


covmanuk coventry All posts by this member | 1 of 6 Fri 2nd Mar 2012 11:16pm Member: Joined Mar 2012 Total posts:38 Hi, can anyone help me, I am trying to get some photos of Broad Street in Coventry, just off the Foleshill Road, before the war and after, and any of Broad Street school in 1953-54 as I have tried for a long time and got nowhere. It is not for me, it is for my mum as when she lived there with her mum she was bombed out. Hope you can help in any way you can. Thanks, Phil
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NormK bulkington All posts by this member | 2 of 6 Sat 3rd Mar 2012 9:08am Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:827 I went to Broad Street School around that time, most of the school is still there, if you go down Morey Street you can drive round the back. Sorry I have no photos of the original view from the front, I bet someone has out there... Milly rules |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 3 of 6 Sat 3rd Mar 2012 2:52pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5606 Welcome to the forum, "covmanuk" - I'm sure someone will come up with help in your quest for information |
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covmanuk coventry All posts by this member Thread starter | 4 of 6 Sat 3rd Mar 2012 9:36pm Member: Joined Mar 2012 Total posts:38 On 3rd Mar 2012 9:08am, NormK said:
Sorry I have no photos of the original view from the front, I bet someone has out there...
Thanks for that, fingers crossed |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 5 of 6 Wed 19th Feb 2020 12:40pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2869 I know somewhat of a delay after the original request but, thanks to Tony Lay - 1913 Broad Street
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 6 of 6 Wed 19th Feb 2020 5:07pm Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:3788 Oh, feelings for me after so many years.
This was the first street I cycled/walked down with my father that had been hit severely during the blitz. After asking if we could help we rode into the centre of the city. It left a striking impression on me that has never left - broken bodies, broken homes, but worse was to come when we reached the centre - the city was an eerie place, not only a visual catastrophe but almost silent. Gone had the medley of clanging trams, blaring horns, and shouting newspaper sellers, now I could hear each individual army lorry, each shovel - each sound rose and remained alone. The absence of the noise of the city I was used to was as unsettling as the sight of the bombed jagged buildings and broken masonry, the city almost a whisper. |
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