CovSoc Finds a New Home
coventrysociety The Coventry Society is pleased to announce that it is moving to a new home for its monthly meetings. After several years of meeting at the Shopfront Theatre in City…
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Jacob Epstein in Auld Reekie
Paul Maddocks, Deputy Chair of the Coventry Society, writes …. “I came across this interesting 1961 photograph of the plaster cast of the Jacob Epstein statue of St. Michael and…
Charterhouse Progress
On 17th June a small group from the Coventry Society was shown around the Charterhouse to see the progress being made with the Archaeological investigations and the regeneration of the…
Cycle Parking for Organisations
Transport for West Midlands in collaboration with “Park that bike” is launching a project to support the growth of cycle use in the West Midlands. Voluntary sector groups, businesses, shops,…
City of Culture will Now Start in May 2021
Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture has been pushed back to start in May 2021, due to the coronavirus crisis. Starting in May instead of the beginning of the…
Planned Changes to the Planning System
The Government has announced significant plans to change the planning system in the post-Covid era. The plan is a major effort to build more homes and get more people to…
The Canley Kid who Became Premier
At the end of a quiet cul-de-sac just off Charter Avenue in Canley is a hidden away timber framed cottage, similar to many across Warwickshire. Its private land, but if…
Who is Behind the Proposed Changes in the Planning System?
The Coventry Society will shortly be publishing details of the proposed changes to the Planning System in England. John Payne identifies the main people proposing the changes. Dominic Cummings, the…
St Michael’s lights the way
The first public use of electrical lighting in Coventry was at St Michael’s Church. In 1863 the steeple of St Michael’s Church was illuminated to mark the wedding in St…
Coventry Teenagers Takeover Civic Day
Like most civic societies CovSoc membership is heavily biased towards older people, many of whom are retired. There isn’t really much for younger people to get involved with. Civic Day…