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Is this being saved Dutchy?

Postby PoundShopPeter » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:26 pm

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On its own by joybert, on Flickr

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National Air Raid Distress Fund by joybert, on Flickr

CITY OF COVENTRY DECEMBER 1951

"THESE HOMES FOR AGED PERSONS WERE BUILT WITH THE AID OF THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON'S NATIONAL AIR RAID DISTRESS FUND TO WHICH THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH GENEROUSLY CONTRIBUTED"
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Re: Is this being saved Dutchy?

Postby dutchman » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:41 pm

Yes Peter but only the memorial stone.

The workshop it was once a part of was designed by Sir Donald Gibson. It was originally a doctor's surgery serving the nearby old people's home and sheltered bungalows. With the collective name of Wellington Gardens they were the very first buildings to be constructed after the war and intended as a memorial to the New Zealand war dead. They had a very distinctive appearance being made of sand coloured bricks with sheet copper roofs.

Whitefriars originally intended to build a block of ten bungalows on the site and when that plan was rejected they allowed the workshop to become so derelict the council eventually granted permisson for it to be demolished.

Anyway Peter thanks for the pictures :cheers:
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