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Yes but those of us who remember the original Odeon at the top of Far Gosford Street never called it that.

My three: Gaumont Palace Woolworths Foster Menswear

1960s, it didn't become a 'pub' until the year 2000.

I remember when it was our local butcher's, the place stank of dead animals. Before that it was an abbatoir, the big door on the right is where the animals went in:

Am I the only one here who didn't understand that?

There used to be a hottie serving in the Bishop Street branch, she knew her stuff too!

I hope you're not a Whitefriars tenant as they are notorious for not repairing leaking roofs and collapsing ceilings.

New Year's Eve 1962, one of the coldest nights on record. Fowler tank engine standing at platform three of the newly-built Coventry Station. The incongruity of a dirty old steam engine operating from a shiny new station building was not lost on people.

It's a myth that everyone in Coventry worked in the car industry. People forget just how huge employers like GEC and Courtaulds were in the city.

They all sound like good reasons to drive one to me?

What about dropping the kids off at school, do you want their friends to think you're too poor to afford one?

And who would they be? (In your opinion)

In what way is it 'unacceptable' Nick?

Seeems bizarre to me that Spon Gate primary school is open today when St Osburg's which is just up the road is closed? The weather conditions can't be that different between the two?

Didn't Tony Blair make the same promise before he was elected? It's amazing what achieving power does for people's sensibilities.

Amazon customers can pick up orders with their regular shopping at Morrison's. Saves me having to stay in of the off-chance of the postman turning up.

More likely the teachers live out in the countryside and are unable to make it into town.

How about the other extreme of every new development being linked in some way to the 'City of Culture' by the media?

The wind on the Holyhead Road was horrendous this evening, especially if you weren't dressed for it. Traffic was worse in the Butts though, hardly moving.

LIkewise Staples and Currys, ended up getting one direct from China.