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THE PHOTO'S ON THIS PAGE ARE FROM THE PUBLICATION ENTITLED
COVENTRY OLD AND NEW,THE NEW BEING FROM 1973.IT WAS PRODUCED BY FORMER COVENTRY EVENING TELEGRAPH WRITER ERNIE NEWBOLD.IT HAS NOW BEEN RE-ISSUED AND IS AVAILABLE LOCALLY FOR THE PRICE OF £6.
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THE ABC/CANNON CINEMA HERTFORD STREET.RECENT COMPLETION OF THE NEW HERTFORD STREET IN 1973.THE CINEMA LASTED THROUGH TO AROUND 1990 AND JJB SPORTS NOW SITS ON THE SITE
BINLEY ROAD PADDLING POOL 1973.A GREAT OUT-DOOR POOL,IT'S A SHAME IT HAS SINCE BEEN FILLED IN AND IS NOW A GRASSED LAWN.
BROADGATE 1973.A VIEW OF THE NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK IN 2009 IS NOT BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE BUILDING OF CATHEDRAL LANES SHOPPING CENTRE.A CENTRE THAT RUINED THE WHOLE BROADGATE AREA.LET'S HOPE WE GET SOME GREENERY BACK.
BISHOP STREET 1973.A VIEW LOOKING FROM THE RING ROAD DOWN BISHOP STREET.THE POST OFFICE SORTING NOW STANDS ON THE LEFT WHERE THE TREES ARE.THE OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN THE CENTRE OF THE PHOTO.
CROSSING CHEAPING/THE BURGES 1973.
THE LAY-BY ON THE RIGHT IS NOW A TAXI RANK,DUE TO BUILDING WORK AS OF MAY 2009,NO VEHICLES WOULD BE ABLE TO TRAVEL FROM TRINITY STREET FROM WHERE THESE CARS HAVE COME FROM.THE BURGES IS STILL A BUSY STREET AS IT IS THE STOPPING POINT FOR BUSES.
GOSFORD STREET 1973.
SOME OF THE PROPERTIES ON THE LEFT HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED,THE PARIS CINEMA IS JUST ABOVE THE FORD ANGLIA IN THE FOREGROUND.IT'S NOW A SNOOKER HALL.NEARLY ALL THE BUILDINGS IN THE BACK-GROUND THAT GO UP FAR GOSFORD STREET ARE STILL THERE.
GREYFRIARS GREEN 1973.
A SCENE THAT IS STILL THE SAME TODAY APART FROM A NEW ROAD THAT GOES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IN THE FOREGROUND CUTTING THE GREEN IN TWO.
COVENTRY MARKET 1973.
OUTSIDE VIEW OF THE STALLS,BUSY THEN AS IT IS NOW.THE CARS STILL PARK ON THE ROOF.THE MARKET CELEBRATED 50 YEARS IN 2008.ONE OF THE ENTRANCES TO THE NOW CLOSED WOOLWORTHS CAN BE SEEN ON THE RIGHT
FAIRFAX STREET 1973.
A VIEW OF FAIRFAX STREET LOOKING TOWARDS POOL MEADOW.THE SHOPS ON THE LEFT HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE NEW POOL MEADOW BUS STATION.THE DE VERE HOTEL WHERE THE BUSES ARE PASSING UNDER IS NOW THE BRITANNIA HOTEL.HOW MANY KIDS WENT SWIMMING AT THE BATHS AND THEN GOT CHIPS FROM FISHY MOORES CHIPPY JUST OUT OF SHOT ON THE RIGHT
QUEEN VICTORIA ROAD 1973.
ALL THE BUILDINGS ON THE RIGHT ARE STILL THERE,BUT TESCO'S IS NOW ICELAND FREEZER SHOP.THE DRILL HALL ON FAR LEFT AS GONE TOGETHER WITH THE ROW OF HOUSES ON THE LEFT.WAS RELPLACED BY NEW CO-OP STORE BUT THAT HAS NOW BEEN KNOCKED DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW IKEA STORE
