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Coventry History Articles

Many fine articles have been written about Coventry's history. Most get published in books and can be found in the public domain; however, many fine pieces of writing get either lost in the mists of time, released only to a few select historians, or simply never get the publicity they deserve. With the kind permission of the necessary people, I include here a selection of fascinating elements of Coventry's history, which, I hope, will help to expand our knowledge of this city's complex, exciting and often obscure past.

1.  The Arno Motor Company of Coventry 1908-1916, by Damien Kimberley
2.  The Beech on Wheels, by Derek Robinson and forum member Foxcote
3.  A brief history of Saint Osburg's, in pictures, by Damien Kimberley
4.  The Brough Superior, by Damien Kimberley
5.  Coventry Volunteer Fire Brigade - Illustrated London News, Jan 4th 1862
6.  Coventry's Great Flood - London Daily Graphic, 2nd January 1901
7.  Coventry's Rich Heritage, by Pete Walters
8.  Coventry, the Home of the Cycle Trade - 1886 magazine article
9.  Coventry, the Silk Trade and the Horsfall family, by Ian West
10.  D-Day and Monty's Staff Car, by Paul Maddocks
11.  The Dragoon Cycle Company of Coventry, by Damien Kimberley
12.  Edwin Brown, Victorian Animal Artist, by Stephen Catton
13.  The First Tudor Feast, by Richard Ball
14.  The Great Flood of December 1900, and the lost Bridges, by Damien Kimberley
15.  Henry Cave, and the 'Lady' Autocar of 1899, by Damien Kimberley
16.  Let's talk about Rex, by Damien Kimberley
17.  The Lion Bicycle Company of Coventry & Wolverhampton 1877-1882, by Damien Kimberley
18.  Miss Bashford, a Teacher's Tale, by Simon Shaw
19.  Motor Panels (Coventry) Ltd, by Damien Kimberley
20.  The New Bablake Schools - 1889 article
21.  New Drinking Fountain at Coventry - 17 Sep 1859
22.  Not Forgotten, the 1939 IRA bomb attack, by Simon Shaw
23.  Phil Silvers Archival Museum, by Paul Maddocks
24.  Proposal for St. Michael's Campanile c1890
25.  Public Baths - The Building News, Jan 24th 1896
26.  The Saint Joseph the Worker parish in Coventry, by Terence Richards - Part 1
27.  The Saint Joseph the Worker parish in Coventry, by Terence Richards - Part 2
28.  The Saint Joseph the Worker parish in Coventry, by Terence Richards - Part 3
29.  A short history of Coventry's Theatres and Cinemas, by Bill Birch
30.  Sixty Years of Cycling - 1897 magazine article
31.  The sound that almost killed my Dad in the War!, by Paul Maddocks
32.  The Tapestry and its Hidden Secret, by Paul Maddocks
33.  Transport Museum pt.1 - How the Queen's 1977 visit sowed the seed, by Paul Maddocks
34.  Transport Museum pt.2 - New Hales Street Entrance in 1985, by Paul Maddocks
35.  Transport Museum pt.3 - Creating the Blitz Experience, by Paul Maddocks
36.  Transport Museum pt.4 - Coventry's Land Speed Record Cars, by Paul Maddocks
37.  Transport Museum pt.5 - The 1987 F.A. Cup Winners' Sky Blue Bus, by Paul Maddocks
38.  Transport Museum pt.6 - The Royal Cars, by Paul Maddocks
39.  What links a Spitfire's landing gear to a baby buggy? by Paul Maddocks
40.  What links R2D2 to a Coventry Hydrogen/Electric cab company? by Paul Maddocks
41.  Whitefriars Gatehouse and Toy Museum, by Paul Maddocks
42.  WW1 and Wyley of Charterhouse, by Paul Maddocks
43. 1930s Austin's Monthly Magazine articles, by John Bailey Shelton MBE
44. Plan for the City Centre - The Architect and Building News, 21st March 1941
 
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