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Coventry's motor industry boomed during the 1950s and 1960s and Coventry enjoyed a 'golden age'. In 1960 over 81,000 people were employed in the production of motor vehicles, tractors and aircraft in Coventry. [56] During this period the disposable income of Coventrians was amongst the highest in the country and both the sports and the arts ...
Alice Arnold (19 January 1881 – 22 November 1955) was a socialist and trade unionist in Coventry. She was one of the first women on the city council , serving for 36 years, and became the first female mayor of the city in 1937.
Samuel Watson, who was sheriff of Coventry in 1682, became famous for making an ingenious astronomical clock; John Carte, a watchmaker from Coventry had set up his own business in London by 1695, and the mayor of Coventry in 1727 was a watchmaker named George Porter. The firm of "Vale" was established in the late 1740s, and "Rotherhams" set up ...
At the age of 29, [4] Gibson was appointed as Coventry's first city architect and planning officer. The re-planning of Coventry City Centre began before the Blitz in 1940–1941; indeed, Gibson produced the initial plan to rebuild part of the city in early 1940, in order to resolve the problems of overcrowding and congestion of the medieval town centre. [5]
Madeleine (1950) – British crime drama film based on a true story of Madeleine Smith, a young Glasgow woman from a wealthy family who was tried in 1857 for the murder of her lover, Emile L'Angelier [13] The Magnificent Yankee (1950) – biographical drama film examining the life of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr ...
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Pages in category "1950s establishments in the United States" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .