Albert Smith (1928 – 2022)
coventrysociety Albert Smith (1928-2022) was co-author of The Coventry We Have Lost Series of Books. His collaborator, CocSoc member David Fry writes…. Albert was the archetype of the post-war Coventry engineer.…
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Cov Kid Becomes Director of Historic Coventry Trust
Following the departure of Carol Pyrah (becoming the Chief Executive at Urban Green Newcastle), Historic Coventry Trust has appointed a new Director. Coventry-born Anne Cranston grew up in Wyken and…
Political Party Founded in Coventry Finally Gets Seat on City Council
At the elections in May 2022 the Green Party, which was founded in Coventry in 1972, finally achieved a seat on the City Council. Originally known as the “People Party”…
Colin Walker Awarded CovSoc Life Membership
At Coventry Society’s AGM, held this year at the Anglican Chapel at London Road Cemetery, the Society awarded Life Membership to its long serving member and Treasurer Colin Walker. This…
CovSoc Annual Report 2021-22
The past year has been one of rapid change for the Coventry Society, with the continuing impact of the pandemic being only one of our challenges. In November, our Chair…
Who is making a difference in Cov?
We know that Coventry is full of great people, we want to shout about them too. Nominate a local hero for BBC CWR’s Make a Difference Awards This year BBC…
Public Meeting about the world nuclear threat and Ukraine invasion
Paul Maddocks, CovSoc founder member and Chair of the Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation reports back on the public meeting about the World nuclear threat which was held…
The Nuclear Threat
The Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation is organising a public meeting next month on the threat to the world from nuclear weapons. The public meeting will be held…
What will the New Year bring?
This article is re-printed from the newsletter of Coventry Action for Neighbourhoods, courtesy of Paul Maddocks. We all know that the Coventry City of Culture has many more months to…
The Council Budget – 2022/23
The Council’s Cabinet has opened consultation on the provisional budget for 2022 / 2023. The consultation response and the Government Grant settlement will all come into play before the budget…