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Ìý| Ìý |  | The Jaguar logo
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The first car to bear the Jaguar name was made in 1935 and cost £395. Would any of you like to guess how much an original SS 100 would fetch today, even with seven decades of wear and tear? I've been advised to start the bidding at a whopping £90,000.
Ìý| Ìý |  | George Eliot statue
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George Eliot changed her name an amazing three times. She was born in Arbury Hall near Nuneaton in 1819 named Mary Ann Evans and later moved to Coventry. In 1849 she left Coventry for London, calling herself Marian. When she started writing in 1858 she finally became the ever-popular George Eliot.
Ìý| Ìý |  | Coventry Cathedral at dusk
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During WW2 many Coventry factories painted their roofs black and replaced their windows with solid board, creating constant darkness. Coventry was considered a key target because of its munitions factories and German pilots used detailed aerial photographs of the area to focus their attacks.
Ìý| Ìý |  | A baby: adding to the population
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Warwickshire has a population of about 506,713 people (over 77,000 of which are school pupils). If that sounds like a lot, just compare it to the estimated UK population: about 59500,000!
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