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Mon Nov 12, 2018 3:32 am
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- Classic car restorers fix up comedian's 1961 Jaguar E-Type
by dutchman » Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:12 pm - 1 Replies
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- Last post by rebbonk
Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:47 pm
- Classic car restorers fix up comedian's 1961 Jaguar E-Type
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- Former Jaguar test driver awarded OBE in New Year's Honours
by dutchman » Fri Jan 02, 2015 1:41 pm - 3 Replies
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- Last post by rebbonk
Sun Jun 09, 2019 1:46 pm
- Former Jaguar test driver awarded OBE in New Year's Honours
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- GEC 405 line Television factory Coventry 1960 [Video]
by dutchman » Thu May 30, 2019 8:05 pm - 7 Replies
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- Last post by rebbonk
Sat Jun 01, 2019 4:27 pm
- GEC 405 line Television factory Coventry 1960 [Video]
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- "Fireman helps place the Elephant and Castle statue on top of the standard in Broadgate, circa 1948"
by dutchman » Sun May 12, 2019 5:51 pm - 2 Replies
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- Last post by Melisandre
Mon May 13, 2019 11:24 am
- "Fireman helps place the Elephant and Castle statue on top of the standard in Broadgate, circa 1948"
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- "Injured victims attended to by ambulance and rescue workers after an enemy air raid on the city"
by dutchman » Sun May 12, 2019 3:30 am - 2 Replies
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- Last post by Jock Strapp
Sun May 12, 2019 11:03 am
- "Injured victims attended to by ambulance and rescue workers after an enemy air raid on the city"
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- Mouldy? Oh No
by dutchman » Sun May 05, 2019 12:51 am - 1 Replies
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Sun May 05, 2019 12:59 am
- Mouldy? Oh No
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- Piece of Kenilworth's history badly damaged
by dutchman » Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:47 pm - 0 Replies
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Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:47 pm
- Piece of Kenilworth's history badly damaged
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- There's a mystery house in Canley and it's a bit spooky...
by dutchman » Wed Apr 03, 2019 6:46 pm - 1 Replies
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Wed Apr 03, 2019 7:04 pm
- There's a mystery house in Canley and it's a bit spooky...
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- First ever Triumph Spitfire for sale
by dutchman » Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:31 pm - 3 Replies
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Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:20 pm
- First ever Triumph Spitfire for sale
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- Campaigner and street artist begin works on mural in honour of Coventry's industrial history
by dutchman » Thu Sep 13, 2018 9:43 pm - 2 Replies
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Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:16 pm
- Campaigner and street artist begin works on mural in honour of Coventry's industrial history
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- Lovely Jaguar Mk2 seen in Ansty Tesco car park this morning...
1, 2, 3by Melisandre » Sun Apr 30, 2017 6:22 pm - 23 Replies
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- Last post by dutchman
Fri Feb 22, 2019 10:37 pm
- Lovely Jaguar Mk2 seen in Ansty Tesco car park this morning...
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- Warwickshire's The Bagley Boys to make screen debut
by dutchman » Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:21 am - 0 Replies
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Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:21 am
- Warwickshire's The Bagley Boys to make screen debut
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- Anger at planned move of city landmark
1, 2by dutchman » Thu Aug 30, 2018 1:19 pm - 14 Replies
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- Last post by Melisandre
Sun Jan 27, 2019 2:06 pm
- Anger at planned move of city landmark
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- The junction of Market Place, Chapel Street and Little Church Street, Rugby, in 1969
by dutchman » Sun Jan 13, 2019 6:24 pm - 2 Replies
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Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:02 pm
- The junction of Market Place, Chapel Street and Little Church Street, Rugby, in 1969
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- Upper Precinct, 6 September 1955
by dutchman » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:06 pm - 0 Replies
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Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:06 pm
- Upper Precinct, 6 September 1955
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- Brutal Coventry murder has gone unsolved for 65 years
by dutchman » Tue Jan 01, 2019 10:24 pm - 5 Replies
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- Last post by Melisandre
Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:35 pm
- Brutal Coventry murder has gone unsolved for 65 years
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- Coventry Had 12-Foot Wide Cycleways In The 1950s
by rebbonk » Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:02 pm - 1 Replies
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- Last post by dutchman
Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:33 pm
- Coventry Had 12-Foot Wide Cycleways In The 1950s
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- Trinity?
by Jock Strapp » Mon Dec 31, 2018 11:56 am - 8 Replies
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Tue Jan 01, 2019 9:03 pm
- Trinity?
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- Remembering Nuneaton's Abbey Run: and the pubs it's lost
by dutchman » Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:13 pm - 1 Replies
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- Last post by Melisandre
Mon Dec 31, 2018 5:27 pm
- Remembering Nuneaton's Abbey Run: and the pubs it's lost
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- Remember when... choirboys welcomed Preston North End to Highfield Road?
by dutchman » Fri Dec 28, 2018 1:09 am - 1 Replies
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Fri Dec 28, 2018 1:09 am
- Remember when... choirboys welcomed Preston North End to Highfield Road?
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- Not such a merry Christmas for mischievous holly thieves
by dutchman » Tue Dec 25, 2018 7:27 pm - 0 Replies
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Tue Dec 25, 2018 7:27 pm
- Not such a merry Christmas for mischievous holly thieves
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- From the top of The Butts Technical College late 1920s
1, 2by rebbonk » Tue Jul 07, 2015 7:56 pm - 11 Replies
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- Last post by dutchman
Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:49 am
- From the top of The Butts Technical College late 1920s
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- Lanchester: The rise and fall of Coventry's answer to Rolls Royce
by dutchman » Sun Dec 16, 2018 3:52 pm - 0 Replies
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Sun Dec 16, 2018 3:52 pm
- Lanchester: The rise and fall of Coventry's answer to Rolls Royce
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- When Coventry was the world's 'bicycle city'
by dutchman » Thu Dec 13, 2018 5:42 pm - 2 Replies
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- Last post by 20A-Manor House
Fri Dec 14, 2018 11:19 am
- When Coventry was the world's 'bicycle city'
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- Famous former bakery building is on the market
by dutchman » Sun Dec 02, 2018 4:39 pm - 0 Replies
- 161 Views
- Last post by dutchman
Sun Dec 02, 2018 4:39 pm
- Famous former bakery building is on the market
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