| Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 151 of 160 Thu 6th Feb 2020 11:15am Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:3791 Pool Meadow didn't open till mid-thirties when the buses started to take over.
Now, the trams had fairly straight runs along the Foleshill Road and Stoney Stanton Road but, oh my, when they reached the Swanswell they turned sharply, the wheels grating and screeching, sparks flying. A few yards on they again turned slightly, again screeching - then again in to Hales St, again into the Burges, then yet again across Broadgate. You could hear them groaning all over the centre of the city.
The west side of Coventry was mainly farmland until the war, farms’ fields, and scores of brooks - these flowed into each other, until the Holyhead Road and Spon End, Nauls Mill, the Swanswell - also part of the scene that got flooded regularly, The Burges where the Sherbourne met the Radford Brook near the Fire Station.
Coventry was really a damp, unhealthy place to live. |
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| Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 152 of 160 Fri 7th Feb 2020 1:42pm Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1536 On 5th Feb 2020 5:34pm, Kaga simpson said:
Prof, can you give date and where.
In the left background you can see the Bus station office and tearoom in Pool Meadow. The Birmingham stand was towards Priory St as far as I recall.
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| Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 153 of 160 Mon 11th May 2020 8:18am Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5607 This has appeared on FB, reputedly from 1951 
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| Hopeful1234 Rugby All posts by this member | 154 of 160 Mon 11th May 2020 9:16am Member: Joined May 2020 Total posts:2 My elder brother and I used to get the bus from Pool Meadow, we must have been about 6 & 11 years of age as our Grandma & Grandad lived in Winchester Street. We would catch the 8 or 8A to Tile Hill. I remember the terminal road was oily and the smell of diesel fumes, I would always try and get the seat behind the driver so I could watch him change gear, I didn't know at the time it was a preselecter gearbox. Happy days!! |
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| Helen F Warrington All posts by this member | 155 of 160 Mon 11th May 2020 12:11pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2616 Hi Hopeful, welcome to the forum. 
Isn't it the funniest things that stick in our memories and often related to a smell. |
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| Helen F Warrington All posts by this member | 156 of 160 Mon 11th May 2020 1:35pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2616 MR, I recognise nothing from the angle of that photo. I'm not doubting that it is Pool Meadow, I just think it's funny how blind I can be to a different view. |
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| Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 157 of 160 Mon 11th May 2020 1:54pm Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3480 You are so right Helen. I finally got my mind round it by concentrating on the buses facing that way, the way I was always used to in my youth (goodness did I say that, seems so long ago now - well it was!) |
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| matchle55 Coventry All posts by this member | 158 of 160 Mon 11th May 2020 2:13pm Member: Joined Feb 2014 Total posts:241 On 11th May 2020 9:16am, Hopeful1234 said:
My elder brother and I used to get the bus from Pool Meadow, we must have been about 6 & 11 years of age as our Grandma & Grandad lived in Winchester Street. We would catch the 8 or 8A to Tile Hill. I remember the terminal road was oily and the smell of diesel fumes, I would always try and get the seat behind the driver so I could watch him change gear, I didn't know at the time it was a preselecter gearbox. Happy days!!
When I read this post I thought "I must have seen these 2 kids at some time", then I realised that after some cajoling to join the forum the writer is my brother  |
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| Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 159 of 160 Mon 11th May 2020 5:30pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5607 On 11th May 2020 1:35pm, Helen F said:
MR, I recognise nothing from the angle of that photo. I'm not doubting that it is Pool Meadow, I just think it's funny how blind I can be to a different view.
Taken from the fire station - Wheatley Street School top left! |
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| PeterB Mount Nod All posts by this member | 160 of 160 Fri 30th Oct 2020 3:00pm Member: Joined May 2014 Total posts:345 |
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