Taken from the top of the then new Priory Hall (for a view of the building see SP3379 : Priory Hall, Priory Street, Coventry ). On the left Priory Street runs towards Swanswell Pool. Ford Street is seen running left to right between the buses and Wheatley Street School. The rear of the Welsh Presbyterian Church can be seen in the middle of the terrace at the bottom of the photo, and the flour mills in the centre of the view. Longford Gas Works can be seen on the horizon. All the buildings in the foreground were demolished shortly afterwards to make way for the ring road.
The building that this mosaic SP3379 : Mosaic detail in Cov Centre. decorates was originally the Locarno ballroom, hence the jolly design. The artist was Fred Millet.