The Lost Elephant
coventrysociety CovSoc founder member, Paul Maddocks, has been scratching his head about a remembered elephant. Paul writes…… Does anyone remember the Elephant on the door of the Civic Centre 3 entrance?…
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World Record Watch
In February 2022 historian and CovSoc member, Peter James, told us about a Coventry made watch called the Grand Complication. A similar watch, by the same manufacturer, was recently sold…
Coventry Chain Company – A Link to Watchmaking
Historian and CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us the interesting story of how chain making evolved out of the watchmaking industry in Coventry. Peter writes…. The Coventry Chain Company stands…
Coventry Business Improvement District (BID)
Jo Glover (Chief Executive of Coventry BID) gave a thought-provoking talk to a Coventry Society General Meeting on Wednesday 12 November. A BID is a geographically-defined area where rate-paying businesses…
Tom Mann Lecture 2025
CovSoc founder member, Paul Maddocks, writes ….. While working as a designer/illustrator at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, I had the pleasure of producing the very first poster for…
Coventry Police Museum
The Coventry Police Museum is a branch of the West Midlands Police Museum, which is based in Birmingham. The Coventry Museum is based in the Council House and is open…
Yet another plan for Coventry!
Coventry Society continues to take an active role in the City Council’s update of the local plan. Currently, the Council is responding to nearly 60 questions raised by the independent…
Coventry Heritage Strategy
Those who attended the Coventry Society Heritage Conference in October will be aware that City Council has resurrected the idea of a Heritage Strategy for the city. The City Council…
Alfred Harris
Historian and Coventry Society member Malvern Carvell tells us about the life and times of Alfred Harris the well-known Coventry businessman and quiet philanthropists. Malvern writes….. With the unveiling of…
Heritage at Risk 2025
Historic England has recently published its “Heritage at Risk Register” for this year. Despite the money invested in recent years, there has been little change in the list for Coventry…