Roof Falling Off
coventrysociety 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…
Heritage and History
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…
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…
Something in the Earlsdon Water Perhaps?
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…
War Graves in Walsgrave Cemetery
CovSoc member Tony Auty writes …. Following on from Peter Hunter’s article last month regarding Walsgrave Cemetery I thought you may be interested to learn more about the two war…
Strawberries and Horncombs
CovSoc member Peter James tells us a bit about the comb makers of Kenilworth, which included some of his ancestors. Peter writes….. This obituary appeared in the Coventry Herald on…
The Old Guy Goes Jogging – to the site of the former Coventry Power Station, Oxford Canal near Sutton Stop and some environmental vandalism
CovSoc member, Peter Hunter, goes jogging to help improve his mental health and wellbeing. But it doesn’t always work out that way. Peter writes …. This week’s jog was just…
From village ale house to suburban Rose and Crown
Our thanks to the Stoke History Group for this third article from their April newsletter, Jabet’s Ash. John Marshall writes….. The current Rose and Crown pub on Walsgrave Road, situated…
Plaudits for 1960s station
CovSoc member and Chair of the Stoke History Group, John Marshall, has permitted us to re-print this interesting article about Coventry Railway Station that he wrote for the April edition…