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Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...

PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:38 am
by rebbonk
Jan Leeming Close

(Newsreader and "celebrity")

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Mid eighties

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More recent

Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...

PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:06 pm
by dutchman
pollyanna wrote:Wing Commander Bob Doe Bank Lane
That's a good find Polly. I use Doe Bank Lane quite often but you have to know Spon End very well to have a clue where it is.

Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...

PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:06 pm
by dutchman
Richard Kimble Close

(fictional character featured in the hit television series The Fugitive, portrayed by actor David Janssen)

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Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...

PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:54 pm
by rebbonk
Jack London Road

(Author I remember for "White Fang")

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Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...

PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:26 am
by dutchman
Busby Berkeley Road (North or South)

(Stage choreographer turned movie director famous for his spectacular dance routines captured on film but all performed for real with no trick photography)

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Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...

PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:52 am
by rebbonk
Sebastian Coe Close

(Athlete and politician)

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Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...

PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:41 am
by dutchman
Georgie Henley Road

(Child actress particularly fond of witches, lions and wardrobes)

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Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...

PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:34 pm
by rebbonk
Brooklyn Beckham Road

(Beckham's offspring)

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Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...

PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:04 pm
by dutchman
Titus Salt Lane

Millowner and philathropist who founded the purpose-built weaving town of 'Saltaire' in Yorkshire.

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Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...

PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:56 am
by rebbonk
Rupert Murdoch Road

(Australian businessman and founder of News Corp'. To me, he'll always be known as "The dirty Digger")

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