New Approach to Potholes
coventrysociety Potholes in Coventry will be repaired and fixed permanently in super quick time after the Council’s highways service purchased JCB’s revolutionary pothole machine. The PotholePro can repair a pothole in…
February 2022
Historic Coventry Trust Tours – Ventures with Verity
Join local blue badge guide Verity for a guided walking tour of Historic Coventry Trust’s city centre sites. Tours will running regularly on the first Sunday afternoon of every month.…
Coventry – A Great Place!
For our February meeting we were pleased to have Jacqui Ibbotson, the Programme Manager of the Great Place scheme, report back on the success of the programme. She told us…
Earlsdon Library
The Coventry Society held its February meeting at the recently refurbished Earlsdon Carnegie Community Library. Our Chair, Peter Walters, writes…. It’s a far cry from the ruthless business frontier of…
This is Then
Visit the LTB Showrooms for an exhibition showing a visual record of the Coventry music scene, 1979-1981. The images are by Mark Osbourne and the exhibition runs from 18th February…
The Grand Complication
CovSoc member Peter James writes….. Joseph Player & Son was formed in 1858, Joseph having been born in London c.1832. The company gained a reputation for high quality and introduced…
The Nuclear Threat
The Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation is organising a public meeting next month on the threat to the world from nuclear weapons. The public meeting will be held…
Caludon Castle Exhibited
In the spring Coventry Archives, at the Herbert Gallery, are organising an exhibition about Caludon Castle. The exhibition will feature some of the original archive material loaned by Lord Clifford,…
The Finger Returns
The Church of St John the Baptist, Fleet St, Coventry will be presenting their famous relic of St Valentine on Saturday February 12 from 10am until 1pm and Sunday February…
Epstein: Stories in Stone: 19th March – 31st May
This article was first published in the Friends of Coventry Cathedral Chairman’s newsletter. Martin Williams, CovSoc member and Chairman of the Friends writes… This Jacob Epstein exhibition in the Cathedral,…