I've just had notification that Cov University have made several sets of pictures from the past available.
link here
https://coventry.digital/
dutchman wrote:This is not as you might think the Gaumont. It is actually the Colloseum dance hall and restaurant complex. A row of ancient buildings to the right of the picture was knocked down in 1931 to accommodate the extension which became the Gaumont. The Whitefriars Street frontage was badly damaged during the war and only partially restored afterwards.
dutchman wrote:It's the first picture I've ever seen to show the GEC works between Gosford Street and Whitefriars Lane. It appears to have been abandoned immediately after the Blitz or possibly even just before.
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