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Coventry, The Cathedral c.1965
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When Basil Spence designed the new cathedral, he incorporated the ruins of St Michael’s into the scheme of things: the old church in effect became the new cathedral’s vestibule. Spence’s design was attacked by traditionalists for being too modern; others saw it as a statement of Coventry’s renewal following the blitz. His use of curves helped to disguise the fact that the nave of the new building was only 270 ft long and 80 ft wide: quite small in cathedral terms. By the entrance is Epstein’s St Michael and Lucifer, one of his last

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A Selection of Memories from Coventry

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Over the years the layout of Greyfriars Green has changed enormously by and in 1950's, it was vastly different to this early picture. In the 50's as a child Father took our family to visit the green using it as a vantage point to watch the, then, Annual Coventry Carnival as it passed down from assembling in the Memorial l Park and between the green and the buildings facing us on The Quadrant side.
Coventry, Greyfriars Green 1892
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Added 05 August 2019

Allesley Park
It would be early 60's and we would all meet up at Allesley Hall, on one of those long summer evenings, to have a massive game of Hide and Seek ( Rally, rally 1,2,3!) We would be about 8 or 9 years old and most of us were from St. Christopher's School. The rallying post was a huge old tree trunk in the middle of the gardens. There were so many good hiding spots behind all the shrubbery and walls. I have since returned ...see more
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Hi all, I'm really hoping someone out there can help me. I am trying to find someone who worked in Coventry in the 70's. She did deliveries to a cake shop 19 Acorn Street, Stoke Aldermoor which was for a long time called 'Elaine's bread and cakes' it changed names a few times before that, so it would be great if someone knew the name at that time. Her name is Christine who drove a blue transit van on ...see more
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Canley
The part of Canley where we lived was made up of what were called "the steel houses" and "the prefabs". Charter Avenue was a dual carriageway and then, at the beginning of Ten Shilling Woods it became a single road. I was always told that it had been begun during the War and was built by Italian POW's; when the war ended they went home and the road was never completed. The house we lived in was built by Wimpey. The woods ...see more
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