Blue Skies

Trinity Street at Cuckoo Lane

(Left to right) Holy Trinity Church, 

Coventry Cathedral flèche just above the trees,

Coventry Cross and Coventry Cathedral ruins spire.

Growth Of The City

Sainsbury's, Trinity Street

Diagrammatic map - part painted on

Swedish Pearl Granite

by Artist, John Skelton in 1964.

You can see the words 'Cofas Tree' in the centre.

It is thought that Cofa's Tree is mostly likely the source of 

the name 'Coventry'.  The gold leaf buildings are the City Gates.

Please pardon the reflection.  This map shows the

growth of Coventry from 1748 to 1932.  

It is located by an emergency exit door of

 Sainsbury's grocery store

 and is not visible from outside.

Participating in Monday Mural

Happy Birthday, Richard!

Coventry Pubs #6 - The Flying Standard

2 - 10 Trinity Street

The Flying Standard (front on left)
3, 4 & 5 Priory Row
Lychgate Cottages (adjoining to rear on right)

This public house is named after a motor vehicle

 produced by the Standard Motor Company.

Standard Motor Company manufactured a range of cars

in Coventry between 1903 and 1960.

The Motor Victoria was Standard's first car built in 1903.

The Flying Standard motor car was produced in 1936.

This is a large steel framed building with applied

timber frame was built in 1938 and designed to fit

in neatly with the adjoining medieval Lychgate Cottages.

Before it became a public house in 1999 it was

occupied by Samuel's the jewelers and Timothy Whites, chemist.

This public house stands on a historic site that

dates back to the early 1400's.  Maybe I can

explore more of that in a future post.

Participating in Our World Tuesday

Study Inn

Trinity Street, Coventry

Wall of Maps

Coventry has two top universities -

Coventry University and University of Warwick.  

It is not surprising that student accommodation has become

big business.  I'm not partial to the color scheme of the 

building but I do like the mural of flags.

The way things are going, Coventry

will soon be a university campus city.

This building (one of 3 located right in middle of City),
is formerly an office and is now full of VIP studio flats.
There are various weekly fees which cover utilities,
internet, appliances, housekeeping and security, etc.

Participating in Monday Mural

PS Photos were taken on 26th Oct back in the sunshine days :).

Public Service Notice to Coventry Citizens & Visitors

Trinity Street, Coventry

Those nifty stainless steel bollards go down and up!  I witnessed a man (possibly a visitor to our fair City) fall over one of these beauties when it was going up after letting a maintenance vehicle pass through.  The man was looking the other way (not at me) and the shock on his face was a real picture.  He was not injured.  I have reported the incident.  So no comment needed today.  I am just being 'helpful'....hopefully.

PS.   Yes, I agree that lawn needs a light cut.

Nearly Done...City Centre Park

Half of Coventry's City Centre Park

Ok, it isn't the biggest park in the City!  There will be another section about the same size, I believe, opposite.  This area used to be bus stops.  The road is gone.   If that turf stays in that condition and that green, it will be a nice addition to the City Centre.