LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Coventry Station: lnwr620

Coventry Station twenty years after the original L & B structure was first opened. The structure on the right is the covered up platform and as is evident, it is significantly longer than the down platform on the left. The coaching stock, which were illuminated by oil lamps located inside the cylindrical pots on the roof, were at this time stored in the siding immediately in front of the photographer.

The attraction of these cylindrical pots to a schoolboy was featured in a story in Coventry's local newspaper in the 1880s. Apparently one of the schoolboys commuting to Bablake School, next to Coundon Road Station, tried to put his head inside one to see out. As is the way of these things he got stuck and so had to travel to Coventry Station to be helped free. There was unfortunately no mention as to whether he was further punished for this misdemeanor or whether the embarrassment was deemed sufficient punishment. C1860

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