See more history from the Coventry Telegraph: www.coventryte... All these pictures are from our archives. If you have any memories of Hillfields or anything in Cov or Warwickshire drop us a line at: letters@coventrytelegraph.net
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@jamesdond6143 жыл бұрын
Our first home was in Hillfields, born at Gulson Rd Hospital. Now living in Bangkok. Up the Sky Blues.
@markfulton9562 жыл бұрын
my First church was in Hillfields, Hillfields Church of Christ, many happy memories. Lovely guitar music btw
@frankiefugazi2 жыл бұрын
Wow! I was born in Hillfields in the 60's and left early 90's. If you were a Hillfields kid it was a great place to grow up...if you weren't from "The Hills" maybe not so great. I miss it muchly. My older bro bought a pair of 2nd hand Blue Suede BeetleCrushers from Pearson's in '78, I still take the piss! 😁
@julialan7494 Жыл бұрын
I lived in pioneer house the first 3 years of my life 1971-1973 in Hillfields
@norffc15483 жыл бұрын
I would love to go back...
@golden.lights.twinkle232910 ай бұрын
You wouldn't. It's not the same and that's putting it mildly.
@frankiefugazi2 жыл бұрын
We called it playing Marlies in the Hills, and I'm pretty sure we played the Indian version in Hillfields/Foleshill...John Gulson Junior School, Class Of '79 😃
@johnmcmenamin9747 Жыл бұрын
Paddy, looking out on the horizon, a wonderful man.
@michaelgray9234 Жыл бұрын
Now a ghetto
@golden.lights.twinkle2329 Жыл бұрын
In the 1960s I used to buy my jelly-babies from a sweet shop run by an older lady, the loose sweets were all kept in large glass jars with screw tops. They would be weighed on an old scale and then put in a paper bag. The last time I visited Coventry there wasn't a single English-owned business left. Hillfields was known as the area where prostitutes plied their business. Not the greatest area.
@COVbadman793 жыл бұрын
The wings on the tops of the flats used to remind me of giant birds
@johnmcmenamin9747 Жыл бұрын
Lived at number 6 Vernon Street.
@stevem-h356211 ай бұрын
What about the licensing of some of those pictures for an album cover?
@samsara36942 жыл бұрын
What a shame about not being able to preserve those 3 storey terraces. Interesting design, with that single window (?) on the second storey. Does anybody know more about them?
@50LightSabersInAPack Жыл бұрын
Old weaver's houses (or top shops). It's where they worked during the day so the single large window is to let the most light in
@samsara3694 Жыл бұрын
@@50LightSabersInAPack Thank you! Such a shame they couldn't be preserved.
@golden.lights.twinkle232910 ай бұрын
Criminal that they were demolished. Part of Coventry's history destroyed.
@jamiew1664 Жыл бұрын
hillfields. Always been a disgusting place. Bless the nice people who lived there though. always been a rough area housing some of the worst dregs of cov.
@paulbroderick84384 жыл бұрын
The city renewal planning is disgusting. All high rises for the sheeple proletariat.