Alma Building, Alma Street, Hillfields
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Alma Building, Alma Street, Hillfields
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 6 Jan 2024
Now part of Coventry University, this building once belonged to Singer & Company Limited, makers first of bicycles, then motor cycles and motor cars. Singer had a number of sites in the area; this one is marked on an aerial photo as 'Final Testing and Show Rooms'. Workers at Singer founded the Singer Football Club in 1883, which later became Coventry City FC. See the Coventry Society page on Hillfields https://www.coventrysociety.org.uk/coventry-neighbourhoods/hillfields/ , also the Coventry University site https://www.coventry.ac.uk/the-university/about-coventry-university/our-buildings/buildings/ .
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Image Location
Latitude
52.409892
Longitude
-1.50057