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The Future of a Coventry Volcano

The Future of a Coventry Volcano The Coventry Society is well used to commenting on planning applications relating to historic and important buildings. We know what to do; we need to protect the city’s...

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Falling from the Skies

Falling from the Skies Spare a thought this weekend for Miss Edith Maud Cook (1878 – 1910). She died on 14th July 1910 following a parachuting accident over Coventry a few days before. She is buried in...

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Call for the Return of the Mystery Plays

The Mysterious Disappearance of the Coventry Mystery Plays Our Chairman, Paul Maddocks, calls for the return of the Coventry Mystery Plays. I see in the press that Chester Cathedral has recently...

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Is it Time to Re-think City Centre South?

Is it Time to Re-think City Centre South? As House of Fraser announces it is pulling out of Birmingham and Solihull, Keith Draper argues that it’s time to re-think the City Centre South shopping...

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The Forgotten Man!

John Kemp Starley - The Forgotten Man!  Our campaign for recognition of John Kemp Starley continues with a comic strip produced by our Chairman, Paul Maddocks.  More about John Kemp Starley here...

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Walking Through Litter

Walking Through Litter A personal account of living in Coventry by Nirmal Puwar This article was written as a piece of creative writing just before Coventry was awarded the City of Culture 2021, but it...

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George Wagstaffe - Coventry's Best Known Sculptor

Meet George Wagstaffe - Coventry's Best Known Sculptor The next meeting of the Coventry Society will be a talk by renowned Coventry Sculptor George Wagstaffe. George is famous in the city for at least...

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News stories on the new CovSoc News Site

News Stories on the New CovSoc Website As part of the modernisation of our communications, the Coventry Society has established a new News Site for all of our news. The new site is integrated with our...

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