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Housing
(1940 - 1952)
Coventry and it's citizens remember and celebrate the sacrifice of those who fell during the air raids on the city 70 years ago. Many were ordinary folk, who went about their daily chores as best they could in the trying circumstances of the time. Others were performing a valuable task as part of ... 'for the full story click on the title'
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Family effort
(1939 - 1945)
Certainly in the Second World War all the brothers were actually involved in the war effort. My dad wasn’t in the forces because he had a reserved occupation, he was an aircraft woodworker and he worked through the war. My uncle Bob was in the RAF and I think he made a sergeant. My uncle Ray ... 'for the full story click on the title'
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Factory sport
(1950 - 1959)
Many of the Coventry factories then had a lot of sports activities for their employees, in bowls, in football, in rugger and there was a lot of friendly rivalry between all of these various sports in the factories because there were the league table and the first divisions and second divisions and ... 'for the full story click on the title'
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MY FIRST JOB
(1972 - 1982)
I left Caludon Castle School in June 1972 aged 17. I was fortunate enough three months later to obtain a commercial apprenticeship at Rolls-Royce Limited, based at the Parkside factory. I lived in Courthouse Green at the time and I remember my first day vividly.
I caught the number 21 bus into ... 'for the full story click on the title'
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Making his debut in 1957 - Mick Kearns
(1957 - 1957)
I signed as an amateur for a start and then I think they signed me part time because I was doing an apprenticeship at Massey Ferguson, I think it was 1957 and it was I think it was against Bournemouth it was a night game and I’d been to work and didn’t even know I was playing we were ... 'for the full story click on the title'
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working life
(1960 - 1969)
On 21st of Oct 1967, 6th day to this city from India, my neighbour came to vist me. She briefly told me about the working culture here in uk,espicially for women. She also informed me about GEC spread out in Coventry in six locations. She also told me that many migrants from India work there, and ... 'for the full story click on the title'
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Wartime Working
(1941 - 1945)
I was working at Courtaulds in Nuneaton during the war, during which we were told some of us had to go to Coventry to help with arms manufacturing. We had no choice, we were simply told and had to make our way via Train each day over. I was first sent to the Alvis factory to work on materials for ... 'for the full story click on the title'
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Coventry Areas & Memories
(1950 - 1970)
With all of these fields to play in, I can remember going out fairly early in the day and not coming back until tea time, posh people call it Dinner but that is another debate. At the bottom of the common near to Leaf Lane or Howes Lane as it used to be, was a large crater, from one of the trees ... 'for the full story click on the title'
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Scott Settle at the GEC factory spon street coventry
(1960 - 1969)
Scott Settle worked many years at the GEC factory in spond street coventry i have a relative who would love to know more about him. He worked there in the 60s and seventies ...and is fondly remembered by his friend .....
he also grew up in coventry if you can give any more information on Scott i ... 'for the full story click on the title'
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Further Memories of a Telegram Boy
(1940 - 1940)
A long German Aircraft attacked the Standard factory in Canley, it was in broad daylight, I was delivering telegrams in the Earlsdon area. I has just reached the edge of Hearsall Common. I got off my bike next to a policeman when I heard a commotion on the other side of the Common towards Canley. ... 'for the full story click on the title'
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Old Film of Coventry Carnival 1931
(1925 - 1935)
The Godiva Festival weekend as we now know it has revived memories of Coventry Carnival's of the past.
Being a large industrial city many float in the old processions were from local manufactures such as Wickmans,Standard,Morris,Massey's,Rootes,Armstrong Whitworth,JJ Cash etc. The money collected ... 'for the full story click on the title'
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National Cycle -Cross Championships Allesley Park Coventry 1969
(1960 - 1976)
My dad Malcolm was a amateur cyclist for Coventry in the late 1940's(see photo),he would do many time trials around country lanes. He later would cycle round his area collecting their insurance payments when he worked for Pearl Assurance during the 1960's based in Hertford Street(many photo's of ... 'for the full story click on the title'
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War Baby (Part 2 )
(1956 - 1960)
After moving to Bolingbroke Road in our new house with our "New" dad (god blees him).....great memories of the gated park(Bolingbroke Rd./Stoke Green) with its beautful rose gardens and arches. its sand pit, which we used to play " British Bull Dog" in,,, its conca trees, the ... 'for the full story click on the title'
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The KIng and Queens visit 1951
(1951 - 1959)
It will be 60 years next month that The King and Queen visited the city to inspect the new Broadgate which had been opened 3 years earlier by their daughter Princess Elizabeth.
They both were shown round by the Lord Mayor and clicking the link below you can see Upper Precinct in the process of ... 'for the full story click on the title'
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My childhood memories
(1937 - 1949)
I was born in 1937 when my father moved to Coventry to start working for the GEC after 21 years in the Army. With my two sisters we lived in William Bristow Road Styvechale. During the war Most nights I was carried downstairs to spend the air raid under the stairs which my father thought was the ... 'for the full story click on the title'
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