Historic Foleshill Building to be Restored for Homes
coventrysociety Plans have been published to convert the former Challenge Cycle Works on Foleshill Road to new apartments and live-work units. The building, at 203 – 269 Foleshill Road, is locally…
Heritage and History
Walking Tour of Earlsdon with Peter Walters
Join CovSoc on Monday 8th July 2019 for a walking tour of the original eight streets of Earlsdon with author and historian Peter Walters. We meet at 6.30 p.m. at…
Coventry Canal Basin Music and Arts Festival
Next weekend, alongside the Floating Market promoted recently on this site, there will be a music and arts festival in Coventry Canal Basin. Sunday 30th June from 12 noon –…
Tour of Coventry’s Postwar Architecture
For Civic Day 2019, on Saturday 22nd June, the Coventry Society organised a “Walk and Talk” around Coventry’s Postwar architecture. Society chairman, Paul Maddocks, led a party of about 25…
Walk and See – Coventry’s Post War Architecture
Join CovSoc for a Walk and Talk to commemorate Civic Day 2019. For this year’s Civic Day we are celebrating Coventry’s post war architecture. We meet at 12 noon on…
Meet Athelstan in Tamworth
Our friends in the Tamworth Civic Society have issued an invitation to Coventry residents to attend their annual Tamworth Lecture. Famous historian and writer Tom Holland will be talking about…
TOWN HALL – Buildings, People and Power
A book about the UK’s “Town Halls” is to be launched in Coventry at an event on Friday 21st June 2019. The book is written by Dawn Reeves, Chris West…
The Daimler Powerhouse: One of Coventry’s Hidden Industrial Gems
The locally listed Daimler Powerhouse, just north of the canal basin, is a rare survivor of Coventry’s early motor industry. It is also a testament to the quest for perfection…
Continued Concern about the Mitchell Friezes
As neighbouring Solihull Council gives permission for the destruction of an important 20th Century sculpture, concerns have been raised about the future of a mural in Coventry by the same…
George Eliot Bi-Centenary – but not in Coventry!
As the world celebrates the bi-centenary of the birth of famous novelist George Eliot, the city where she lived and developed her character and critical thinking has not engaged in…