Coventry’s Favourite Conservation Area – the Results
coventrysociety Today we announce the results of our campaign to find Coventry’s Favourite Conservation Area. After a three week online campaign, which included over 100 social media posts, and a vote…
2019
The Vertical Forests of Utrecht
In the third and final story about Utrecht we look at a couple of other environmental projects that the city has sponsored or supported. The first is a 90m high…
The Little History of Coventry by Peter Walters
Our Chairman, Paul Maddocks, reviews a book written by one of our own members, Peter Walters. Let’s hope they are still friends! Paul writes… ‘The Little History of Coventry’ –…
Bikes, bikes everywhere – but only in the Netherlands!
In the second of our stories focused on the Dutch city of Utrecht we look at the cycling infrastructure of the city. Utrecht is a bit like Coventry, located in…
Next CovSoc Meeting – Ben Flippance
The next meeting of the Coventry Society is to be held on: Monday 9th September 2019 at 7.30 p.m. The will be a talk by Ben Flippance of IDP Architects…
The Bus Stop Bee Sanctuaries of Utrecht
This Is the first of a short series of stories where we profile some of the environmental and design innovations of the Dutch city of Utrecht. Utrecht is the fourth-largest…
The Carvings on the Butts College
Our Chairman, Paul Maddocks, reflects on the carvings at the front of the former Butts College, which is now a Premium Inn. “I have always been interested with the round…
Is a Clean Air Zone coming to Coventry?
There has been a lot in the local newspapers and their online websites about the plans to create a clean air charging zone in Coventry, although one newspaper has mistakenly…
Coventry’s Favourite Conservation Area
Our umbrella organisation, Civic Voice, holds an annual competition to find England’s favourite Conservation Area. This year we thought that we would submit an entry for Coventry. We decided that…
The Last Hanging in Coventry
150 years ago this month Mary Ball was hanged outside Coventry County Court. She was the last person to be hanged in the city. The story is a sad one.…