The Forgotten Elephant!
coventrysociety Elephants have amazing memories, but have we forgotten our own elephant? Paul Maddocks tells us about his memories of the Elephant and his dreams for its future. At the beginning…
Heritage and History
Captain Smith-Clarke
As the world pins its hopes on a new vaccine to counter Covid 19, Peter Walters tells the story of an earlier technological breakthrough that helped patients suffering in another…
More tales from Jabet’s Ash
John Marshall goes in search of more stories about an ancient ash tree in Stoke, situated alongside Binley Road and close to the junction of present day Marlborough Road In…
The Eagle and the Phoenix
Coventry Society member, Sheila Woolf, has published a new book about the history of Coventry aimed at young people. The book is aimed at children between about nine to twelve…
Coventry’s War Memorial Park – the Story!
As preparations continue on events to mark the centenary of Coventry’s War Memorial Park in July 2021, Peter Walters looks back at the beginnings of the park, one hundred years…
Carrot Gate – The Coventry Connection!
Warning this article contains fake news! Fake news isn’t actually a new concept. During the Second World War both sides used it intensively. For an effective fake news campaign you…
Holy Trinity Receives Heritage Grant
Holy Trinity Church in Broadgate has received a grant of £65,530 from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. This funding of over sixty five thousand pounds will help Holy…
Coventry Heritage at Risk
Three Conservation Areas and 20 other historic sites in Coventry have been designated by Historic England as being “At Risk* in the latest Heritage at Risk Register. Historic England published…
1970 – The Year We Were Born
The Coventry Society was formed as the Coventry Civic Amenity Society fifty years ago this year. We were wondering what else happened during that year. In transport news, a Boeing…
Coventry Heritage Gets a £231,000 Covid Boost
Three Coventry heritage and cultural organisations have benefited from the government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. The three organisations in Coventry are amongst…