bringbackrattles
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I'm sure my mum would take the Benley's tag off the clothes but somehow the posher kids knew it was from there. A quick smack in the mouth soon sorted it !
I'm sure my mum would take the Benley's tag off the clothes but somehow the posher kids knew it was from there. A quick smack in the mouth soon sorted it !Yeah the Primark /Peacocks of their day..We had a fake leather 3 piece from there , Oh the lot of an Irish Immigrant Family,all seven of us.
I loved that shop
Owens and Owens,Gibberds Outfitters,Pancake Parlour,Circular Cafe,Pool Meadow Bus station,(OLD ONE) Fishy Moores.
Only Cov kids would remember these !
The "back street" was called "New Buildings". Behind the Silver Sword. Can't ever remember Fishy Moores being down there?Do You remember the first Fishy Moore's before it moved?.. It was down that little side street with the old second hand shop.. Think it was called Exchange & Mart..
Owens and Owens,Gibberds Outfitters,Pancake Parlour,Circular Cafe,Pool Meadow Bus station,(OLD ONE) Fishy Moores.
Only Cov kids would remember these !
The word Gibberds still makes me shudder.
the turks head nr the belgrade theatre up side street anyone remember that mid sixties or earlier
I mentioned Gibberds as I had a Saturday job there after leaving Caludon Castle.I only lasted a few weeks as my dad who was a builder got me a labourers job on a site instead.I hated it in the shop when my mates came in hoping for freebies but the manager would watch eagle eyed at me.The word Gibberds still makes me shudder.
I mentioned Gibberds as I had a Saturday job there after leaving Caludon Castle.I only lasted a few weeks as my dad who was a builder got me a labourers job on a site instead.I hated it in the shop when my mates came in hoping for freebies but the manager would watch eagle eyed at me.
They also sold school uniforms but a bit more upmarket than Benley's !
Owens and Owens,Gibberds Outfitters,Pancake Parlour,Circular Cafe,Pool Meadow Bus station,(OLD ONE) Fishy Moores.
Only Cov kids would remember these !
School uniforms Samo? We used to get ours from the Co-op! Cheap as chips!
I'm loving all these pictures and I wish my parents were still around to see them as they would have loved them too.
They were keen picture goers as all were in the sixties.The Paris picture house,the Forum and the Gaumont were the main ones.Long queues were the norm back then,I reckon my dad fancied himself as a bit of a cowboy as he would stick his fag in the corner of his mouth.Bloody embarrassing though him riding through town on his horse !
Houch I lived in Walsgrave as a lad when it was a village.Maybe pushing it a bit but have you pictures of the village etc ?
The Craven arms pub on Woodway Lane which is still there,the sweet shop opposite run by the Smiths,and any other ?
If not at least I tried !
Fuckin lovin this post houch
Don't suppose you've got a picture of the new inn on Longford rd ?
The only "New Inn" I have a photo of is the one in Bulls Head Lane. Was there another name previously (or afterwards), or have you got the name wrong?
quite possibly , everything has faded into the distance with regards to my old coventry days. the pub used to be on the corner of windmill rd, by the new inn bridge(cov canal) but its a bunch of houses or flats now
Was It known as the Fiesta more recently?
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