pixrobin Canley All posts by this member | 46 of 59 Sat 14th Jun 2014 10:51pm Member: Joined Mar 2014 Total posts:1103 Did Hylands become the Hylands Hotel in the early 1970s. It rings a bell with me as I collected football pools coupons in the area - sometime between 1972 and 1974. |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 47 of 59 Sun 15th Jun 2014 8:36am Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5607 Well before then! It's certainly listed as Hylands Hotel in the 1936 Telephone Directory |
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MisterD-Di Sutton Coldfield All posts by this member | 48 of 59 Sun 15th Jun 2014 2:13pm Member: Joined Sep 2011 Total posts:870 I remember taking a young lady to the Hylands on a first date about 1975. It was an excellent carvery in those days which suited my then gluttonous appetite. ![]() |
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Gas Centre Perth Scotland All posts by this member | 49 of 59 Sun 4th Jan 2015 11:28am Member: Joined Dec 2014 Total posts:86 Fred Kilpatrick retired to Guernsey not Jersey. We used to live a few doors away from Fred in Keresley and looked him up when we were in Guernsey, we had a very pleasant day with him and his wife on his boat, we took them to The Old Goverment House Hotel for dinner the next evening
We opened a shop in Far Gosford Street in 1963 and was told that Fred was the previous tenant selling fruit and veg. Tom Bromwich from the cycle shop opposite told me this, Tom was a lovely guy. Other members have mentioned he had a batch bar in Spon End, I cannot remember this but know he had a cafe in Ford Street about 1964, it backed on to the old Pool Meadow site so would have catered for the bus drivers. from what I remember he gave good value for money at the cafe as he did at the Royal Court.
Fred then moved to the Berkeley Hotel in Holyhead Road and then to The Royal Court which he bought the whole site (except the cottages by the entrance) for about £24,000, it was an auction so everybody had the same chance to buy it. He then bought the Allesley Hotel and pub near Marton, as someone mentioned a hotel in Jersey. I believe my neighbour in Keresley, Ken Forth, bought one of the cottages, Ken had an engineering factory in Holbrooks and I believe he was a partner in Modern Machine Tools in Gosford Street with Harry Weston.
Dutchman I am sure you will remember Modern Machine Tools.
Back to the Royal Court which I think was built by William Hillman who died in 1921, Sir John Black who married Hillman's daughter also lived there I believe. The Quadrant Club bought number 7 the Quadrant from Hillman in 1917 for £2500.00 and believe Hillman lived there before the Royal Court.
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 50 of 59 Wed 10th Jul 2019 11:17am Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2867 Quite a rare colourised inside shot of the Leofric - was that the Black Eagle bar?
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Wearethemods Aberdeenshire All posts by this member | 51 of 59 Wed 10th Jul 2019 5:50pm Member: Joined Jun 2013 Total posts:477 That must have been the 'Cocktail Bar' at the rear of the main reception before turning left into the Leofric Bar/Lounge ![]() |
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 52 of 59 Thu 11th Jul 2019 9:09am Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:3791 Wearethemods. Yes, the ground floor bar, to the left as you entered, had cubicles down the right-hand side. |
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lindatee2002 Virginia USA All posts by this member | 53 of 59 Wed 24th Jul 2019 12:36pm Member: Joined Apr 2015 Total posts:36 I used to go with school friends to the White Lion jazz club at the Leofric in the mid 60's. It was fantastic. We saw acts like Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart who eventually joined together to be The Steampacket. They introduced us to American blues and soul music. We were way too young to be there but a friend’s father worked there and was able to get us in. |
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Mick Strong Coventry All posts by this member | 54 of 59 Mon 2nd Nov 2020 7:19pm Member: Joined Oct 2020 Total posts:382 On 4th Jan 2015 11:28am, Gas Centre said:
Fred Kilpatrick retired to Guernsey not Jersey. We used to live a few doors away from Fred in Keresley and looked him up when we were in Guernsey, we had a very pleasant day with him and his wife on his boat, we took them to The Old Goverment House Hotel for dinner the next evening
We opened a shop in Far Gosford Street in 1963 and was told that Fred was the previous tenant selling fruit and veg. Tom Bromwich from the cycle shop opposite told me this, Tom was a lovely guy. Other members have mentioned he had a batch bar in Spon End, I cannot remember this but know he had a cafe in Ford Street about 1964, it backed on to the old Pool Meadow site so would have catered for the bus drivers. from what I remember he gave good value for money at the cafe as he did at the Royal Court.
Fred then moved to the Berkeley Hotel in Holyhead Road and then to The Royal Court which he bought the whole site (except the cottages by the entrance) for about £24,000, it was an auction so everybody had the same chance to buy it. He then bought the Allesley Hotel and pub near Marton, as someone mentioned a hotel in Jersey. I believe my neighbour in Keresley, Ken Forth, bought one of the cottages, Ken had an engineering factory in Holbrooks and I believe he was a partner in Modern Machine Tools in Gosford Street with Harry Weston. . . .
Not a very well known fact. But Fred Kilpatrick also owned Tarl Engineering that was opposite the Dunlop on Holbrook Lane. Living on the Tamworth Road, in Courtland House, his business empire was Courtland House Holdings. Anything we wanted at Tarl was purchased by Courtland House Holdings and then we had to rent it from them at well over the odds.
Also remember, The Royal Court was once Keresley Hospital.Mick Strong |
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Earlsdon Kid Argyll & Bute, Scotland All posts by this member | 55 of 59 Mon 2nd Nov 2020 8:12pm Member: Joined Apr 2017 Total posts:103 The Royal Court Hotel was built for William Hillman (Hillman Motor Company) and his family before it became the hospital. My grandfather had an operation there in the early 1960s and I had a chance to look around the old operating theatre area while the hotel was planning its expansion around 1978. I also visited the Allesley Hotel which housed the Masonic Lodge in a room on the lower floor, before it was taken over by Fred Kilpatrick. |
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Slim Another Coventry kid All posts by this member | 56 of 59 Mon 2nd Nov 2020 8:25pm Member: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:806 I was born in Keresley Hospital, so it was good enough for me.
But I didn't know Fred Kilpatrick took over the masonic Temple (they called it) at Allesley.
Years ago, a friend told me that his elder brother left school and instead of dossing about, got a job as a café boy (assistant) at the transport café in Pool Meadow, where all the bus and coach drivers went. Fred K owned it. My mate's elder brother was offered a more lucrative job as a business partner by Fred K, who had plans to expand, but was dissuaded by his mother who said "no future in working for that Irishman, he'll never make any money".
So instead he became a lorry driver and scraped a living, becoming bitter and twisted and turning to drink.
Let that be a lesson to all you youngsters. |
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Earlsdon Kid Argyll & Bute, Scotland All posts by this member | 57 of 59 Mon 2nd Nov 2020 9:49pm Member: Joined Apr 2017 Total posts:103 I searched out a photo of the present room in the Allesley Hotel and the original flooring for the Masonic Lodge appears relatively if not totally undisturbed. It now fulfils other functions! Tripdvisor Image |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 58 of 59 Thu 7th Jan 2021 12:08pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2867 The Glass Plate Collection I recently linked to in the Collections thread is full of treasures!
Rob have you zoomed in on this one on the Flickr page and seen the people in the windows!
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Rob Orland Historic Coventry All posts by this member | 59 of 59 Thu 7th Jan 2021 12:17pm Webmaster: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:1656 Yes Neil, I have - the amount of detail possible on cameras 150+ years ago never fails to astonish me! And kids of today think they're the first ones to have all the best modern tech! ![]() ![]() |
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