1970 – The Year We Were Born
coventrysociety 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…
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The Free Men of Coventry
There are many Coventry Freemen. It is an honour granted to people who have completed a qualifying apprenticeship in the city. Coventry’s history goes back for hundreds of years and…
CovSoc AGM Goes Online
The Coventry Society held its first online AGM on Monday 12th October. In the unusual circumstances of the Coronavirus pandemic we postponed our AGM in April. We had hoped to…
Alpha House that Jacks Built
Our Deputy Chair, Paul Maddocks, has been researching one of Coventry’s “firsts”! Over the past few months I have been looking at some of Coventry’s ‘Firsts’ from the city with…
Drapers Bar set for Culture Role
The bar and brasserie, originally known as Brown’s and more recently as Drapers, has been earmarked to provide a major cultural offering for the Coventry City of Culture year. The…
Coventry’s Newest Hotel Due to Open Soon
The Telegraph Hotel is set to open its doors in November this year in the former headquarters of the city’s newspaper. The Corporation Street hotel is being redeveloped by Complex…
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…
Frederick Lanchester – Britain’s Leonardo
So why did Coventry have a Polytechnic named after Frederick Lanchester? And why is Coventry University’s library named the Lanchester Library? Who was Frederick Lanchester? What did he do? Why…
Taking a Good Look at the Tapestry
A specialist textile conservator paid a visit to St Mary’s Guildhall recently to carry out a visual survey of the Guildhall’s stunning tapestry. The tapestry, dating back to the turn…
Jabet’s Ash and Pit
In January 1929 a public spirited land owner in Binley Road presented to the city a small piece of land with a sapling ash tree growing on it. The land…