Grant for Spencer Park Pavilion
coventrysociety The Coventry Observer has reported that a bid to save Spencer Park Pavilion and give it a new lease of life for the community has received a cash boost totalling…
Heritage and History
The Old Gasworks
Archaeology Warwickshire held an Open Day at the former Abbott’s Lane Gasworks site last Friday. The dig is revealing a lot about the one of the oldest gasworks sites in…
The Black Bull Inn
CovSoc member Peter James tells us the fascinating story of the Black Bull Inn in Smithford Street. Peter writes… Smithford Street was a thoroughfare for over 800 years connecting Broadgate…
Chapelfields Bakeries
CovSoc member Peter James grew up in Chapelfields and can remember Pails Bakery delivering bread with a horse drawn van in the late fifties. Peter writes…. Crown Steam Bakery was…
Roof Falling Off
The Coventry Society is very concerned about the condition of the Old Grammar School, which is shedding roof tiles only a few years after a £4.5 million restoration scheme. The…
Fritz Kühn’s little know artwork in Coventry Cathedral
CovSoc founder member Paul Maddocks is a guide at Coventry Cathedral and has a lifetime interest in the public arts on display there. Paul writes….. Coventry Cathedral has many works…
Aviation Remembered
CovSoc member Barry Greener is a keen aviation enthusiast and recalls his interests and experiences of flying and Coventry Airport. Barry writes…. I suppose it was inevitable that being born…
The Portrait Bench
CovSoc member Peter James tells us about an interesting sculpture. Peter writes…… If you cycle or walk along the cycle route between Kenilworth and Warwick University you will see a…
Something in the Earlsdon Water Perhaps?
CovSoc member, David Porter, remarks on some coincidences concerning a number of architects with Earlsdon connections. David writes….. Earlier in the year, I attended my first meeting of the Coventry…
War Graves in Walsgrave Cemetery
CovSoc member Tony Auty writes …. Following on from Peter Hunter’s article last month regarding Walsgrave Cemetery I thought you may be interested to learn more about the two war…