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e have a wonderful selection of photographs here from Maureen Donald, whose mother-in-law, Emily Taylor, attended a convent in Coventry as a day student. The connection between them is St. Joseph's Convent, and they date from 1922 to 1925.
Here are the girls at St. Joseph's convent in 1922.
And here, again in 1922, the girls performing the Shakespeare comedy "As you like it".
This priest also probably has connections with St. Joseph's Convent.
The BTH (Coventry) Social & Athletic Club Hockey Team, 1924-25
The connection with St. Joseph's is currently unknown, but as with all of these images it's of great interest and part of Coventry's fine past.
These two fine portraits are probably connected to the Alfred Green family:
A "Now and Then" pair of photos showing exactly where the Convent stood in Walsgrave Road can be viewed on my Stoke website.
I'm grateful to Veronica Tubbritt for adding another name to our first group photograph on this page....
"The first photograph of 1922, shows my mother on the front row at the end on the left. She was Winifride Hancocks. Her sister was Margaret Hancocks, who was a little older was also at the school. My Aunt Maggie died in the late 1990s, and mum died in 2000 at age 94. My mum is also in the 'As You Like It' photo, front row on the right, with the hat on."
Catherine Binns (formerly Harrop) was at St. Joseph's, too, but started just before the war, then was evacuated with the Convent to Stoneleigh Abbey. Later, the older students moved to Offchurch and the younger ones to Crackleigh. Catherine has tried in vain to find anyone from those days, except two that she stayed in touch with. Catherine's two younger sisters were also at Stoneleigh after the Blitz.
To read more about this, please enjoy Catherine's memoirs of her time at Stoneleigh in the 'Your memories' section.
As always, I'm immensely grateful to Jennifer for this lovely contribution to the website.
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