Big Plans for the Cathedral
coventrysociety In March plans were approved for the first significant extension to Sir Basil Spence’s “new” Cathedral. As part of a big plan to make the Cathedral fit to host events…
April 2019
Francis Skidmore – the Greatest Metal Craftsman of the Victorian Age
Francis Alfred Skidmore was born in Birmingham in 1817, the son of a jeweller. His family moved to Coventry in 1822 and Francis learned metal working during a seven year…
Covsoc 2018-19 – A Look Back on the Year!
With our Annual General Meeting being held last week we thought that it would be a good time to set out what we have been doing over the past year.…
The Mystery of the Egyptian God and the Precinct
Now that the restoration and re-modelling of the City Precinct is about to start, you might be interested in knowing about a link to ancient Egypt. On the back of…