct 2011 1:09pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2976 On 31st Oct 2011 11:52am, Dougie inactive said:
Is this it looking the other way, as the front of the bank still looks the same to me and you can see the side pillars on your photo as you look up to Broadgate
Yes and of course the building of the extension between the bank and Broadgate House totally destroyed that particular vista.
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Greg Coventry All posts by this member | 9 of 334 Mon 31st Oct 2011 10:55pm Member: Joined Apr 2011 Total posts:301 With apologies for the quality, here is a picture I took in the 50`s
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Greg Coventry All posts by this member | 10 of 334 Mon 31st Oct 2011 10:59pm Member: Joined Apr 2011 Total posts:301 Here is another one also rescued from an old negative and `Photoshopped`
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InnisRoad Hessle All posts by this member | 12 of 334 Tue 1st Nov 2011 8:16am Member: Joined Feb 2011 Total posts:126 The picture must have been taken very early on a Sunday morning (or possibly on Christmas Day morning) when there was no traffic about. Generally Hertford Street was teaming with traffic with many buses.
Actually, on a second look, it's late in the evening.
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 13 of 334 Tue 1st Nov 2011 9:14am Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5604 From a similar position to the OPs image, the view in 2010
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 14 of 334 Tue 1st Nov 2011 2:05pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2976 A not so flattering view of the west side:
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 15 of 334 Tue 1st Nov 2011 2:14pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2976 And the same view on November 15th 1940:
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