Coventry’s Motoring Heritage
coventrysociety Coventry Society founder member Paul Maddocks reflects on Coventry’s remarkable history of car manufacture and asks whether the city is doing enough to celebrate its industrial heritage. Paul writes… The…
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Victor Riley RIP
It is with great sadness that we report that Victor Riley passed away on the 12th August 2025. Victor was one of the last connections with the golden age of…
The Man who saved Kenilworth Castle
Historian and CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us about John Siddeley, one of Coventry’s most famous engineering innovators and the man who “saved Kenilworth Castle”. Peter writes…… John Davenport Siddeley…
Whispering Revolution
Coventry Society founder member, Paul Maddocks, worked for many years for the City’s Museum Service, even before the Transport Museum was established. In this role he was involved in displaying…
George Singer
Following last week’s story about the history of the the sewing machine history of Coventry, Historian and Coventry Society member, Peter James, continues with the related story of George Singer.…