Taking a bet on the Gigafactory
coventrysociety Cllr. Jim O’Boyle, the Cabinet Member for Jobs, Regeneration and Climate Change, will be deciding whether to invest a further half a million pounds into the Gigafactory at a meeting…
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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…
Boy out of the city
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…
Coventry Pageant and Cathedral Festival 1962
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…
Roof Falling Off
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…
Fritz Kühn’s little know artwork in Coventry Cathedral
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…
Aviation Remembered
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…
Coming soon – a new place for a walk!
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)…
The Portrait Bench
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…
River Festival Coventry 2023
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…