Chapelfields Bakeries
CovSoc member Peter James grew up in Chapelfields and can remember Pails Bakery delivering bread with a horse drawn van in the late fifties. Peter writes…. Crown Steam Bakery was…
CovSoc member Peter James grew up in Chapelfields and can remember Pails Bakery delivering bread with a horse drawn van in the late fifties. Peter writes…. Crown Steam Bakery was…
Coventry born Declan Bennet (EastEnders’ Charlie Cotton) brings his one person show to the LTB Showrooms this summer before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2023. This raw…
CovSoc former Vice Chair, Terry Kenny, reminds us of the pageant that accompanied the consecration of Coventry Cathedral. Terry writes…. In 1962 Coventry Cathedral was consecrated amid great pageantry. To…
The Coventry Society is very concerned about the condition of the Old Grammar School, which is shedding roof tiles only a few years after a £4.5 million restoration scheme. The…
CovSoc founder member Paul Maddocks is a guide at Coventry Cathedral and has a lifetime interest in the public arts on display there. Paul writes….. Coventry Cathedral has many works…
CovSoc member Barry Greener is a keen aviation enthusiast and recalls his interests and experiences of flying and Coventry Airport. Barry writes…. I suppose it was inevitable that being born…
CovSoc member, Mary Courtney, gives us a report on a CovSoc tour of Segro Park on 12th June 2023. Mary writes….. Segro Park, a large wildlife area (miles of it)…
CovSoc member Peter James tells us about an interesting sculpture. Peter writes…… If you cycle or walk along the cycle route between Kenilworth and Warwick University you will see a…
The Coventry Society is pleased to be participating in the River Festival 2023 next weekend. We hope that you will join us there! Join the fun at the brand-new River…
CovSoc member, David Porter, remarks on some coincidences concerning a number of architects with Earlsdon connections. David writes….. Earlier in the year, I attended my first meeting of the Coventry…