Postcard of bridge from Church Lane to Weddington Meadows. Postally sent c1921 ****	Reverse of 1921 postcard. ****	Weddington Meadows - early colour postcard
Weddington Road in the 1900s	Weddington Road in the 1900s (a colourised version of the previous image)	Weddington Road in 2004
Shawe Avenue, where a housing estate was built on the site of the Castle. The Avenue is named after the Shawe family who owned the Castle.	Plan of Castle Road, showing early housing, dated 1933 This shows that Shawe Avenue was originally called simply 'The Avenue'*	A view of Castle Road, which was built on the site of the Castle
A view of Castle Road, which was built on the site of the Castle	Castle Road	Castle Road
Fields at the back of St James' Church. Believed to be the site of Weddington's Deserted Medieval Village.	Weddington's original Church Hall, Church Lane. Demolished c.1990**	Weddington's new Church Hall (built on the site of the original one) Pictured in 2007
"Swinnerton's Heritage" : the new access road for the new houses built on the site of the allotments behind the old Church Hall, 2007 ***.	Weddington meadows footbridge over the River Anker, c.1926**	Mount Jud. This quarry heap overlooks Weddington and Nuneaton
Remaining woodland in Sandon Park, formerly in the Castle grounds	Remaining woodland in Sandon Park	Remaining woodland in Sandon Park

* Grateful acknowledgements to Kevin Purchase for providing the original document for this.

** From the collection of Alan F Cook for which grateful acknowledgement is given.

*** The Swinnerton family were major farmers in the area. Robert Swinnerton lived at The Grove in the C19th and there is an impressive memorial for the Swinnertons in St. James Churchyard

**** Grateful acknowledgements to Dave Malone (2012) for providing these images.

Text on reverse of the 1921 postcard of Weddington Meadows reads:

"Dear Ada,

Webmaster's note re: the 1921 postcard:

It is fascinating to think that the idea of going on a "motor drive" way back was considered a pipe-dream. I wonder what Eve would make of the busy Weddington Road/A444 today!!

The reference to Coventry's "Whites and Poppies" factory is very interesting. Having resorted to the internet to source this I can find only one reference to a "Whites & Poppy's" in Coventry - an account from a resident of Coventry during the night of the Blitz, who mentioned this as a factory there. This appears to have been one of many munitions factories in the area which led to the City being targetted in such a devastating way during WW2. You can read the account here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/96/a4896796.shtml  

Whilst the postmark is illegible on this postcard, looking at the stamp this is obviously a King George V era 1 penny stamp. These were issued from the early to the late 20s, though the later ones were much brighter red. The hue of this one suggests to me a postal date of around 1921. A time when, if Eve had taken a stroll across the bridge to Weddington Meadows, she would have been able to admire the estate of Weddington Castle (sadly demolished in 1928).

As regards why Eve was spending part of  her holidays visiting munitions factories in Coventry, and why Ada may have ended up sleeping on the floor - we can only guess!!