Parade Route (9 Viewers)

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

1967 it was Highfield Road to Broadgate. 1987 I think it was Walsgrave into City Centre.

At least this one is hitting different areas. As other people have said they can’t go down every street. Also Hearsall Common and the Memorial Park can accommodate more people than Broadgate.

It's easier to get to the Memorial Park going through Broadgate, go past the train station and along the Kenilworth Road.

 

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[Hobo]

So you're saying Broadgate's not safe.

No I am saying Hearsall Common and the Memorial Park can accommodate large crowds more people safely.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

It's easier to get to the Memorial Park going through Broadgate, go past the train station and along the Kenilworth Road.

For the younger ones that's the same route that the Carnival used to take to get to the Memorial Park.

 

[Hobo]

For the younger ones that's the same route that the Carnival used to take to get to the Memorial Park.

I can remember as a kid the carnival route was through Earlesdon in the 60’s

 

[Otis]

I can remember as a kid the carnival route was through Earlesdon in the 60’s

We used to follow the carnival, but we were so poor back then, my mum and dad would only let us watch it in black and white.

 

[Hobo]

We used to follow the carnival, but we were so poor back then, my mum and dad would only let us watch it in black and white.

Same here and barefoot on gravel and broken glass

 

[Otis]

Same here and barefoot on gravel and broken glass

We couldn't afford gravel, so it was broken glass and broken glass.

 

[wingy]

We couldn't afford gravel, so it was broken glass and broken glass.

By God but we were right happy!

 

[Otis]

By God but we were right happy!

Aye. Well happy despite where we lived.

It were a sturdy cardboard box though to be fair.

 

[wingy]

Aye. Well happy despite where we lived.

It were a sturdy cardboard box though to be fair.

Can't we go back to when it was simple to exist?

 

[Otis]

Can't we go back to when it was simple to exist?

You were lucky!! We used to dream about existing.

 

[ovduk78]

I've decided not to travel down for this so I hope it is being broadcast live so I can watch it.

 

[quinn1971]

We couldn't afford gravel, so it was broken glass and broken glass.

Broken glass you were lucky we couldn’t afford broken glass, we had Stinging nettles

 

[wingy]

Broken glass you were lucky we couldn’t afford broken glass, we had Stinging nettles

For Soup !

 

[oscillatewildly]

Has the Parades Commission been informed? - What with it passing through County Coundon.

 

[Otis]

Broken glass you were lucky we couldn’t afford broken glass, we had Stinging nettles

We dreamt of stinging nettles!


And soup. Luxury!!

You were lucky. We used to sleep face down in a bath of ammonia for 23 hours a day. And when I say bath, it was more of a rusty pig trough that had dead pigs floating around in it.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

We used to follow the carnival, but we were so poor back then, my mum and dad would only let us watch it in black and white.

When I read that I could see you following the parade picking up any coins left on the road.
Poor they don't know the meaning of poor today do they.

 

[Otis]

When I read that I could see you following the parade picking up any coins left on the road.
Poor they don't know the meaning of poor today do they.

And I kept every shiny new penny from all those Christmasses.

Saved them all up hoping to make my fortune in later life.

They are now worth 17p each.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

We would follow with bucket and spade collecting the horse shit for next doors roses .We were behind you so we got the coins that fell in it.Great times.

 

[Otis]

We would follow with bucket and spade collecting the horse shit for next doors roses .We were behind you so we got the coins that fell in it.Great times.

We dreamt of shit.

That was like middle class for us and all but a fantasy