Going Smokeless in Coventry
coventrysociety It was 69 years ago that Coventry became the first UK city to go smokeless. March 1st, 1951 became ‘No Smoke Day’, heralding Coventry city centre as the UK’s first…
Planning and Design
A Half Century of Earth Day
Today, 22nd April 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. A global event in more than 193 countries. In 1969, at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist…
Coventry Ring Road Open Space
Ambitious plans to breach Coventry ring road and open up the city centre have been submitted by the developers behind some of the city’s most exciting regeneration projects. Complex Development…
Gordon Cullen – The Townscape Man
At the last CovSoc meeting we heard a presentation from Lesley Durbin about the restoration of the Cullen tile mural in the Lower Precinct. But who was Gordon Cullen and…
High Rise Students
For decades in the post-war years the City Council was hoping that people would move back into the city centre. It was written into all the post-war plans for the…
Don’t Lose Your Way – Saving the Country’s Footpaths
According to the Ramblers our footpaths “are one of the country’s most precious assets, hidden in plain sight, and often taken for granted. “Shaped by our ancestors over centuries, they…
A Trip to Peterborough
A few weeks ago we decided to take a weekend motorhome trip to Peterborough. The general response was – why??? Even my wife’s best friend, who had been brought up…
A Book of Trails
Coventry’s City of Culture team have published a new booklet to promote the city’s heritage and culture. The 26 page document includes a whole host of city centre trails, including:…
Living with Beauty
The Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission published its final report at the end of January. The commission was set up to advise the government on how to promote and increase…
Consultation on the Plans for the former Civic Centre Site.
Coventry University’s Master Planning consultants, Turnberry, are holding a public exhibition of the University’s plans for the former Civic Centre site (opposite the Council House). This will take place on…