1961: Coventry - 21 Years After the Blitz | Target City | Voice of the People | BBC Documentary
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1961: Coventry - 21 Years After the Blitz | Target City | Voice of the People | BBC Documentary
21 years ago, Coventry became famous as the victim of an act of destruction. Today it is also famous as an experiment in post-war planning under democracy. Robert Reid reports on the progress Coventry has made since the Coventry Blitz. He speaks to architects, planners, business owners, home owners, clergymen and residents of Coventry, old and ...
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What does owner of Coventry City FC Doug King want for Christmas? Hear his exclusive interview as part of a special documentary about Coventry Building Society Arena “The CBS story, in our Coventry home, the story of the last 20 years” on BBC CWR from Boxing Day at 6pm. On Sounds via link in comments. | BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
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What does owner of Coventry City FC Doug King want for Christmas? Hear his exclusive interview as part of a special documentary about Coventry Building Society Arena “The CBS story, in our Coventry home, the story of the last 20 years” on BBC CWR from Boxing Day at 6pm. On Sounds via link in comments. | BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
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Coventry Blitz 80 years on. We mark 80 years since the city was devastated by an 11 hour bombing raid. Listen again to our special programme, it includes BBC CWR's blitz documentary told by survivors who lived through it. Listen here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08wsfzx Animation by Chris Okse Oxenbury | BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
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Coventry Blitz 80 years on. We mark 80 years since the city was devastated by an 11 hour bombing raid. Listen again to our special programme, it includes BBC CWR's blitz documentary told by survivors who lived through it. Listen here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08wsfzx Animation by Chris Okse Oxenbury | BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
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24K views · 339 reactions | BBC CWR Archive. It's 85 years since Coventry was devastated by an 11 hour bombing raid. Listen again to our special programme, it includes BBC CWR's blitz documentary told by survivors who lived through it. Animation by Chris Okse Oxenbury | BBC Coventry & Warwickshire | Facebook
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24K views · 339 reactions | BBC CWR Archive. It's 85 years since Coventry was devastated by an 11 hour bombing raid. Listen again to our special programme, it includes BBC CWR's blitz documentary told by survivors who lived through it. Animation by Chris Okse Oxenbury | BBC Coventry & Warwickshire | Facebook
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