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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In Need of a Loo?
Do you remember the old gents’ toilet in Lower Ford Street? CovSoc founder member Paul Maddocks certainly does. Paul writes…. It was one of those Coventry landmarks that probably attracted…
Saving the Ruins
An international campaign has been launched to secure the future of Coventry Cathedral’s historic ruins – a site which has become an internationally recognised symbol of both the devastation of…
Demolition of Allesley Hotel Urgent!
Plans to “urgently” demolish a derelict hotel repeatedly targeted by arsonists and replace it with 55 new homes have been approved. City council planners agreed to let developers Avant Homes…
Tudor Codebreakers
Historian and CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us about a Coventry nobleman who used his illicit skills to help some of the most famous medieval espionage specialists. After studying at…
A Makeover for the Market
Coventry’s iconic indoor market is to get at least £1.25m of external improvements, the council has announced. The works to the exterior of the Grade II-listed Coventry Market will include…
Coventry Society Revisit the Chace Hotel
Exactly four months earlier, a couple of members of the Coventry Society Committee were invited to see the renovation work at The Chace Hotel in Willenhall. We received a further…
A Dark History of Coventry
Coventry historian and author, David McGrory, has published his 29th book about Coventry and its history. In ‘A Dark History of Coventry’, David delves into the dark and lesser known…
Coventry Then and Now
An exhibition of rare footage and photos brings the City’s past to life. The exhibition, at the Priory Visitor Centre Undercroft, shows visual records of a city’s past and present…
The Plague in Coventry
Historian and CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us how the plague affected Coventry over centuries. Peter writes…. The first plague epidemic known as The Black Death initially appeared in Europe…