Following public consultation last year, the City Council has now finalised its Climate Change Strategy, which will guide the city up to 2030. The strategy and action plan will be considered by the Council’s Cabinet on 5th November and full Council on 3rd December. The strategy sets out how the Council plans to tackle the […]
Chair of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral and CovSoc member, Martin Williams, tells us about the earliest photo of St. Michael’s Church. Martin writes…. This is the earliest known photograph of St Michael’s Church, Coventry. There are earlier paintings and engravings but no earlier photographs. The photo was taken in the 1860s by Joseph Wingrave, […]
CovSoc Vice Chair, Peter Walters, reviews the latest book about one of the city’s finest treasures. Peter writes…. Five years ago, in the autumn before Covid, historians and conservators gathered in St Mary’s Hall to consider and share opinions on the hall’s early Tudor tapestry. The conference triggered a flurry of research into a textile […]
The BBC has reported that work to restore a series of 19th Century summer houses in Coventry is set to get under way this month. The three buildings on Stoney Road Allotments in Cheylesmore had fallen into disrepair, and were considered at risk of being lost forever. They are considered nationally significant and Historic England […]
Our founder member Paul Maddocks is Chair of the Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation. Paul writes….. You may know that every November there is a Coventry Peace Festival and part of it is a Lord Mayor’s Peace Lecture. This is held in Coventry Cathedral and is free to attend. This year’s lecture […]
The Coventry Society erected a plaque to commemorate cycling legend Eileen Sheridan on Monday 21st October 2024. The plaque was erected on a wall at Coventry Rugby Club on The Butts, courtesy of Jon Sharp Executive Chairman of the Club. The site was previously the velodrome where Eileen won the first of many races. Eileen […]
As the Palmer Lane project slowly comes to life, CovSoc founder member, Paul Maddocks, tells us about similar schemes in other towns and cities around the country. Paul writes….. I see a few cities are starting to look at opening up their rivers. Luton Town has already finished theirs. It is called’ Hat Gardens’. The […]
Historian and CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us the fascinating story of one of Coventry’s best known industrial families. William Henry Herbert was born in Leicestershire in 1850. His father William was a building contractor and farmer and a very wealthy man. He and William Hillman met in 1863 and eventually formed Hillman and Herbert […]
Paul Maddocks, a founder member of the Coventry Society, reviews a recent play performed at St. Mary’s Guildhall. Paul writes….. Last week I had the pleasure of seeing the first performance of the latest play by EGO Arts – ‘Unholy Trinity’. It is a play based on historical figures and based on the events of […]
Historian and CovSoc committee member, David Porter, reflects on a visit to Chichester Cathedral which has some interesting links to Coventry. David writes…. In the course of a recent visit to Chichester, I particularly enjoyed sampling the Cathedral’s eclectic mix of architecture and art. While strolling through the nave, I happened to overhear one of […]