Title

Gosford Street, Coventry, 1941. Creator: George Bernard Mason.

Caption

Gosford Street, Coventry, 1941. The bomb damaged premises of H Godfrey, Tailor and Outfitter, at 112 Gosford Street showing a man sweeping the pavement at the front of the shop and the access to White Friars Lane to the right of frame. Coventry City centre was devastated by air raids on 14th November 1940. The bombing raids left the nearby cathedral in ruins and destroyed much of the historic fabric of the city.

Date

1941

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM21B16_048

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

69,4Mb (3,8Mb) / 18,8in x 14,4in / 5636 x 4306 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors building buildings England people male man men destruction house houses shopping shop shops country guy British English pavement sidewalk war shop front location century Britain wartime sweeping concept B&W 1940s broom warfare west midlands Forties bombed World War II World War two WWII bombing black & white black and white B W world war 2 20th century air raid Blitz aerial warfare bomb damage Coventry decade Second World War TGN WW2 outside street photograph 2nd World War George Bernard Mason Mason George Bernard Historic England Gosford Street