Welcome to Coventry's Most Exclusive

[GreenKing]

That's their opinion, not mine.

 

[annie]

Blooming heck....they have gone a bit overboard there with decorating the frontage.....!  There is an amazing amount of detail in that picture.

[FUJI]

That is one great mono creation.............it is good to see it.

I wonder if Nanny eats there?

FUJI

[GreenKing]

I wonder if Nanny eats there?

FUJI

 Perhaps that is why it is Coventry's most exclusive!

[NannyFerret]

Lol.. You lot crack me up.

Do you think they will have a pensioners menu.

It's a smashing shot.

Where about is it?

[ChrisLumix]

Turmeric Gold!! That's a shocker of a pun.

 

Great mono shot though - is there a colour  version too?

[GreenKing]

Where about is it?

 It is in Spon Street. Completely out of place when you see what is around it.

 

"Indian dishes in a warmly coloured haunt". That is how they describe themselves.

[GreenKing]

Turmeric Gold!! That's a shocker of a pun.

 

Great mono shot though - is there a colour  version too?

 

Yes Chris, there is a colour version. You may need to turn down the brightness on your monitor!

 

 

 

Now take a look at what is next to it.

 

 

 

They don't exactly complement each other, do they?

[FUJI]

Spon End in Coventry, is where my late mum's family originated, they were Watch Face Painters, during the 19th Century.......during the 1960s/1970s, Spon Street was declared a Conservation area, most of the beautiful Medieval half timbered buildings were restored, moved, rebuilt and then let to, Art Galleries, high class Craft people, and hair dressers.....

Since then that beautiful area that survived the devastating nazi Blitz of 1940 has been allowed to deteriorate, the Art galleries, etc have mostly gone, and then this kind of thing allowed to happen.

Only three weeks ago, my good lady and I visited Coventry, for the first time since my photographic run in with City Centre security guards........we discovered that all the bus stops have been moved, streets narrowed and a huge development taking place, that us about to make the city even more unwelcoming......so sad because it isthe home City of half of my ancestors.

England, thus England!

FUJI

[ChrisLumix]

Yes Chris, there is a colour version. You may need to turn down the brightness on your monitor!

 

 

 

Now take a look at what is next to it.

 

 

 

They don't exactly complement each other, do they?

 

A symphony of blue and red! Actually, I rather like the colour version as although it's bright, there's only two colours. That half-timbered antiquity is impressive. 

[NannyFerret]

It doesn't really fit in, does it?

I live in Coventry, but haven't walked up Soon Street for a while so haven't seen the buildings recently.

It would look much more in keeping with the street if it was in black and white.

Spon Street is one bit of Coventry that I love because of it's origionality. I hope they re-think the colour.