The Future of the Priory Visitor Centre
coventrysociety The City Council is moving forward with plans for the re-use of the Priory Visitor Centre and the Priory Undercrofts after several years of the buildings being vacant and deteriorating.…
Heritage and History
The Mayor and the Social Anthropologist
CovSoc Member Peter James tells us the interesting story of a well known Coventry character and his step daughter. Malcolm Kenneth Pridmore was born in October 1869 in Foleshill to…
ReTurner Prize 2021 – Reusing Coventry Empty Buildings
Our founder member Paul Maddocks wrote this article for the CAN (Community Action for Neighbourhoods) newsletter. Paul playfully asks whether there should be an award for the restoration of some…
The Hospital of St. John
Our Chair, Peter Walters, told us the history of the Old Grammar School at the last CovSoc meeting on Monday 13th December. We had hoped to give this talk in…
Don’t Call them Top Shops!
Historian and CovSoc member David Fry tries to tell us not to call them Top Shops – and explains why! I suppose I had better be realistic regarding my request…
Conservation of Guildhall Tapestry Begins
The stunning tapestry in St. Mary’s Guildhall is believed to be the oldest tapestry in the UK still located in the place it was designed for. It dates back to…
Tiles of Hope
Coventry University is organising an interesting City of Culture activity that most Coventry people can get involved in. They are creating a mural comprised of 1000 photographs which will be…
Indian activists who helped change the face of modern Britain
This interesting story is from the BBC Coventry and Warwickshire Radio website and was written by Vanessa Pearce of BBC News, West Midlands. As Britain looked to recover and rebuild…
A New Historical Map of Coventry
As Coventry celebrates as UK City of Culture, a new map of the city sheds light on its fascinating past. Few cities have been altered over the centuries as Coventry,…
Did Handel Play the Organ in Old St. Michael’s?
CovSoc member James Rose tells us the the results of his fascinating research… In Ships of Heaven, an entertaining book about British cathedrals, Christopher Somerville’s list of what was lost…