Recently went to Coventry

A lovely city, destroyed by the war. Too many bombs dropped by the luftwaffe took it's toll, as they did in Plymouth. Plymouth however, doesn't look like a concrete mess, like Coventry does though. Shame about the bombs.

 

I am from england. I do not like to tell exactly where as I do not want my credit card compromised!

How do I change my flag?

 

Coventry was a munitions centre was it not? Hence the reason for the attention from the luftwaffe

 

I am from england. I do not like to tell exactly where as I do not want my credit card compromised!

How do I change my flag?

Explain that one to me?? How will your credit card be comprimised?

go to the usercp on the menu and change it in the options section.

 

I am always careful not to share my details on the internet.

 

Telling people where your from wont cause that, its giving out your card details that does

 

Telling people where your from wont cause that, its giving out your card details that does

I am always careful.


have you been to coventry?

 

Yes, only on business though, never got a chance to visit anywhere.

 

Owen D why have people stopped talking to you?


And what business do you do Owen? Did you see the regeneration of the city?

 

Fritz have you never heard of the phrase to be sent to Coventry?

Noun

* S: (n) banishment, ostracism, Coventry (the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)) "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"
* S: (n) Coventry (an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century)

 

A significant portion of the concrete mess that Coventry is, which is always blamed on the Luftwaffe, was actually done by pre-war planners. I remember seeing maps at Uni which illustrated that much of the real damage was done by the grubbing out of the Medieval city to be replaced by.... very little real planning at all.

Cheers,
Adam.

Agree with that. Sorry to Coventry dwellers but it is a concrete jungle coming in from the 42 you have that line of tower blocks isolated on their own. The planners have got something to answer for. Cathedral is nice though. It had a reputation for being the most violent place in Europe - the city, not the cathedral!!!!.

Alvis were based there - made the Scorpion, Scimitar etc and the Stalwart.

 

Impressive!

 

Sorry Coventry people!!
I've been to Coventry several times for Football and I have never been impressed; as for the Cathedral! Enough said!

 

How could you 52nd! & we were geting on so well!!!,have you been to the new Ricoh stadium? nice enough but a pig of a place to get out of (the stadium not Cov).
During the war the aircraft factories in & around coventry concentrated largely on the production of bombers- at first the whitley, and then the lancaster & stirling.
As early as 1936 practical steps were taken for a programme of vast expansion of the military aircraft industry to meet the German threat.
In order to cope with the scale of output planned,it was necessary to build new factories.For their management the goverment looked to a kindered industry, that of the motor car,and consequently the car firms of the midlands,and in particular Coventry as the heart of that industry,operated these new shadow factories, as they were called.
In 1937 Daimler had a shadow factory at Capmartin Road,Rootes had one at Aldermoor Lane & Standard had one on Fletchamstead highway, with a separate building for making the Hobson Carburettor.These factories made the Mercury & Pegasus engines,but when a more powerful engine was required for heavier bombers that were planned other shadow factories were built-at Browns Lane for Daimler, at Ryton-on-Dunsmore for Rootes & at Banner Lane for Standard,all working on the Hercules engine.
SS cars(which became Jaguar in 1945) built sections of the Stirling Bomber & the centre frame section of the Gloster Meteor jet fighter(Frank Whittle born in Coventry) which became operational towards the end of the war.They also repaired Whitley bombers.
The Alvis Motor Company made the supercharger for the Merlin engine for Spitfires.
The GEC at Copeswood made a special contribution to the R.A.F. with the production of a very valuable V.H.F. radio link.
The Army & Navy also benefited from Coventry's efforts.Armoured cars featured prominently.
The machine tool industry played an enormous part,Alfred Herbert's of course , being the biggest machine tool firm in the country.Gauge & Tool produced most of the gauges for military equipment. (TAKEN FROM COVENTRY AT WAR BY ALTON DOUGLAS)
So the Germans had good reason to have Coventry as a prime target!
As a Coventry lad i do believe if the city had'nt been so badly bombed it would be one of the finest medieval cities in Europe hard to believe that with how it has been developed post war.