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- Stoneleigh Abbey £1.5m home sale with link to Jane Austen
by dutchman » Mon Mar 10, 2014 5:15 pm - 5 Replies
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- Last post by Jock Strapp
Tue Oct 31, 2017 8:41 pm
- Stoneleigh Abbey £1.5m home sale with link to Jane Austen
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- Two pub buildings among items council protects with listed status
by dutchman » Fri Oct 06, 2017 11:03 pm - 3 Replies
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- Last post by Jock Strapp
Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:13 am
- Two pub buildings among items council protects with listed status
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- Coventry's "oldest rooms" hidden from view for hundreds of years
by dutchman » Sun Oct 15, 2017 5:12 am - 0 Replies
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Sun Oct 15, 2017 5:12 am
- Coventry's "oldest rooms" hidden from view for hundreds of years
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- London Road Cemetery marks 170th birthday
by dutchman » Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:54 pm - 0 Replies
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Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:54 pm
- London Road Cemetery marks 170th birthday
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- What is that amazing medieval sandstone building next to the ring road?
by dutchman » Sun Oct 01, 2017 5:15 pm - 0 Replies
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Sun Oct 01, 2017 5:15 pm
- What is that amazing medieval sandstone building next to the ring road?
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- Scrapbook documenting life in Victorian era Coventry set to go under the hammer
by dutchman » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:29 pm - 1 Replies
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- Last post by rebbonk
Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:26 pm
- Scrapbook documenting life in Victorian era Coventry set to go under the hammer
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- Shanty town
by Jock Strapp » Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:22 am - 8 Replies
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- Last post by Melisandre
Tue Sep 19, 2017 7:06 pm
- Shanty town
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- Plaque unveiled to mark historic Hawkesbury canal junction
by dutchman » Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:10 pm - 1 Replies
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Tue Sep 12, 2017 3:07 pm
- Plaque unveiled to mark historic Hawkesbury canal junction
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- Why is Coventry City Council painting over Spon Street subway tiles?
by dutchman » Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:21 pm - 0 Replies
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Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:21 pm
- Why is Coventry City Council painting over Spon Street subway tiles?
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- When Coventry became a ghost town during the 'holiday fortnight'
by dutchman » Thu Aug 03, 2017 10:38 pm - 2 Replies
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- Last post by rebbonk
Fri Aug 11, 2017 4:04 pm
- When Coventry became a ghost town during the 'holiday fortnight'
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- Rarest Jaguar car in existence to be unveiled after restoration
by dutchman » Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:18 pm - 0 Replies
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Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:18 pm
- Rarest Jaguar car in existence to be unveiled after restoration
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- When Coventry's working class heroes raised £1million to buy three Spitfires...
by dutchman » Mon Aug 07, 2017 11:13 pm - 0 Replies
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Mon Aug 07, 2017 11:13 pm
- When Coventry's working class heroes raised £1million to buy three Spitfires...
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- Radford Estate - Laying of Foundation Stone 1925
by Melisandre » Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:53 am - 2 Replies
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Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:52 am
- Radford Estate - Laying of Foundation Stone 1925
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- More blue plaques unveiled in Leamington
by dutchman » Fri Aug 04, 2017 5:08 pm - 0 Replies
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Fri Aug 04, 2017 5:08 pm
- More blue plaques unveiled in Leamington
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- From 19th-century black pioneer to cultural ambassador of Coventry
by dutchman » Sun Nov 13, 2016 1:25 am - 1 Replies
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Thu Aug 03, 2017 4:17 am
- From 19th-century black pioneer to cultural ambassador of Coventry
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- "The places you'd never believe were once in Warwickshire"
by dutchman » Mon Jul 10, 2017 2:22 pm - 0 Replies
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Mon Jul 10, 2017 2:22 pm
- "The places you'd never believe were once in Warwickshire"
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- Victorian drinking fountain to be brought back to life
by dutchman » Mon May 18, 2015 3:45 pm - 8 Replies
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- Last post by Melisandre
Mon Jun 05, 2017 6:38 pm
- Victorian drinking fountain to be brought back to life
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- The day Nuneaton was bombed by the Germans - killing 130 people
by dutchman » Sun May 21, 2017 6:10 pm - 0 Replies
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Sun May 21, 2017 6:10 pm
- The day Nuneaton was bombed by the Germans - killing 130 people
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- Mystery unravelled of whether Exhall is in Coventry or Bedworth
by dutchman » Sun May 14, 2017 5:36 pm - 3 Replies
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Mon May 15, 2017 5:57 pm
- Mystery unravelled of whether Exhall is in Coventry or Bedworth
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- 50 pictures of landmark buildings feature in new book by city author
by dutchman » Sun Apr 16, 2017 1:27 pm - 0 Replies
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Sun Apr 16, 2017 1:27 pm
- 50 pictures of landmark buildings feature in new book by city author
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- Gateway to Earlsdon in early 1900s
by dutchman » Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:20 pm - 3 Replies
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- Last post by Melisandre
Tue Apr 11, 2017 7:33 pm
- Gateway to Earlsdon in early 1900s
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- Why does it say 'FERODO' on this Coventry bridge?
by dutchman » Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:35 pm - 0 Replies
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Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:35 pm
- Why does it say 'FERODO' on this Coventry bridge?
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- Rest in Pieces: The story of a hanged woman and her journey to becoming a museum object
by dutchman » Sun Feb 26, 2017 6:03 pm - 0 Replies
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Sun Feb 26, 2017 6:03 pm
- Rest in Pieces: The story of a hanged woman and her journey to becoming a museum object
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- Long-lost section of Coventry's medieval wall is rediscovered - under a busy car park
by dutchman » Fri Feb 03, 2017 5:38 pm - 1 Replies
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Tue Feb 07, 2017 5:11 am
- Long-lost section of Coventry's medieval wall is rediscovered - under a busy car park
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- The second last Triumph TR6 could be yours
by dutchman » Sat Feb 04, 2017 9:34 pm - 0 Replies
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Sat Feb 04, 2017 9:34 pm
- The second last Triumph TR6 could be yours
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