A Gift from Carnegie: Dippy the Dinosaur
coventrysociety CovSoc member and Chair of the Stoke History Group, John Marshall, shares a story published in Jabet’s Ash, the group’s newsletter last month. John writes….. Hundreds of children (and adults)…
Heritage and History
The Old Guy goes jogging – to Walsgrave Cemetery
CovSoc member, Peter Hunter, writes.. This month, the second in the series of articles inspired by places around Coventry that I visit as I jog around town takes me to…
Protected by the Anchor!
CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us this interesting story about telecommunications infrastructure in our region. Peter writes….. From 1st January 1912 The General Post Office became a virtual monopoly supplier…
The Coventry Demolitions of 1820 continued (and a revival?)
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…
Royal Litany
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…
The Fight to Save the Charterhouse
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…
The Mythology of Broadgate
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…
Andrew Carnegie’s celebrated visit to Coventry, June 1914
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…
The Glue That Holds Us Together
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…
A Walk in the Woods
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…