The Lost Elephant
coventrysociety CovSoc founder member, Paul Maddocks, has been scratching his head about a remembered elephant. Paul writes…… Does anyone remember the Elephant on the door of the Civic Centre 3 entrance?…
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Coventry Chain Company – A Link to Watchmaking
Historian and CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us the interesting story of how chain making evolved out of the watchmaking industry in Coventry. Peter writes…. The Coventry Chain Company stands…
Coventry Police Museum
The Coventry Police Museum is a branch of the West Midlands Police Museum, which is based in Birmingham. The Coventry Museum is based in the Council House and is open…
Coventry Heritage Strategy
Those who attended the Coventry Society Heritage Conference in October will be aware that City Council has resurrected the idea of a Heritage Strategy for the city. The City Council…
Alfred Harris
Historian and Coventry Society member Malvern Carvell tells us about the life and times of Alfred Harris the well-known Coventry businessman and quiet philanthropists. Malvern writes….. With the unveiling of…
Heritage at Risk 2025
Historic England has recently published its “Heritage at Risk Register” for this year. Despite the money invested in recent years, there has been little change in the list for Coventry…
A House Called ‘Hope’s Harbour’
CovSoc member John Marshall tells the story of a grand house in Bray’s Lane, built for the Inspector of Factories, Otto Striedinger Imagine Bray’s Lane in Stoke in the 19th…
CovSoc Heritage Conference 2025
Coventry Society held its fifth annual Heritage Conference in October. The City Heritage: Future Strategies conference, held at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum on 18 October 2025, brought together…
Moon Craters in Coventry!
CovSoc founder member, Paul Maddocks, reminds us of the previous location of Volgograd Place and its failed vision. Paul writes…. A modern landscape that looks like moon craters or even…
Coventry in 1955– Still Change, Change, Change…
Historian and CovSoc Committee member, David Fry, has been studying past editions of the Alfred Herbert Newsletter. These Newsletters are much more than just a works magazine and some articles…