Walking in the Air!
It is 31 December 1999, the eve of the new Millennium. All over the world, computers are about to freeze, unable to cope with a date that has the figure…
It is 31 December 1999, the eve of the new Millennium. All over the world, computers are about to freeze, unable to cope with a date that has the figure…
Stanford Hall, near Rugby, could have been one of the most important historical sites for Aviation if it was not for a tragic twist of fate. The story begins in…
As the bi-centennial year of the birth of Mary Ann Evans, better known as George Eliot, draws to a close there is still time to see an exhibition about her…
The Forum Cinema, on Walsgrave Road, closed and was demolished in 1962. Its Conacher organ was sold to the then Northampton Grammar School for Boys. Amazingly most of the organ…
Two key sites that have remained in temporary use since World War II in the heart of Coventry’s city centre are set to be transformed into apartments as part of…
At the November Coventry Society meeting on the evening of 11th November, George Demidowicz the former City Council Conservation Officer gave a talk about the archaeological discoveries in the Ruins…
Covsoc Supporter Alan Denyer gives us his thoughts on the Ring Road….. Modern marvel, or outdated relic from bygone age of car-centric planning? Here’s what Wikipedia says about Birmingham’s (now…
Twenty years ago, on New Year’s Eve 1999, Coventry held its breath as French tightrope walker Ramon Kelvink stepped off the parapet of Holy Trinity Church and calmly made his…