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    1. Re: [WAR] Eagle Street.
    2. pollyp
    3. Hi Betty, The Golden Eagle, the pub that I referred to was at the Foleshill Rd end. It was on the corner at the Eagle St./Foleshill Rd junction. It was not destroyed in the raids but badly damaged. I can remember it being boarded up for some time. That end of Eagle Street was a mess. I nearly added that statement to my first posting, but then began to doubt my recall. However since then the "sights" have "run past me" and I remember the large spaces that were left when the sites were cleared. Maybe a landmine dropped thereabouts---they had a habit of totally "clearing" whole blocks! I travelled on the No 3 "bus daily when attending Wheatley St Central Advanced School, from 1942 to 1944., (before transferring to Stoke Park Grammar)., and the 'bus route left the Foleshill Rd. at that point and continued down Eagle St. and then wended its way to the Stoney Stanton Rd and beyond. I remember there was a road junction---quite a maze, and the 'bus conductor calling, "Five Ways", for that 'bus stop. Two of the debouching roads would have been Harnell Lane East and Harnell Lane West; the former leading to the Stoney Stanton Rd. and the latter to the Foleshill Rd. I have just Googled to find out about the pub I remember. There is no publican mentioned---or picture. Blogs on two sites revealed a little more------ 7/2/16 " The Golden Eagle is shut and boarded up now", and 15/3/07 "now derelict". Reading some accounts of the Blitz confirmed that the area was hit very hard. It would be a targeted because of its proximity to the Coventry Canal , which in the moonlight gave the enemy a clear location guide---and to the factories massed around it Regards, Muriel

    10/23/2007 06:22:21