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Coventry has always been an industrial city: in the 14th century it was cloth, in the 18th watch and clock manufacture and in the 19th century, Coventry built bicycles then in the 20th cars: Coventry was a major centre of the British motor industry, some of which remains. | Coventry has always been an industrial city: in the 14th century it was cloth, in the 18th watch and clock manufacture and in the 19th century, Coventry built bicycles then in the 20th cars: Coventry was a major centre of the British motor industry, some of which remains. | ||
Industrial might brought calamity too as the city was targeted by the Luftwaffe during the war: the shattered remains of its old cathedral serve as a memorial to conflict}}<noinclude> | Industrial might brought calamity too as the city was targeted by the Luftwaffe during the war: the shattered remains of its old cathedral serve as a memorial to conflict.}}<noinclude> | ||
[[Category:Front Page data templates|Coventry]] | [[Category:Front Page data templates|Coventry]] | ||