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Heritage Open Days .... coming soon!
Heritage Open Days - Coming Soon. Come and meet us at St. Mark's Church for the Heritage Open Days. Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September 2013 From 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Come and see the...
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Charterhouse Wall! Can you help?
The old wall around the Charterhouse gardens is in serious need of attention. It needs to be restored, but that is a job for experts and the receipt of the necessary funding. This is in hand, but in...
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Planning Application refused for Bayley House
Bayley House Applications Refused The Coventry Society welcomes the decision of Coventry's Planning Committee to refuse planning permission and listed building consent to convert the historic Bayley...
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Museums for the Future
Museums for the Future The September meeting of the Coventry Society was dedicated to a talk by Steve Bagley, Curator of Coventry Transport Museum, and his colleague Damien Kimberley. They told us...
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Spotlight on the Ring Road
Spotlight on the Ring Road The opportunity to talk on the Shane O’Connor Breakfast Show helped swell numbers at our October meeting when Coventry City Council's Assistant Director of Planning,...
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Cov Soc at the Pop Up Shop
Come and see us: Saturday 30th November 2013 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. Shopfront Theatre, 38 City Arcade. We will have Christmas Cards and Calendars for sale. Join the Coventry Society on the day and...
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Could Coventry be European City of Culture?
Could Coventry be European City of Culture? News has emerged from Coventry City Council that city leaders are considering a bid to become UK City of Culture in 2021 and European Capital of Culture in...
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The Walls Came Tumbling Down - Coventry in the 17th Century
‘The Walls Came Tumbling Down' - Coventry in the 17th Century. Our first talk of 2014 focuses on Coventry's 17th Century history. Stewart Fergusson, well known in the city as Chairman of the Belgrade...
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Cycling Coventry - Removing the Barriers.
George Riches, Secretary Coventry Cycling Campaign. "Too many people in the UK feel they have no choice but to travel in ways that are dangerous, unhealthy, polluting and costly, not just to their own...
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Bishopgate Scheme Scaled Down
Bishopgate Scheme Scaled Down Plans for the redevelopment of the former Postal Sorting Office appear to have been scaled down following the withdrawal of interest by a major supermarket group. The...
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Bishopgate Wharf - Latest Plans
Bishopgate Wharf - Latest Plans An application for the former Corporation Depot site off Foleshill Road has just been posted as we go to press. Produced by Barratt Homes with a mixture of the firm’s...
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Planning Application refused for Bayley House
Bayley House Applications Refused The Coventry Society welcomes the decision of Coventry's Planning Committee to refuse planning permission and listed building consent to convert the historic Bayley...
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New Plans for The Old Hall, Tamworth Road
New Plans for The Old Hall, Tamworth Road, Keresley A new planning application has been submitted to restore and extend the Old Hall in Tamworth Road, Keresley. The plans are for a hotel, banqueting...
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The Joseph Levi Memorial Clock
Joseph Levi Memorial Clock and the Coventry Philanthropic Societies. Where the children’s Play Area is now in Stoke Green, there once stood the 4 metre high Joseph Levi Memorial Clock. It was bought as...
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River Sherbourne Comes to life
The River Sherbourne Comes to Life In 1995 our Vice Chairman, Paul Maddocks, who was then working for the Transport Museum, drew up a plan to open up the River Sherbourne in the vicinity of Palmer...
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New Plans for The Old Hall, Tamworth Road - Update May 2014
New Plans for The Old Hall, Tamworth Road, Keresley A new planning application has been submitted to restore and extend the Old Hall in Tamworth Road, Keresley. The plans are for a hotel, banqueting...
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A History of Caludon Castle
A History of Caludon Castle; The Lords of the Manor of Caludon Publisher: John Edwards Clarke OBE, Author and Editor George Demidowitz; Co-author: Stephen Johnson. £24.95.218 pages. Available from the...
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Good news for the Grange
After years of concern over the future of Copsewood Grange and Lodge, the Coventry Society is delighted to learn that the owners and developers of New Century Park, Goodman and British Land, have...
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A River Flows Through it!
Did you know the River Sherbourne flows beneath Coventry? Yes, not everyone in Coventry knows that the river runs under the city centre so as part of Civic Day the Coventry Society are holding an...
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The Outbreak of the First World War in Coventry and Warwickshire
September Talk: August 1914 - When Warwickshire Went to War Our September talk marks the centenary of the First World War. Local historian Chris Holland will talk on the subject “August 1914: When...
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