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mayjan Green Lane,Coventry All posts by this member | 2 of 22 Sat 25th Feb 2012 7:30pm Member: Joined Oct 2010 Total posts:254 We never had a proper garden in Coronation Road, just a back yard.
The only thing growing in it was weeds and and some honeysuckle which came over from the fence next door. My dad called it Woodbine and used to tell me that his cigarettes were made from it (he always smoked Woodbines).
There was also a couple of dogs buried under the earth as my dad disposed of our pets that way after they had died.
We used to put on a concert for the smaller children in our street in the back yard.
We would borrow one of mum's old sheets, drape it over the washing line to make a curtain and then perform a little play.
I can see my mum now hanging out of the bedroom window watching us with a smile on her face.
There was no garden at the front either as it was a case of straight off the pavement into the front room. ![]() |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 3 of 22 Sat 25th Feb 2012 8:54pm Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3477 Our house sounds like the same as yours, Mayjan, in Lime Tree Avenue, straight in the front door, left to the back parlour or right into the front room or straight up the stairs from the front door, so we did have a garden in the front. It seemed big at the time but looking in on Google it was not very big at all. However, there was a very long back garden but it grew very wild but my father managed to grow a few vegies, because he was at the Standard and did a lot of night shifts and being in the Home Guard took up a lot of his time. He did grow runner beans by the million though, beans, beans and more beans and potatoes. Also we were fortunate enough to get wild mushrooms at times. I don't remember seeing many flowers, only a few nasturtiums which were always covered in caterpillars. Goodness, the things we remember. After we left Lime Tree, and eventually went into the Navigation pub he was in his element and grew almost everything. After closing time he would have his lunch and you would always find him in the garden. So I know I get my green thumb from him. I love to potter out there - or rather here. Now, we have a lemon, orange, mandarin and just started to pick the mangoes here. Tony, my husband did have an allotment when we lived in Chapelfields and it contained a Russet apple tree, never tasted anything like it. Of course we had an abundance of - you've guessed it - runner beans as well as broad beans and onions. Oh those onions, we had so many I had to pickle them. I had better stop or Rob will be calling for 'time out'. ![]() |
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 4 of 22 Sat 25th Feb 2012 9:19pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2976 All of my experiences with gardens in Coventry have been a disaster. As kids all we ever wanted to dig was dig holes in them looking for buried treasure, or better still, an unexploded bomb! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 5 of 22 Sun 26th Feb 2012 6:06am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3477 Dutchman, I would think a lot of trash or treasure would have been dug over after the war years, but I expect it depended on where you lived ![]() |
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PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member Thread starter | 6 of 22 Sat 28th Jun 2014 12:14pm Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4235 After an exhausting morning in Coventry, you know how it is along with a breakfast with a friend at Café Italia, always nice to come home.
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morgana the secret garden All posts by this member | 7 of 22 Sat 28th Jun 2014 1:12pm Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:1932 Your garden looks wonderful Phillip well done Pam ![]() |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 8 of 22 Sat 28th Jun 2014 1:31pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5606 On 28th Jun 2014 12:14pm, PhilipInCoventry said:
Let her out, Philip ![]() ![]() |
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morgana the secret garden All posts by this member | 9 of 22 Sat 28th Jun 2014 2:13pm Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:1932 When we were kids we had a large garden in Telfer Road, like Dutchman my eldest brother and sister dug a very large hole looking for treasure, my mum used to grow redcurrants, blackcurrants, and a large gooseberry bush at the top by my dad's wooden car garage, a few flowers and grass for us to play with a swing. When mum moved to Sadler Road the garden was a decent size there too.
When I had a garden of my own in Lowe Road it was big enough to fit an outdoor swimming pool. I dug it all over and grew grass and in the borders I made flowers, near the house with 40 3x2 slabs I bought from Keresley Grange School playground when it was being demolished to rebuild, I slabbed an area for the dog we had.
Top of Lowe Road Garden and bottom part
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morgana the secret garden All posts by this member | 10 of 22 Sat 28th Jun 2014 2:29pm Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:1932 Your garden looks wonderful Philip, well done Pam ![]() |
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PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member Thread starter | 11 of 22 Tue 11th Oct 2016 11:29am Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4235 Hi all ![]() |
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PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member Thread starter | 12 of 22 Mon 4th Sep 2017 3:48pm Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4235 Hi all ![]() |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 13 of 22 Tue 5th Sep 2017 4:39am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3477 Good afternoon Philip,
Those gizmos are excellent. My daughter has one and the waste, when rotted down, produces excellent fertilizer, but be warned, and wear a gas mask, the 'PONG' is a killer! Even her dog backs off. Our council is not so obliging, she had to buy her's. ![]() |
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Dougie from Wigan All posts by this member | 14 of 22 Tue 5th Sep 2017 12:25pm Member: Joined Dec 2010 Total posts:239 Philip. We've had them for about three years here in Wigan, never use them, they are a waste of time and money. ![]() ![]() |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 15 of 22 Tue 5th Sep 2017 12:45pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5606 They obviously didn't research it very well, or they wouldn't have provided Philip with a food waste bin, even a small one ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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