A Makeover for the Market
coventrysociety Coventry’s iconic indoor market is to get at least £1.25m of external improvements, the council has announced. The works to the exterior of the Grade II-listed Coventry Market will include…
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Coventry Society Revisit the Chace Hotel
Exactly four months earlier, a couple of members of the Coventry Society Committee were invited to see the renovation work at The Chace Hotel in Willenhall. We received a further…
The Battle of Pinkett’s Booth II
We reported on “the battle for Pinkett’s Booth” back in June. You will recall that on the very last day of the public inquiry into the Coventry Local Plan, developers…
Update on VLR
At our first general meeting for 2026/27, we focussed on transport in Coventry. We had two excellent presentations from Colin Knight, Director of Innovation at the Council who provided us…
Gigafactory Gets Downgrade
GreenPower Park: a change of direction for Coventry Airport! A new planning application for the former Coventry Airport site suggests that the long-promoted vision of a giant battery factory is…
Coventry’s Transport Strategy
At our first general meeting for 2026/27, Coventry Society focussed on transport in Coventry. We had two excellent presentations from Colin Knight, Director of Innovation at the Council who provided…
A Dark History of Coventry
Coventry historian and author, David McGrory, has published his 29th book about Coventry and its history. In ‘A Dark History of Coventry’, David delves into the dark and lesser known…
Coventry Then and Now
An exhibition of rare footage and photos brings the City’s past to life. The exhibition, at the Priory Visitor Centre Undercroft, shows visual records of a city’s past and present…
Jet pioneer celebrated with new Royal Mail stamps
The pioneering work on the jet engine by Sir Frank Whittle has been celebrated with a new set of stamps from Royal Mail. Alec Blackman writes on the BBC website….…
The Plague in Coventry
Historian and CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us how the plague affected Coventry over centuries. Peter writes…. The first plague epidemic known as The Black Death initially appeared in Europe…