Mosque in premises of former Liberal Club
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Mosque in premises of former Liberal Club
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 21 May 2021
The Faizan-e-Islam mosque occupies the premises of the former Foleshill Liberal Club, which opened in 1891. https://forebears.io/england/warwickshire/foleshill#sid17390 At this time the Liberals were stronger than the Conservatives in Coventry, but they declined in the 1920s with the rise of the Labour Party. https://liberalhistory.org.uk/resources/coventry-history-centre/ The club closed in 2010. https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/foleshill-liberal-club-goes-liquidation-3056714
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-1.503715