Earlsdon library on the "High Street" Earlsdon is a suburb of Coventry, England. It is the birth place of aviation pioneer Frank Whittle. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 578 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Frank Whittle speaking to employees of the Flight Propulsion Research Laboratory (Now known as the NASA Glenn Research Center), USA, in 1946 Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, FRS, Hon FRAeS (1 June 1907–9 August 1996) was an English Royal Air Force officer and is seen as the...
History
In the mid-1800s Earlsdon was a hub of activity for the rising watch-making trade. Even as this industry began to decline, Earlsdon continued to grow, and was incorporated into the city of Coventry in 1890. The watch-making trade is represented by the clock on the roundabout at the bottom of the high street, where Earlsdon Avenue North and South join. A watch is a timepiece or portable clock that displays the time and sometimes the day, date, month and year. ...
In 1897 the opening of Albany Road, named after HRH the Duchess of Albany who visited Coventry in November the following year, allowed for far greater access to and from the rest of the city and development in Earlsdon quickly increased. By 1918 the area was fully developed as it is today but has seen some redevelopment since.
Today, Earlsdon is a large high-density suburban residential area. Many students from both Coventry University and the University of Warwick also live in the area. Coventry University is a post-1992 university in Coventry, UK. Under the terms of the Further and Higher Education Act of 1992, the institutions name was changed from Coventry Polytechnic to Coventry University. ...
The University of Warwick is a British campus university located on the outskirts of Coventry, West Midlands, England. ...
In August 2006 following a torrential downpour of rain, the main street of Earlsdon suffered from serious flooding. Many businesses were affected, and some were forced to close. The Royal Oak Public House was particularly affected and was forced to close for some six months. Following some redecoration, the brewery owners eventually ensured that the oak reopened.
Places of interest The hub of Earlsdon is what is locally referred to as the "High Street", in reality Earlsdon Street. This is a strip of commercial units that includes a number of restaurants and pubs. The area surrounding Earlsdon Street consists of rows of terraced houses and a few small shops. To the south is the War Memorial Park, the north is Hearsall Common, and west is Canley Ford. The War Memorial Park is a large park of about 48. ...
Frank Whittle
The commemorative plaque on the house where Frank Whittle was born and grew up in Frank Whittle, the jet pioneer, was born in Earlsdon, and his house on Newcombe Road has a commemorative plaque on it. He attended the school in Earlsdon and was inspired to pursue a career in engineering after seeing an aircraft land on Hearsall Common. At the age of nine he moved to Leamington Spa with his family when his father started an engineering factory there. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 3 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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Frank Whittle speaking to employees of the Flight Propulsion Research Laboratory (Now known as the NASA Glenn Research Center), USA, in 1946 Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, FRS, Hon FRAeS (1 June 1907–9 August 1996) was an English Royal Air Force officer and is seen as the...
// Hearsall common is located in Earlsdon, a district of Coventry in the West Midlands, Central England. ...
, Leamington Spa, properly Royal Leamington Spa but commonly just Leamington, (pronounced Lemmington — IPA: ) is a spa town in central Warwickshire, England. ...
Arts and culture Earlsdon has its own theatre, the Criterion, that puts on about seven shows a year. Its patron was the actor Sir Nigel Hawthorne, who was born in Coventry. The current patrons are Pete Waterman, music producer and railway preservationist, born in Coventry and Ron Cook, stage and screen actor of Thunderbirds and Doctor Who fame, who first acted as an amateur at the Criterion. The Company has won the Godiva Award for best theatre in the region several times, seeing off competition from theatres such as the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. Sir Nigel Hawthorne, CBE (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was a renowned English actor. ...
Pete on the cover of his autobiography I Wish I Was Me Peter Alan Waterman, OBE (born in Coventry on January 15, 1947) is an English record producer, songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. ...
Ron Cook (born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom) is a British actor, who has been active in the theatre, film and television since the 1970s. ...
Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of puppetry dubbed Supermarionation. The series followed the adventures of International Rescue, an organisation created to help those in grave danger using technically advanced equipment and machinery. ...
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Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon is a town in Warwickshire, England. ...
The main street, Earlsdon Street, contains several restaurants, and at the bottom of the street is Earlsdon Library, one of several branches in Coventry.
There is also an annual "Earlsdon Festival", that takes place on Hearsall Common during the May bank holiday. Earlsdon also hosts rugby, golf and tennis clubs.
External links Coordinates: 52.398648° N 1.532807° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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