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| NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 1 of 9 Sun 20th Nov 2016 10:06am Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:1957 As there does not appear to be a dedicated Cox Street thread - this one deserved a special spot as new to me - 1930ish?
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| Helen F Warrington All posts by this member | 2 of 9 Sun 20th Nov 2016 3:31pm Member: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:1304 It is a very good picture but I'm fairly sure that it's post war. |
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| dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 3 of 9 Sun 20th Nov 2016 5:36pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2996 I understand your confusion Helen but Poole's warehouse has yet to be constructed on the corner of Grove Street which places it before 1939. Also many of the buildings in the picture were badly bombed and had been cleared by 1946.  |
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| Helen F Warrington All posts by this member | 4 of 9 Sun 20th Nov 2016 7:01pm Member: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:1304 I bow to your experience  |
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| David H Lancashire All posts by this member | 5 of 9 Sun 20th Nov 2016 7:45pm Member: Joined Mar 2014 Total posts:108 I believe the truck in the foreground was registered in early 1930 at the latest and I don't think would have been more than 10 years old when pictured. It is a Nelson's Cement vehicle from the Stratford area, the company ceasing to trade in the 1940's. Therefore this also supports the date of the picture probably being in the mid 1930's. |
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| Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 6 of 9 Mon 21st Nov 2016 9:03am Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5202 On 20th Nov 2016 10:06am, NeilsYard said:
As there does not appear to be a dedicated Cox Street thread - this one deserved a special spot as new to me - 1930ish?
Great photo, Neil
Typing "Cox Street" into the search box will bring up many references to the street, too numerous and varied to bring together into this thread  |
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| baffled54 usa All posts by this member | 7 of 9 Sat 3rd Feb 2018 12:59am Member: Joined Aug 2013 Total posts:18 
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| baffled54 usa All posts by this member | 8 of 9 Sat 3rd Feb 2018 1:02am Member: Joined Aug 2013 Total posts:18 
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| NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member Thread starter | 9 of 9 Thu 4th Oct 2018 8:52am Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:1957 Here's a scarce image looking north over to Cox Street - not many images of those buildings on the west side pre-blitz/Uni.
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