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Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:38 am
by rebbonk
Jan
Leeming Close(Newsreader and "celebrity")
Mid eighties
More recent
Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...
Posted: 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...
Posted: 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)
Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:54 pm
by rebbonk
Jack
London Road(Author I remember for "White Fang")
Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...
Posted: 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)
Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:52 am
by rebbonk
Sebastian Coe
Close(Athlete and politician)
Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:41 am
by dutchman
Georgie
Henley Road(Child actress particularly fond of witches, lions and wardrobes)
Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:34 pm
by rebbonk
Brooklyn Beckham
Road(Beckham's offspring)
Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...
Posted: 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.
Re: Famous Coventry Street Names...
Posted: 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")