[cathidaw]

Iwas so disappointed when I heard that the old Fire station was going to be yet another restaurant.
Iwas hoping that it would be used as an area for exclusive and individual shops and boutiques- maybe 'crafty' places that 'normal ' people could afford to rent. There is nowhere like that in Coventry.
In places like Leicester and Banbury these kind of places add to the interest of a town.
Ithink that was the idea at first ,and the council let it out--little units, about the right size but in their great wisdom they weren't at all selective, instead very greedy and allowed it to be filled with market tat. Not even nice tat either- just stalls with people selling banks of toilet rolls and bin bags and the like. Not quite a new Coventry image!.
I wonder what planet these councellors live on, where forethought and imagination does not exist.
So, in view of my thoughts above, this restuarant has to be a good thing.

I think I remember the firestation in use but it may be my imagination

My mum used to tell us that the tower was for the firemen to climb up so that they could slide down, when there was a fire.