Whispering Revolution
coventrysociety 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…
Coventry
Visit to Lake View Park
Twenty-four CovSoc visitors and guests were shown around Lake View Park on 17th July by Alex Jones of Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. This year the Coventry Society’s theme for the year…
Coventry Transport
Following the recent article about the trip on the Very Light Rail system, historian and CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us about the history of public transport in Coventry. Peter…
Demolition of the Langleys
The Stoke Local History Group has raised issues about the proposed demolition of the Langleys, the oldest building in Stoke Green. This article is from the July edition of Jabet’s…
The Network Rail Building
The Coventry Society supports the campaign by the Westwood Heath History Group to save the Network Rail Building, formerly the Cable & Wireless College, in Westwood Heath Road. The building…
The LTB is Dead, Long Live the LTB
CovSoc committee member, John Goodman, attended the recent launch of a new book. John writes….. The Litten Tree Building, built for the Rover car company in 1910 as its showroom,…
Four New Tiny Forests in Coventry
2400 trees have been planted at four new “Tiny Forests” across Coventry. The Coventry Society has previously reported on the concept of Tiny Forests. These are small densely planted tree…
Save the Bean Tree Branch!
The Coventry Society is objecting to the plan to cut a large branch off the Indian Bean Tree in New Union Street. The society does not normally get involved in…
Coventry School of Art
Coventry Society member, Peter James, tells us the interesting story of Coventry School of Art. Peter writes…. Coventry School of Art was built in Ford Street in 1863 in the…
Affordable Housing and City Centre South
Coventry Society Vice Chair, Tim Brown, tells us about a new player in the social housing sector. Tim writes….. There has been considerable coverage of the start of the demolition…