The Coventry Cross Returns
coventrysociety The Coventry Society’s campaign to save the Coventry Cross came to fruition this month, with the unveiling of the rebuilt cross in front of Holy Trinity Church. The Society gives…
Heritage and History
Palmer Lane Scheme Moves Forward
The City Council’s Cabinet is due to give the final go-ahead to the Palmer Lane regeneration scheme this week. Palmer Lane is the final element of the Burges High Street…
CovSoc Visit to Charterhouse
The Coventry Society visited the Charterhouse on Thursday 13th July 2023. Peter Walters, Chair of the Society, writes….. Just three months after opening to the public, Coventry’s newest visitor attraction…
Grant for Spencer Park Pavilion
The Coventry Observer has reported that a bid to save Spencer Park Pavilion and give it a new lease of life for the community has received a cash boost totalling…
The Old Gasworks
Archaeology Warwickshire held an Open Day at the former Abbott’s Lane Gasworks site last Friday. The dig is revealing a lot about the one of the oldest gasworks sites in…
The Black Bull Inn
CovSoc member Peter James tells us the fascinating story of the Black Bull Inn in Smithford Street. Peter writes… Smithford Street was a thoroughfare for over 800 years connecting Broadgate…
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…
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…