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  • Thread starter japandy
  • Start date Jun 19, 2013
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japandy

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  • Jun 19, 2013
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Lester? Cultural city? And Larkin is Coventry born and bred so Hull is a non-starter.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22967259
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #2
this belongs in the off topic does it not
 

honestken

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #3
Coventry is a bit of a shithole to be fair!
 

Skybluerevolution (Pt2)

New Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #4
Philip Larkin hated Coventry - we are not a cultural city, more innovation and engineering ( and £ shops)
 

pusbccfc

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  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #5
honestken said:
Coventry is a bit of a shithole to be fair!
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Hull is twice as bad!
 
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Broken Hearted Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #6
honestken said:
Coventry is a bit of a shithole to be fair!
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Live somewhere else then
 
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Broken Hearted Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #7
Skybluerevolution (Pt2) said:
Philip Larkin hated Coventry - we are not a cultural city, more innovation and engineering ( and £ shops)
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You seem to make a nice living in it:facepalm:
 

Samo

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #8
honestken said:
Coventry is a bit of a shithole to be fair!
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Yeh but it's our shithole.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #9
How or why is Leicester considered a capital of culture??
 
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Broken Hearted Sky Blue

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  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #10
Sick Boy said:
How or why is Leicester considered a capital of culture??
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Showadywaatwadywady and Engle whatever icons:facepalm:
 

bigfatronssba

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #11
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Skybluerevolution (Pt2) said:
Philip Larkin hated Coventry - we are not a cultural city, more innovation and engineering ( and £ shops)
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Larkin said that Hull was Coventry on Sea.

He clearly held Hull in the same regard as his home town. He was a typical upper class intellectual.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #12
For all its criticism Coventry does have a history to be proud of. You can call it a shithole but in my mind it will always have something to offer.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #13
Brighton Sky Blue said:
For all its criticism Coventry does have a history to be proud of. You can call it a shithole but in my mind it will always have something to offer.
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I always wonder if the city would be one of the most beautiful in the country if the Germans hadn't flattened it.
 

bigfatronssba

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  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #14
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Sick Boy said:
I always wonder if the city would be one of the most beautiful in the country if the Germans hadn't flattened it.
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Until the Germans and the council planning department got their hands on it Coventry was comparable with York.

Why are Leicester in there?
 

@richh87

Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #15
The blitz destroyed the nice historical bits. You can see from looking at Spon Street by the skydome that there were some nice parts.
 

bigfatronssba

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #16
Surely a cultural award is more for what has city has done, rather than what it looks like?

In proportion to its size Coventry must have given the world more than any other UK city?
 

deanocity3

New Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #17
watches,cars.planes,ribbon,bicyles,jet engine.
the city of reconciliation.except for ACL and SISU
 
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Broken Hearted Sky Blue

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  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #18
deanocity3 said:
watches,cars.planes,ribbon,bicyles,jet engine.
the city of reconciliation.except for ACL and SISU
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Tractors,forklift trucks,motorbikes,machinetools,buses(red coventry first not London),Kevlar
Coventry Blue
 

Covkid1968#

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #19
Why oh why do people who are from Cov slag it off....do they not realise that the more they say it the less pride people have in the City and the less people support the local football team because they feel less affinity with a "shithole". It's just embarrassing!!!!

Im proud to be from the City of Coventry.....end of
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #20
Every city has its dodgy areas and Cov is no different. However, you visit the cathedrals, the transport museum and so on and you appreciate what a unique place it is compared to say Milton Keynes. My roots are important to me and if anything it is living so far away which has strengthened that.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #21
Covkid1968` said:
Why oh why do people who are from Cov slag it off....do they not realise that the more they say it the less pride people have in the City and the less people support the local football team because they feel less affinity with a "shithole". It's just embarrassing!!!!

Im proud to be from the City of Coventry.....end of
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Agree 100%.
 

bigfatronssba

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #22
<p>&lt;p&gt;
Covkid1968` said:
Why oh why do people who are from Cov slag it off....do they not realise that the more they say it the less pride people have in the City and the less people support the local football team because they feel less affinity with a &amp;quot;shithole&amp;quot;. It's just embarrassing!!!!&lt;/p&gt;</p>
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<p>&lt;p&gt;Im proud to be from the City of Coventry.....end of
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Also agree, im proud to be from here.

Ironically the people who usually slag Coventry off are chavs, they themselves dont realise they are the main problem!
 

honestken

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #23
Broken Hearted Sky Blue said:
Live somewhere else then
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.....i do
 

SkyBlueUkeman

New Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #24
Larkin was an utter arsehole.
 
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Broken Hearted Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 19, 2013
  • #25
honestken said:
.....i do
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Thank god for that stay in your own shithole the more people like you we can get rid of the cleaner our great city will be:claping hands::guitar2:
 

hutch1972

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 20, 2013
  • #26
Broken Hearted Sky Blue said:
Tractors,forklift trucks,motorbikes,machinetools,buses(red coventry first not London),Kevlar
Coventry Blue
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Lets not forget the Bluebird, built at my old stomping ground Motor Panels !
 

Skybluerevolution (Pt2)

New Member
  • Jun 20, 2013
  • #27
Sorry - I don't understand your comment? You will not find anyone that is more proud to come from Coventry, I am stating a fact our Great City was built on Innovation and Engineering and it continues with this through our 2 Universities, we are not a cultural city IMO - what this has to do with how I earn my living has no relevance what so ever...:facepalm:

Broken Hearted Sky Blue said:
You seem to make a nice living in it:facepalm:
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Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 20, 2013
  • #28
I love Coventry!

Fantastically rich history and it does have some nice parts and is lovely round by the old cathedral and has two great museums and last week I was informed, that apart from London, Coventry has the most drama groups of any city in the UK.

We are excellent at the arts. You only have to look at Theatre Absolute, Triangle, Talking Birds for instance, all who have won awards for their work.

As for Leshtur? The only culture they have is, that that is found on a petri dish following healthy inspectors having scraped bacteria off the worktops of all the kebab shops over there for inspection.
 

ccfcrob

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 20, 2013
  • #29
Skybluerevolution (Pt2) said:
Philip Larkin hated Coventry - we are not a cultural city, more innovation and engineering ( and £ shops)
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Yeah but the Phillip Larkin from con air loves us
 
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savosdad

Banned
  • Jun 20, 2013
  • #30
lesta capital of culture yeh gollywogs
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 20, 2013
  • #31
They make golliwogs in Leicester?
 

torchomatic

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 20, 2013
  • #32
Drugs and prostitution?

Brighton Sky Blue said:
For all its criticism Coventry does have a history to be proud of. You can call it a shithole but in my mind it will always have something to offer.
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 20, 2013
  • #33
torchomatic said:
Drugs and prostitution?
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I've never come across either there.
 
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Broken Hearted Sky Blue

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  • Jun 20, 2013
  • #34
Skybluerevolution (Pt2) said:
Sorry - I don't understand your comment? You will not find anyone that is more proud to come from Coventry, I am stating a fact our Great City was built on Innovation and Engineering and it continues with this through our 2 Universities, we are not a cultural city IMO - what this has to do with how I earn my living has no relevance what so ever...:facepalm:
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And poound shops? No more pound shops in Coventry than any other city thats what I was getting at sorry if you think that was an insult but proud of our city
 
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Broken Hearted Sky Blue

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  • Jun 20, 2013
  • #35
torchomatic said:
Drugs and prostitution?
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over here on a regular basis then
 
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