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Cook Street gate viewed from Lady Herbert's Garden in the 1930s.

It's nice to see that some things don't change too much, especially when they are nice things like Lady Herbert's Garden. You can see that Cook Street gate is still behind the garden on the left.
The only thing that is different is that the Ring Road is now in the background. Back in the 1930s photograph, the buildings behind the garden were properties in Swanswell Terrace and Henry Street.

Please click here if you wish to see the two photo's separately.

Now we can see what Hales Street used to look like before the war - 1937 in this photo. The old Hippodrome was still there - about to be demolished and replaced by a new theatre. (See my dad's page showing the New Hippodrome.) The old Fire Station was smaller then too, and behind that is the Art School in Ford Street, (with the pointy roof) and further back, a row of shops in White Street, which all disappeared so the Ring Road could be built.

Swanswell gate and the Old Fire Station in Hales Street in 1937

Swanswell gate and the Old Fire Station in Hales Street in 2007

At least Swanswell Gate is still there, and the Fire Station too, which as you can see was made larger after the war, but is now a restaurant, opened in 2006.

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All "old" photographs are taken from early postcards.

All photographs by Steven Orland

Links to other places....

	Visit my sister Mandy's Website.
	See my dad's website about Historic Coventry.
	Our Prints of Historic Coventry website, where you can purchase prints of our city up to 18" x 12".
	Visit our Orland Family pages.
	The official website for our school - Ravensdale Primary School, Coventry.

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