Lady Herbert's Garden Coventry
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Uploaded by shawry1970 on Jun 18, 2009
Old and new images of this popular spot in the centre of Coventry. The garden and homes are a memorial to Lady Florence Herbert (who died on 25th May 1930) funded by her husband Sir Alfred Herbert. He established the world famous Alfred Herbert Machine Tool Co. in the city in 1887 and as well as the gardens and homes he provided major financial backing for the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum.
The garden contains the most substantial section of the City Wall that has survived the ravages of time. Mason's marks can be seen on some of the stones along with pock-marks caused by exploding bombs during the second world war.
The two remaining City gates (originally there were 12) are at either end of the garden - Swanswell & Cook Street.
As a child I remember my mum taking me here to see the goldfish in the pond. Sadly there are no longer any fish but it is probably just as well as they would only get killed.
The garden has gained quite a bad reputation over the years but on the day I took the "now" pictures all seemed fine. [ Contrast the "Coventry Inspires Peace" image with the ones before and after it! ]
The old pictures are postcard scans and images from a booklet entitled "Lady Herbert's Garden and Homes Coventry" (2nd Edition) which was published some time after WW2 and before 1953. A couple of the postcards belong to Rob Orland so cheers once again to him for giving me permission to use them in this production.
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Its a lovely video. You have depicted the garden and houses in all their glory.
ADEDICT 7 months ago