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Dulverton Avenue, COVENTRY, CV5 8HH

Halfway between the junctions with Dulverton Avenue and Lincroft Crescent.

At one time all five of these shops would have been supplying goods: groceries green grocer, butcher, hardware and similar supply shops but now none of them do. Service companies have replaced small shop keepers. Two are closed, one is a hair dresser, one is a photographer, one is a maintenance company. In July 2012 a former local resident wrote: "Thanks for the somewhat nostalgic but sad photo. I lived and grew up just round the corner in Dulverton Avenue. Your assumptions about the shops past identities are correct. I did part of my Geography O level course work on these shops in the early 1970's they were in decline then. I'm sure it's up in the loft somewhere. One of these was an ironmongers which sold paraffin oils and the like. It had its own special smell. Around November time it had one of the best selection of fireworks around. Almost every empty space would have a bonfire on it. Thanks for reviving a memory from the past."

Mid 60's infill on a 1930's avenue. Originally the site was occupied by one single house.

Dulverton Avenue, more modern infill in a 1930's avenue, original style houses feature to the right.

1930's corner shops. The white fronted building was the local Post Office. The pillar box is now the only reminder.

Looking up hill. In the 1960's both sides of the road were lined with Rowan trees now only a few remain.

At one time there used to be a drive leading off to the left at the cedar trees which led to a property shown on 1936-7 OS maps as High Field. In the 1960s Image] was built on the site, with access from Dulverton Avenue. Surrounding housing is of ca. 1930s vintage and is set several feet above the road. For many years this road was part of a coach route from London to Holyhead and at this point it climbs a low rise between the River Sherbourne and a tributary stream so it is possible that, in the days before adequate road surfaces, the roadway wore down into a holloway.

Surrounded by Dulverton Avenue, Westbury and Leyland Roads. This area was originally given over to allotments. Back in the early '60s the local children would build a huge bonfire for November 5th almost on the site the photograph was taken from.

A group of shops on the corner of Grayswood Avenue serving this area of pre-WWII housing.