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Railway bridge CNN/1 over Attleborough Road
There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark
Image on the bridge wall on the left hand side of the road, right of a pipe
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 9 Apr 2016
0.02 miles
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Benchmark on Bridge CNN/1, Attleborough Road
Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm74853
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 9 Apr 2016
0.02 miles
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Railway bridge over Attleborough Road (B4114)
There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark
Image on the left hand side of the bridge arch right of a downpipe
Image: © Luke Shaw
Taken: 31 Jan 2020
0.03 miles
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Attleborough Road river bridge, Nuneaton
The road bridge over the River Anker, which flows from left to right to run through Riversley Park just a short distance further downstream.
Note the old painted advert in the background.
Image: © John Brightley
Taken: 26 Feb 2005
0.10 miles
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Old advertising sign, Attleborough Road, Nuneaton
Advertising ' W.A.Herbert and Sons, Boot Makers, Leather & Grindery Dealers', this sign (on the side of a shop which is now the Golden Bridge chinese takeaway) was covered by a modern advertising hoarding for many years until being uncovered shortly before this photo was taken.
Possibly the best surviving painted sign in Warwickshire.
Image: © John Brightley
Taken: 26 Feb 2005
0.11 miles
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King Edward VI College, King Edward Road, Nuneaton
King Edward VI College is the only Sixth Form College in Warwickshire specialising in the teaching & support of 16-19 year olds. It was established in 1974 on the site of the King Edward VI Grammar School.
King Edward VI Grammar School came into being on 11 May 1552 as a grammar school, following the grant of a royal charter by King Edward VI. The school was originally a fee paying school, although the county council provided some scholarships, and became non-fee paying as a result of the Education Act of 1944. The voluntary aided school had around 400 boys in the 1960s.
The oldest surviving school building, located in the grounds of St. Nicholas Church, dates from 1595, was rebuilt in 1696 and was used as a school until 1880. In 1880 the Grammar School was relocated to the current site on King Edward Road, on the other side of the church yard. The new building (seen here) was built in a Tudor style by the architect C.C. Rolfe.
(Information from the college's website and Wikipedia)
Image: © John Brightley
Taken: 19 Feb 2005
0.11 miles
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Former Clarkson International Tools site, King Edward Road, Nuneaton
This was the site of the head office of Clarkson International Tools or Clarkson Machine Tools until 2001. The finishing stages of the demolition of the buildings can be seen here.
Some of the history of the company can be found at http://www.bedroom-workshop.com/grinder-clarksonothers/0grinder-clarksonothershistory.html
"Thorn acquired Clarkson International Tools in 1974. Thorn became Thorn Emi in 1979. FKI acquired the mechanical engineering and components division of Thorn EMI Plc in 1986.
Hydra Tools International Ltd acquired Clarkson-Osborn International from FKI PLC in 1998. The Clarkson Tool and Cutter Grinders operation was taken over by March Engineering Ltd (maybe 2001). March Engineering Ltd closed down in 2004.'
'The "Working Lives" website provides a number of recorded interviews with persons that have worked at the Nuneaton Clarkson's factory.
According to the "Working Lives" interviews - "Fred Stevens (in his interview) mentioned that Mr Clarkson had a shop at the back of Marks and Spencers just before the war. Mr Clarkson could not get the heat treatment right and would have gone bankrupt, but the war started and the MOD invested in the company because Britain needed the tooling for the war effort. Later, Mr Clarkson would travel the world selling his tooling. Mr Clarkson then built the King Edward Road factory to produce End Mills and Milling Cutters etc.
Michael John Smith (in his interview) mentioned that the Clarkson factory started up in 1947 and was closed in 2001. Mr Smith started work in 1961 and mentions there were some 450 machines then. Due to efficient CNC (that also contributed to redundancies) there were only about 100 machines in 2001.
He mentions that the factory was divided into the following sections Turning, Milling, Grinding, Heat Treatment, Stores, Steel Stores, and the Offices.
The steel came in, it was turned, then milled, then formed in the tool and cutter grinders, then heat treated, then out to the stores. A cutter came in as raw material and left 13 weeks later as a finished product. He mentioned that Clarkson's was taken over 2 or 3 times during its lifetime. When Osborns of Leeds took over they were underfunded. He arrived at work one day and was told the Receivers were in. He lost his pension (40 years service) and the factory closed.
Business at Clarkson's Nuneaton was booming in the late 60's. A worker mentions he feels the demise of the firm started as they became a part of Thorn."
The signs on the right refer to King Edward Business Park which is a small set of buildings down a driveway to the right. Businesses there are CCL Powder Coating and Birds Precision Engineering.
Image: © John Brightley
Taken: 19 Feb 2005
0.12 miles
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Nuneaton Town Hall
Image: © Andy and Hilary
Taken: 8 May 2005
0.12 miles
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Benchmark on King Edward School
Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm74913
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 9 Apr 2016
0.12 miles
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King Edward School VI (SE face)
There is an OS benchmark
Image on the jut under the bell spire
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 9 Apr 2016
0.13 miles