
Janeyb Northamptonshire All posts by this member | 1 of 6 Tue 9th Aug 2016 10:01pm Member: Joined Mar 2015 Total posts:21 Looking on Street View for 77 George Street CV1 there are a lot of even numbered houses missing and a school in their place. Please can a knowledgeable local tell me why. ![]() |
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PeterB Mount Nod All posts by this member | 2 of 6 Wed 10th Aug 2016 12:50am Member: Joined May 2014 Total posts:345 Janeyb,
Looking at www.oldmaps.co.uk, there were never any houses actually on the dog-leg in George Street which was an entrance to John Gulson Primary School. The houses on the south side of the dog leg are shown on the 1969 OS map (and on the 1972 "Russian" map), but have disappeared by the 1977-82 map which shows the school having extended behind where the houses were. Looking at Google satellite view the houses were on what is now a tarmaced playground.
Hopefully others can help with the detail, but it looks like the houses were demolished when the school was extended.
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Janeyb Northamptonshire All posts by this member Thread starter | 3 of 6 Wed 10th Aug 2016 10:30am Member: Joined Mar 2015 Total posts:21 Thanks PeterB that's sort of what I thought but didn't want to jump to conclusions. ![]() |
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Annewiggy Tamworth All posts by this member | 4 of 6 Wed 10th Aug 2016 10:58am Member: Joined Jan 2013 Total posts:1840 From the newspaper archive the council were discussing purchasing 4,420 sq yards of land for £1,500 for an extension to the John Gulson School |
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Annewiggy Tamworth All posts by this member | 5 of 6 Wed 10th Aug 2016 12:09pm Member: Joined Jan 2013 Total posts:1840 Sorry not very clear, from Google Maps 1945
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pixrobin Canley All posts by this member | 6 of 6 Wed 10th Aug 2016 1:10pm Member: Joined Mar 2014 Total posts:1103 This is from the 1926 OS Map
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