The reference in the Air Wardens report to the Fire Station in Daventry road can be confirmed. After a photograph of the Cheylesmore Garage in the 1930s came to light, a Flying Standard flag fluttering in the breeze over the showroom positively confirms that the Daventry Road company were dealers in Standard cars. Details from UK Fire Brigade History; During wartime the premises were requisitioned for the war effort as a fire station, and NFS engines were parked there.

Fantastic amount of detail in your books. Specific reference to the Styvechale area. The Coat of Arms Bridge and railway train being blown up 14/11/1940. Any additional details would be of interest.

As with all David McGrory's books, "Foul Deeds" doesn't simply string together a series of unrelated stories about Coventry's dark past. In this book he interweaves elements of our history into each story, so the reader ends up with a fuller understanding of Coventry life. As an example, in the first chapter he describes events connected to the little known Coventry Castle, and also violent activities between the monks and the Bishop. Entertaining and educational!

This particular book scores highly on two different levels. Firstly, for people who wish to gain a brief but widespread understanding of Coventry's history, it provides an excellent overview of virtually every aspect of our heritage - important buildings, events and people who shaped our city over the last thousand years. Secondly, for those who already have a reasonable understanding of Coventry's past, this book serves not only to weld together their knowledge like an A to Z revision book, but the author also throws in many lesser known facts, rarely, or even never, found in any other history of Coventry.