Shops of Far Gosford Street, Coventry, on the south side at the eastern end
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Shops of Far Gosford Street, Coventry, on the south side at the eastern end
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 24 Jul 2021
The Al Halal supermarket occupies the ground floor of a silk ribbon weaver's house, with its distinctive large top shop window maximising the fall of natural light on the handloom and the fine, detailed work that was carried out on it. The house dates probably from the first half of the 19th century - the trade collapsed after 1860 - but Far Gosford Street has a much longer history extending back to the middle ages, when it was an eastern suburb beyond the Gosford Gate and the city walls of Coventry. Beyond Al Halal is the B&T African supermarket. https://www.coventrysociety.org.uk/news/article/new-heritage-group-for-far-gosford-street.html
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Image Location
Latitude
52.408099
Longitude
-1.49324