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COVENTRY MAY HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS BUT YOU CAN STILL FIND PLACES THAT HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME AND OTHERS THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED FOR GOOD.
ON THIS PAGE YOU WILL SEE AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH TOGETHER WITH A PHOTO TAKEN IN 2008.SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
BRAYS LANE WITH THE JUNCTION OF BINLEY ROAD
CASH'S LANE FOLESHILL ROAD JUNCTION
FAR GOSFORD STREET,THE LARGE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT IN THE OLD PHOTO IS AN OLD CINEMA WHICH BURNT DOWN IN THE LATE 1960'S
STOKE GREEN PADDLING POOL ON THE BINLEY ROAD AS YOU CAN SEE IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A LAWNED AREA
THE SAVOY CINEMA RADFORD ROAD.THE OLD PHOTO SHOWS IT SHORTLY AFTER THE BOMBING OF 14TH NOVEMBER 1940,RIGHT- AS IT STANDS IN 2008,IT'S NOW A BINGO HALL
THE SHOPPING PARADE DAVENTRY ROAD CHEYLESMORE
RAILWAY ACROSS THE STONEY STANTON ROAD FROM THE ORDNACE WORKS AT RED LANE.NOTE THE LARGER HOUSES HAVE LOST THE TOP FLOOR WHICH WERE USED AS WORKSHOPS FOR LOCAL WEAVERS.
REMEMBRANCE ROAD WILLENHALL.THE OLD PHOTO TAKEN IN THE MID 1950'S AND RIGHT THE SAME VIEW IN 2008.NOTE THE PRECINCT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ROAD AS GONE.
34 CRAVEN STREET.THIS HOUSE WAS USED FOR WEAVING
TWO VIEWS OF ALBANY ROAD WITH ALMOST 100 YEARS GAP
ABBOTTS LANE 1950'S THE SAME VIEW IN 2008.THE WHITE BUILDING
AT THE BOTTOM IS NOW BRITANNIA TYRES
ANSTY ROAD 1940'S THE SAME VIEW 2008.
IT SHOWS ANSTY ROAD AT THE JUNCTION TO WYKEN CROFT TO THE RIGHT.WHERE THE ADVERTISING BOARDS ARE LATER STOOD A STATUE OF A WHITE JAGUAR FOR JAGUAR CARS
BELL GREEN 1959 BELL GREEN 2008
THIS PHOTO LOOKS FROM OLD CHURCH ROAD TOWARDS HENLEY ROAD
BELL GREEN ROAD 1950 THE SAME VIEW IN 2008
NOTHING MUCH HAS CHANGED,BUT WITH MUCH MORE TRAFFIC
THE BINLEY OAK PUBLIC HOUSE 1920 AND IN 2008
NOTE THE OLD PICTURE SHOW IT AS THE HEADQUARTERS OF COVENTRY CITY FOOTBALL CLUB.WHOSE GROUND WAS SITUATED NEAR BY UNTIL 2005
BURLINGTON ROAD 1969 THE SAME VIEW IN 2008
BURLINGTON ROAD BEING THE STREET IN WHICH PETE WATERMAN LIVED FROM 1940'S TO 1970.NOTE THE SHOP HAS BEEN MADE INTO A RESIDENTAL PROPERTY
CAFE ON THE CORNER OF HEATH ROAD/CLAY LANE.OLD PICTURE FROM THE 50'S AND THE VIEW FROM TODAY
COVENTRY BOYS CLUB 1962 NOW COVENTRY WORKING MENS CLUB 2008.
THIS IS IN WHITEFRIARS STREET
DANE ROAD 1956 DANE ROAD 2008
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME VIEW 50 YEARS APART
THE DRILL HALL QUEEN VICTORIA ROAD 1962.2008 NO DRILL HALL BUT NEW APARTMENTS MAINLY OCCUPIED BY STUDENTS
EARL STREET 1925 EARL STREET 2008
NEARLY ALL OF THIS STREET WAS DESTROYED IN THE BLITZ.THE TOWER CLOCK OF THE COUNCIL CAME BE SEEN IN BOTH VIEWS
HIGHFIELD STREET 1905(WHICH BECAME ELD ROAD) ELD ROAD 2008
TO CONNECT BOTH PICTURES CHECK THE BRICK WORK.NOTE THE TREES ARE NO LONGER THERE.
LONDON ROAD 1940 LONDON ROAD 2008
ALL THE HOUSES DOWN THE LEFT ARE STILL THERE
PALMER LANE 1950'S PALMER LANE 2008
THIS VERY OLD STREET RUNS BEHIND THE BURGES AND HAS THE RIVER SHERBOURNE RUNNING UNDERNEATH
QUEENS ROAD CHURCH 1950 SAME VIEW 2008
DUE TO THE RING ROAD DEVELOPMENT THE STARLEY STATUE WAS MOVED TO GREYFRIARS GREEN.NOTE THE CHURCH HAS LOST HALF OF IT'S TOWER
CLEMENTS ST IN THE STOKE AREA OF COVENTRY THE LEFT PICTURE IS FROM 1912 AND THE UP TO DATE PHOTO RIGHT
