

Garlands Joke Shop Coventry All posts by this member | 1 of 11 Sun 22nd Sep 2019 3:10pm Member: Joined Feb 2014 Total posts:219 Hi all,
Have just walked around the Stoney Road allotments/gardens looking at the grade 2* listed summerhouses (some were built in the 1700's) on their heritage open day. Interesting tour albeit a tad wet from the rain ![]() ![]() |
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Garlands Joke Shop Coventry All posts by this member Thread starter | 2 of 11 Sun 22nd Sep 2019 3:13pm Member: Joined Feb 2014 Total posts:219 |
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Annewiggy Tamworth All posts by this member | 3 of 11 Sun 22nd Sep 2019 4:15pm Member: Joined Jan 2013 Total posts:1782 I wonder if some of the fittings were recycled from earlier buildings? |
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 4 of 11 Mon 23rd Sep 2019 10:11am Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:3509 Garlands Joke Shop,
If you think those huts were too small for a family to live in, then look at the cabin of the narrow boats - there a kid could roll off the cabin into the cut and was lost forever. |
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OddSock Coventry All posts by this member | 5 of 11 Thu 26th Sep 2019 10:55am Member: Joined Mar 2018 Total posts:52 Hi Garlands,
How did you hear about the Stoney Road Allotments open day? As a keen allotment man, I've known these private allotments were there and have often wondered if members of the public were able to visit?
Is it an annual event, or do they throw the doors/gates open more than just the once a year? Looks a fascinating place to look around! OddSock: Particularly interested in the family surnames Cowley, Shale, & Pratt in Coventry! |
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 6 of 11 Thu 26th Sep 2019 11:12am Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:3509 Hi Garlands,
Your third picture with the door open, looks exactly like our toilet before 1936. Amazing how these old pictures keep cropping up to remind me of 90 years ago. |
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Dreamtime | 7 of 11 Thu 26th Sep 2019 12:50pm |
Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 8 of 11 Thu 26th Sep 2019 5:38pm Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:3509 Dreamtime,
Me too, when I can't remember a grocery list of four items.
But then when you sat in one of those places in a blizzard some years, and the newspaper squares we used were frozen solid, it does seem to make an imprint on your mind. |
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argon New Milton All posts by this member | 9 of 11 Thu 26th Sep 2019 8:46pm Member: Joined Jun 2016 Total posts:320 Not only on your mind I imagine Kaga. |
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Garlands Joke Shop Coventry All posts by this member Thread starter | 10 of 11 Thu 26th Sep 2019 9:15pm Member: Joined Feb 2014 Total posts:219 Hi All,
*@Anne: I'm not sure if the fittings were recycled from older buildings, but I doubt they would have used brand new materials unnecessarily on an allotment (I know my family rarely did ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 11 of 11 Fri 27th Sep 2019 9:12am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:2882 Just wondering if there are any byelaws in Coventry as to how smart your allotment shed should be. There is bound to be someone who has one smarter than the rest. Our allotment was just off Grayswood Avenue but didn't have the luxury of a shed and hubby had to walk a mile, or so it seemed, for the water tap. Our luxury was the most tasty Russet Apple tree ever, inherited from the previous keeper of the plot. ![]() |
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