The Heritage Action Zone – A Review
coventrysociety Our Secretary, John Payne, has been looking back at the Heritage Action Zone which ends this month. John writes… Back in 2018 we reported on the Heritage Action Zone and…
Heritage and History
Meet me under the Elephant
Coventry Community Interest Company, Photo Miners, is launching a new arts project and is looking for 12 participants. The project is funded by Arts Council England and City of Culture…
Coventry to get two new Conservation Areas
In a move which took the Coventry Society by surprise, Cllr Welsh, the Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities last week approved public consultation on two new Conservation Areas for…
Coventry to get a blue plaque scheme.
Last week, Cllr Welsh, the Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities approved a heritage plaque nomination scheme, to be known as the Blue Plaque Scheme. The nomination process will be…
Lost Coventry by David McGrory
Our founder member Paul Maddocks writes…. I have been very lucky to be able to have a special preview of the latest book by David McGrory, it’s the twenty seventh…
Historic Coventry Trust Tours – Ventures with Verity
Join local blue badge guide Verity for a guided walking tour of Historic Coventry Trust’s city centre sites. Tours will running regularly on the first Sunday afternoon of every month.…
Coventry – A Great Place!
For our February meeting we were pleased to have Jacqui Ibbotson, the Programme Manager of the Great Place scheme, report back on the success of the programme. She told us…
Earlsdon Library
The Coventry Society held its February meeting at the recently refurbished Earlsdon Carnegie Community Library. Our Chair, Peter Walters, writes…. It’s a far cry from the ruthless business frontier of…
This is Then
Visit the LTB Showrooms for an exhibition showing a visual record of the Coventry music scene, 1979-1981. The images are by Mark Osbourne and the exhibition runs from 18th February…
The Grand Complication
CovSoc member Peter James writes….. Joseph Player & Son was formed in 1858, Joseph having been born in London c.1832. The company gained a reputation for high quality and introduced…