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The Forgotten Man - the Life and Legacy of John Kemp Starley
The Forgotten Man - the life and legacy of John Kemp Starley 160 years ago, on 14th December 1854, John Kemp Starley was born. He went on to invent the modern safety cycle, that has been copied more...
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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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Lady Herbert's Garden and Burges Conservation Area
City Council Reviews Conservation Areas The City Council's Conservation Team have published some key documents as part of a review and update of the City's Conservation Areas. The initial focus is on...
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Fargo Village
The Launch of Fargo Village The long-awaited Fargo Village opened at the end of September with a vibrant mixture of music and art, with performances by the Big Bumble Bees and Victor Herero as well as...
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Conservation Area Lighting
Conservation Area Lighting Without doubt the new lanterns currently being installed in conservation areas across the city are a considerable improvement on those installed over the last 20 years. Not...
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City Council Reviews Conservation Areas
City Council Reviews Conservation Areas The City Council's Conservation Team have published some key documents as part of a review and update of the City's Conservation Areas. The initial focus is on...
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Localism for Real
Localism for Real Campaigner and President of Civic Voice, Griff Rhys Jones, will deliver a public lecture as part of the grand re-opening of the Westgate Hall, Canterbury on Friday, October 24. His...
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A4053 the 40th
A4053 – the 40th Coventry’s Ring Road has been controversial since its completion in 1974. With its grade separated junctions except for the one roundabout, and short slip roads on and off, it has...
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River Avon Basin
River Avon Basin Working together to better understand the River Avon Basin was top of the agenda when representatives from across the region came together at Henley College in September. The host was...
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Local Development Plan - balancing housing, jobs and infrastructure
Coventry's Local Development Plan Balancing Housing, Jobs and Infrastructure? We do not fully endorse the Council’s vision of growth of the city and we have said so in our representation on The New...
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Community Design Awards Community Design Awards Design awards are back on our agenda as a new competition is launched with communities across England being invited to enter the inaugural ‘Civic Voice...
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View from Tower better than View of Tower!
Practice Tower application The Society has objected to a new raw galvanised steel structure proposed as a new training tower for Binley Fire Station (the illustration is of a similar tower built...
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Localism for Real
Localism for Real Campaigner and President of Civic Voice, Griff Rhys Jones, will deliver a public lecture as part of the grand re-opening of the Westgate Hall, Canterbury on Friday, October 24. His...
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Powerless?
Powerless? Martin Yardley, Executive Director of Place, said: “In planning terms this is the critical bit—cladding would have required permission. Painting does not.” The insensitive action by Study...
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Coventry University Expansion Plans - will they protect our heritage?
Coventry University Expansion Plans - Will they protect our heritage? Coventry University recently announced plans to take over four council buildings, Civic Centres one to four, that stand between...
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War Memorials Workshop for Civic Day 2015
Civic Day Event 2015 - War Memorials Surveying Workshop For this year's Civic Day event, on Saturday 20th June, the Coventry Society is collaborating with Civic Voice to put on a training workshop on...
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The City Centre Area Action Plan
The Coventry Society Response to the City Centre Area Action Plan The City Council published its City Centre Area Action Plan (CCAAP) in February 2015. This is a 90 page document that helps guide,...
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St. Michaels Coventry - The Rise and Fall of the Old Cathedral
St. Michael’s Coventry - The Rise and Fall of the Old Cathedral One of the Society’s favourite historians, George Demidowitz, has created a scholarly work about the history of the Old Cathedral which...
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Where are our "lost" War Memorials?
Where are our "Lost War" Memorials? The Coventry Society is trying to locate and record the condition of all the First World War Memorials in the city. So far we have identified 66 memorials that once...
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Seeing the Sutherland through New Eyes
Seeing the Sutherland Through New Eyes Saturday 30th June at 7.00 p.m. at Coventry Cathedral The Friends of Coventry Cathedral have invited the public to attend their annual Friend Lecture 2015. Alison...
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