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  • My dad's worked in Brum his whole life - I remember showing him that film a few years back and he got all misty eyed about it.

    Coventry's likely even more alien to them than Birmingham if the Tories want a day out to laugh at people and places local to the hosts of their shitty conference.

  • Coventry's likely even more alien to them than Birmingham

    Coventry is spesh.

    It's citizens were sacrificed to the blanket bombing to ensure the nazis didn't realise Bletchley had cracked the code.

    The old, bombed cathedral is very moving. There is a vibe of sacrifice and betrayal in various Coventry institutions and architecture. Worth a visit

    Still, it's another Midlands car-strangled town centre, like Brum, Wolverhampton etc.

    Though keep shtum...

  • They keep the cars down by making it impossible to get off the ring road though.

  • Coventry is spesh.

    It's where the modern bicycle was developed too. John Kemp Starkey, James Starley, n'all that.

    Edit: which of course you will know too, having visited in 2008-ish if not other times as well ;)

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