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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 Alpha House that Jacks Built! By Paul Maddocks
2.  The Arno Motor Company of Coventry 1908-1916, by Damien Kimberley
3.  A brief history of Saint Osburg's, in pictures, by Damien Kimberley
4.  The Brough Superior, by Damien Kimberley
5.  Caludon Castle, by Elizabeth Hodges, 1895
6.  Caludon: Life with the Berkeleys, 1592-1605, by John E. Clarke OBE
7.  Coventry Volunteer Fire Brigade - Illustrated London News, Jan 4th 1862
8.  Coventry's Great Flood - London Daily Graphic, 2nd January 1901
9.  Coventry's Rich Heritage, by Pete Walters
10.  Coventry, the Home of the Cycle Trade - 1886 magazine article
11.  Coventry, the Silk Trade and the Horsfall family, by Ian West
12.  D-Day and Monty's Staff Car, by Paul Maddocks
13.  The Dragoon Cycle Company of Coventry, by Damien Kimberley
14.  Edwin Brown, Victorian Animal Artist, by Stephen Catton
15.  The First Tudor Feast, by Richard Ball
16.  The Great Flood of December 1900, and the lost Bridges, by Damien Kimberley
17.  Henry Cave, and the 'Lady' Autocar of 1899, by Damien Kimberley
18.  The Ira Aldridge Trail, by Simon Shaw
19.  Let's talk about Rex, by Damien Kimberley
20.  The Lion Bicycle Company of Coventry & Wolverhampton 1877-1882, by Damien Kimberley
21.  Miss Bashford, a Teacher's Tale, by Simon Shaw
22.  Motor Panels (Coventry) Ltd, by Damien Kimberley
23.  The New Bablake Schools - 1889 article
24.  New Drinking Fountain at Coventry - 17 Sep 1859
25.  Not Forgotten, the 1939 IRA bomb attack, by Simon Shaw
26.  The Old Vicarage, Binley, by Anna Eddleston
27.  Phil Silvers Archival Museum, by Paul Maddocks
28.  Proposal for St. Michael's Campanile c1890
29.  Public Baths - The Building News, Jan 24th 1896
30.  The Saint Joseph the Worker parish in Coventry, by Terence Richards
31.  A short history of Coventry's Theatres and Cinemas, by Bill Birch
32.  Sixty Years of Cycling - 1897 magazine article
33.  The sound that almost killed my Dad in the War!, by Paul Maddocks
34.  The Tapestry and its Hidden Secret, by Paul Maddocks
35.  Transport Museum pt.1 - How the Queen's 1977 visit sowed the seed, by Paul Maddocks
36.  Transport Museum pt.2 - New Hales Street Entrance in 1985, by Paul Maddocks
37.  Transport Museum pt.3 - Creating the Blitz Experience, by Paul Maddocks
38.  Transport Museum pt.4 - Coventry's Land Speed Record Cars, by Paul Maddocks
39.  Transport Museum pt.5 - The 1987 F.A. Cup Winners' Sky Blue Bus, by Paul Maddocks
40.  Transport Museum pt.6 - The Royal Cars, by Paul Maddocks
41.  Trinity National Schools - Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal, Vol.XVII, 1854
42.  What links a Spitfire's landing gear to a baby buggy? by Paul Maddocks
43.  What links R2D2 to a Coventry Hydrogen/Electric cab company? by Paul Maddocks
44.  Whitefriars Gatehouse and Toy Museum, by Paul Maddocks
45.  William Robert Lambe - Blitz Hero, by Simon Shaw
46.  WW1 and Wyley of Charterhouse, by Paul Maddocks
47. 1930s Austin's Monthly Magazine articles, by John Bailey Shelton MBE
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