November at St. John’s
coventrysociety Mike Polanyk reports on the activities this month at St John the Baptist Church in Fleet Street. November is the month of Remembrance, when we remember those who have fallen…
October 2019
Coventry’s Diwali Celebration
Carnival of Lights Procession Free Event Sunday 3rd November 2019 5:15 – 7 pm Starting from Foleshill Community Centre, 757 Foleshill Road,Coventry, CV6 5HS Ending in Broadgate with live performances…
The Future of Work – Len McCluskey
Tom Mann Memorial Lecture. Speaker Len McCluskey, Unite. Plus there will also be a major photographic exhibition which Coventry Keep Our NHS Public has borrowed from Hackney NHS campaigners. The…
Coventry Canal Warehouses – A Successful Conservation Project!
Our Secretary, John Payne, shares a personal recollection of one of Coventry’s most successful conservation projects. John writes: In the 1980s I worked for the Council’s Department of Economic Development…
Canal Basin 250th Anniversary
Saturday 26th October from 10.00 am to 4:00 p.m. Free Entry Join the Canal and River Trust for a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first…
Pulling the Threads Together – The Mystery of the St Mary’s Hall Tapestry.
Covsoc members Peter Walters reports on a recent Coventry Conference. Coventry Society members were well represented among a near sell-out audience of around 150 at a conference held in the…
The Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on the Urban Environment
Ben Flippance, Design Director of IDP Architects, challenged the Coventry Society to think about the impact of autonomous vehicles on the future environment at our September meeting. The car already…
Hollywood Comes to Stoke Aldermoor
Stoke Aldermoor native, Kevin Conway, has written to us to about his plans to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the filming of the Italian Job. On Friday 18th October there…
Homelessness – Coventry and Beyond
By Nobby Clarke – Founder of Coventry Winter Night Shelter and Coventry Emergency Shelter Background I started a personal and steep learning curve about homelessness, when I set up the…
Join a Photo Tour of 1950’s Coventry
CovSoc is joining with photo enthusiasts Igers Coventry and Warwickshire on a tour of Coventry’s iconic 1950s architecture. Igers Coventry & Warwickshire are a community organisation that focuses on bringing…