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Postby rebbonk » Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:55 am

A couple here I'd not seen before

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Cathedral looking towards Priory Street

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Little Park Street looking towards Council House
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From Cathedral spire looking towards Martins Bank and Burtons the tailor on the corner of Broadgate and Smithford Street.
The Rudge (later GEC) building dominates the background.
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This and next picture taken from Cathedral spire looking towards Priory Street with Bayley Lane on the right and New Street on the left.

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Broadgate looking towards Cathedral

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Digging the foundations for Broadgate House.
The entrance to Smithford Street was partially fenced-off at this time to the great annoyance of shoppers.
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Commemorative service held in the still uncleared ruins.

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Another view of work on Broadgate House looking wst towards Cross Cheaping.
Timothy Whites in on the extreme right in Trinity Street.
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Another view from Cathedral spire showing crossroads of Broadgate, Hertford Street and Smithford Street.
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The ruins of Queens Hotel in Hertford Street now functiong as the front courtyard of a pub in Greyfriars Lane.
To the right is the Coventry Economic Building Society
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Corner of Smithford Street and Hertford Street. Burtons is on the left and Martins Bank on the right.
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Of course it'll fit; you just need a bigger hammer.
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