Coventry Historian and CovSoc member, David Fry, continues his analysis about the streets around Broadgate. David writes….. A recent article described the blitzing of the old medieval Broadgate in 1820…
CovSoc member and Chair of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral brings to our attention an important historical event that has not been much reported in the UK press. In his…
With the recent re-opening of the Charterhouse, this article gives a local resident’s description of the fight and campaign to save the building and keep open the public fields. It…
Historian and CovSoc member David Fry shares his analysis of one of the city’s best known streets, which has changed rather more that anticipated over the centuries. David writes….. Our…
CovSoc member and Chair of the Stoke History Group, John Marshall tells us the story of the visit of Andrew Carnegie to Coventry in 1914. John writes….. On the morning…
CovSoc member and Chair of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral, Martin Williams, has been looking at what holds Coventry Cathedral together! Martin writes…. Coventry Cathedral was constructed at a time…
CovSoc member Peter James tells us the interesting story of Derek Barrowcliff, a Warwickshire pathologist who could have starred in his own “Silent Witness”. In September 2011 Derek Barrowcliff went…
Today we start a new occasional series of articles as we follow CovSoc member Peter Hunter as he jogs around the north of the city. Peter writes…. My name is…
CovSoc member and Chair of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral, Martin Williams, reflects on the use of narwhal horn in public and religious life. Martin writes…… Did you see last…
In a second article from the latest edition of Heritage Park Times, courtesy of Historic Coventry Trust and the Heritage Lottery Community Fund, Parks for People Programme, Peter Walters writes…..…
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