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Friends of the River Sherbourne
Friends of Sherbourne River Friends of Sherbourne River is a new group which was set up after the Civic Day event held at Charterhouse on 21st June 2014. A small group was formed all of whom have...
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Bettmann's Home Gets Blue Plaque
Sigfried Bettman's Home Gets Blue Plaque Surely there’s no better place to celebrate the life of someone who has contributed greatly to their home city than putting a blue plaque onto the house where...
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Ian Harrabin's Presentation to the Coventry Society
Ian Harrabin talks to the Coventry Society - 5th October 2015 The talk was a very interesting and positive presentation of current and potential developments being undertaken and pursued by Historic...
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A Victorian Resting Place For The Growing Industrial City
A Victorian Resting Place For The Growing Industrial City A book review by Paul Maddocks One of the books I got for this Christmas was the 'A Victorian Resting Place For The Growing Industrial City' a...
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Secret Coventry - by David McGrory
Secret Coventry by David McGrory Another book review by Paul Maddocks For those who read my last book review, I got another book this Christmas that I would like to share with you; it was 'Secret...
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Update on Conservation Work in Coventry
Update on Conservation Work in the City The Coventry Society's next meeting should be very interesting. It is a talk by Christopher Patrick the City Council's Conservation and Archaeology Officer. He...
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New Heritage Group for Far Gosford Street
New Heritage Group for Far Gosford Street Far Gosford Area Community Heritage Group - this is a new group which was set up last year. As the title says it's a group who are interested in the history...
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New Plans for Coventry
New Plans for Coventry Two important plans for our city were published by the City Council in January. The Coventry Local Plan has been many years in preparation and makes many significant changes,...
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Society Supports New Plan for the Burges
Coventry Society Supports New Plans for The Burges A £25m development is planned to kick start the regeneration of the Burges and Hales Street area of Lady Herbert’s Garden and the Burges conservation...
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RIP Margaret Rylatt MBE
RIP MARGARET RYLATT MBE Our Vice Chairman, Paul Maddocks, remembers Margaret Rylatt MBE, Coventry City Archaeologist I am very pleased to have known Margaret. When I started work at the Herbert Art...
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Recognising Coventrys Public Art Heritage - William George Mitchell (born 1925)
Recognising Coventry’s Public Art Heritage - William George Mitchell (born 1925) According to Wikipedia, William George Mitchell was born in 1925. He is an English sculptor, artist and designer, best...
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Unique Opportunity to View Part of Coventrys History
Unique Opportunity to View Part of Coventry’s History Saturday 27th February will provide a unique opportunity to see the uncovered history at 31, 32 and 33 Far Gosford Street. These Grade II listed...
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The Philanthropist and the Clock!
The Philanthropist and the Clock! The Story of the Joseph Levi Memorial Clock and the Man it Commemorates One evening in 1850 a group of Coventry business gentlemen were on their way to hold their...
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A Victorian Resting Place For The Growing Industrial City
A Victorian Resting Place For The Growing Industrial City A book review by Paul Maddocks One of the books I got for this Christmas was the 'A Victorian Resting Place For The Growing Industrial City' a...
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The Philanthropist and the Clock! Updated!
The Philanthropist and the Clock! - Updated The Story of the Joseph Levi Memorial Clock and the Man it Commemorates One evening in 1850 a group of Coventry business gentlemen were on their way to hold...
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You are invited to our AGM with a Difference
Monday 11th April 2016 at 7.30 at Theatre Absolute, 38 City Arcade Our next meeting is our AGM. After the very short formal business we have a speaker from Civic Voice. Ian Harvey, the Director of...
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Coventry: The Making of a Modern City 1939-73
The Making of a Modern City 1939 - 1973 It always takes someone else to point out your good points, and Coventry' post war architecture is an example of this. On this Monday 21st March, the Coventry...
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A Victorian Resting Place For The Growing Industrial City
A Victorian Resting Place For The Growing Industrial City A book review by Paul Maddocks One of the books I got for this Christmas was the 'A Victorian Resting Place For The Growing Industrial City' a...
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St. George and Coventry - 14th Century Propaganda!
St. George in Coventry? 14th Century Propoganda One of the oldest surviving examples of spin will take pride of place at the St Georges Day Open Day, Saturday April 23 at the beautiful St John the...
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