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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
For CovSoc’s October meeting we have a presentation by CovSoc member Brian Stote about changes in Broadgate and its environs. Brian Stote is a member of CovSoc who has researched…
As usual the Coventry Society was actively involved with this year’s Heritage Open Days. The Society had a stand at the Old Grammar School and Paul Maddocks, Chair of the…
Jean Rogers – Actress/Writer/Director/Activist The Friends of Coventry Cathedral have asked us to help promote their forthcoming event which will be held following their AGM on Saturday 28th September 2019…
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