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The local association appeared to have been formed in 1903 according to the minutes.
The Annual General Meeting was held on January 5th 1904 and 12 officers were elected.
By September 14th ...
November 14th 1940. The City suffered a 12 hour blitz. All the bakeries were put out of production. There were no supplies of gas or electricity and the water supply was ...
There aren’t many places you can see a World War One tank in the centre of a town. Indeed, it appears that Ashford in Kent is the only place you ...
Walter Kimberley’s wartime experience is one of hardship, effort, determination… and ultimately death, though not by any bullet wound. His is a story that shows war can claim casualties away ...
Walls surrounded the medieval city of Coventry with 12 gateways and 32 towers made from handsome local red sandstone.
The city walls slighted
Just before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642, Charles ...
The first Warwickshire Coal Company was registered in 1901 by the proprietors of the Wyken Collieries, who commenced trial excavations at Keresley during 1902 and soon discovered a viable seam. ...
This building was erected in 1783-4 by architect Samuel Eglinton and used for the county court and quarter sessions. It remained in use as a court until 1988 and then stood ...
Coventry had a gaol from the mid-14th century onwards. In 1675 it was located near the Cathedral between Gaol Lane (now Pepper Lane) and Cuckoo Lane. It was rebuilt in ...
We found an absorbing new interest for our retirement when we joined Coventry Photographic Society five years ago. When researching the society’s history and updating its society’s website, we discovered ...
Coventry University Library holds a large amount of archive material. In particular the Lanchester Collection has recently been digitised.
