Coventry to host International Children’s Games in 2022
coventrysociety The City Council has accepted an invitation for Coventry to host the 2022 International Children’s Games (ICG). The games planned for this summer in Kecskemét, Hungary have been cancelled due…
2020
Coventry University Degree Show
As a result of the Coronavirus epidemic, the normal Coventry University Degree Show has this year moved online. In its new accessible format it is possible to look at the…
Cathy Hunt – Celebrating Coventry’s First Women Councillors
Cathy Hunt Serving their City: a celebration of Coventry’s first women councillors Monday 22nd June 2020 at 7.30 p.m. Online Meeting using Zoom Book online via Eventbrite The Coventry Society…
Repair works begin on historic city gates and walls
The City Council has issued a press release letting us know that work has begun to help restore and repair some of the remains of Coventry’s historic city walls and…
CovSoc Teen Takeover – Saturday 20th June
This year for Civic Day the Coventry Society is handing over its social media channels to Coventry young people. They will tell us what makes them proud of their city…
Book Review – City of Coventry Municipal Handbook 1955-56
In the days before the Internet people got their information from books! The Municipal Handbook is a combination of reference book and pocket diary. Coming in at 6 by 3½…
Very Light Rail in Coventry
It is perhaps rather bad timing to be examining the Council’s plans for very light rail when the Government is advising everyone to avoid using public transport. But we have…
CovSoc Statement on the Murder of George Floyd
Following the recent tragic murder of George Floyd, Vincent Hammersley, Chair of the Coventry Society has issued the following public statement on behalf of the Coventry Society: “One of the…
City Centre South – the Coventry Society’s criteria for a sustainable city centre
A different vision for Coventry In May 2020, in the depth of the Covid-19 lockdown, the Coventry Society published a call-to-arms ‘Creating a different vision for Coventry’. The paper identified…
Dr Richard Sadler, Photographer, (1927-2020) RIP
Richard Sadler was probably Coventry’s pre-eminent post-war photographer, capturing life in and around the city for sixty years. Born in Hillfields in 1927, he spent much of his youth unwell,…