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- It’s a Long Way to Tipperary: The Warwickshire roots of the First World War marching song
by dutchman » Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:35 pm - 1 Replies
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- Last post by Melisandre
Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:45 pm
- It’s a Long Way to Tipperary: The Warwickshire roots of the First World War marching song
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- Rare manuscript of George Eliot's Middlemarch now on display in Nuneaton
by dutchman » Sun Jan 12, 2020 8:59 pm - 0 Replies
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- Last post by dutchman
Sun Jan 12, 2020 8:59 pm
- Rare manuscript of George Eliot's Middlemarch now on display in Nuneaton
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- Hidden Roman ruin in Coventry could be revamped
by dutchman » Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:46 pm - 2 Replies
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Wed Dec 25, 2019 5:38 pm
- Hidden Roman ruin in Coventry could be revamped
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- Willenhall campaigns for road name to honour 'legend' Betty Ennis
by dutchman » Sun Nov 10, 2019 1:04 pm - 0 Replies
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Sun Nov 10, 2019 1:04 pm
- Willenhall campaigns for road name to honour 'legend' Betty Ennis
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- The plaque that finally marks the spot of Coventry's role in The Italian Job
by dutchman » Sat Oct 19, 2019 10:20 pm - 4 Replies
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- Last post by dutchman
Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:24 pm
- The plaque that finally marks the spot of Coventry's role in The Italian Job
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- "Coventry Industrial Therapy Unit" (1978)
by dutchman » Sat Mar 02, 2019 12:34 am - 6 Replies
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- Last post by dutchman
Sun Oct 20, 2019 11:11 pm
- "Coventry Industrial Therapy Unit" (1978)
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- What the future holds for Whitley Pumping Station
by dutchman » Fri Oct 18, 2019 8:54 pm - 0 Replies
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Fri Oct 18, 2019 8:54 pm
- What the future holds for Whitley Pumping Station
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- Walsgrave Road, 3rd October 1963
by dutchman » Sun Sep 15, 2019 5:00 pm - 0 Replies
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Sun Sep 15, 2019 5:00 pm
- Walsgrave Road, 3rd October 1963
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- New book reveals Coventry's military history
by dutchman » Sat Aug 17, 2019 4:37 pm - 1 Replies
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Sat Aug 17, 2019 4:51 pm
- New book reveals Coventry's military history
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- "Police museum could lose exhibits to Birmingham"
by dutchman » Fri Aug 16, 2019 4:39 pm - 2 Replies
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Fri Aug 16, 2019 5:59 pm
- "Police museum could lose exhibits to Birmingham"
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- Engineer's asbestos cancer death prompts appeal to ex-Maudslay workers
by dutchman » Thu Jul 18, 2019 7:09 pm - 0 Replies
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Thu Jul 18, 2019 7:09 pm
- Engineer's asbestos cancer death prompts appeal to ex-Maudslay workers
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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