Coventry to get two new Conservation Areas
coventrysociety In a move which took the Coventry Society by surprise, Cllr Welsh, the Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities last week approved public consultation on two new Conservation Areas for…
Heritage and History
Coventry to get a blue plaque scheme.
Last week, Cllr Welsh, the Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities approved a heritage plaque nomination scheme, to be known as the Blue Plaque Scheme. The nomination process will be…
Lost Coventry by David McGrory
Our founder member Paul Maddocks writes…. I have been very lucky to be able to have a special preview of the latest book by David McGrory, it’s the twenty seventh…
Historic Coventry Trust Tours – Ventures with Verity
Join local blue badge guide Verity for a guided walking tour of Historic Coventry Trust’s city centre sites. Tours will running regularly on the first Sunday afternoon of every month.…
Coventry – A Great Place!
For our February meeting we were pleased to have Jacqui Ibbotson, the Programme Manager of the Great Place scheme, report back on the success of the programme. She told us…
Earlsdon Library
The Coventry Society held its February meeting at the recently refurbished Earlsdon Carnegie Community Library. Our Chair, Peter Walters, writes…. It’s a far cry from the ruthless business frontier of…
This is Then
Visit the LTB Showrooms for an exhibition showing a visual record of the Coventry music scene, 1979-1981. The images are by Mark Osbourne and the exhibition runs from 18th February…
The Grand Complication
CovSoc member Peter James writes….. Joseph Player & Son was formed in 1858, Joseph having been born in London c.1832. The company gained a reputation for high quality and introduced…
Caludon Castle Exhibited
In the spring Coventry Archives, at the Herbert Gallery, are organising an exhibition about Caludon Castle. The exhibition will feature some of the original archive material loaned by Lord Clifford,…
The Finger Returns
The Church of St John the Baptist, Fleet St, Coventry will be presenting their famous relic of St Valentine on Saturday February 12 from 10am until 1pm and Sunday February…