Sculpture on the wall of a building on the campus of Coventry University, Coventry, England. This work is titled "Man's Struggle" and was done by local artist Walter Ritchie (1919-1997) in 1957.
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A street art collage on the facade of The Empire, 150 Far Gosford Street, Coventry, England. This was a live music venue that moved elsewhere, leaving this old location abandoned.
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Calcott Brothers Building, 154-165 Far Gosford Street, Coventry, England. This building was constructed in 1896. The architect was E.J. Purnell. This was originally the home of the Calcott Brothers company. Calcott was a small English motor vehicle manufacturer based in Coventry. The company began as a bicycle manufacturer in 1886 taking advantage of a boom in the cycling industry at that time. The end of the century brought an end to the cycling boom and the demise of many bicycle manufacturers; however, Calcott managed to continue production and by 1904 was also building motorcycles. Production switched to automobiles in 1913 of which around 2,500 were made.
By the early twenties, Calcott was producing 55 cars a week however this was not enough to generate the funds needed for expansion, restricting their automobile manufacturing to a space designed to accommodate bicycle construction. Following the death of chairman James Calcott in 1924 and large financial losses in 1925, the company was acquired by the Singer automobile company in 1926. Today the building is used for student housing.
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