History and record of updates to Historic Coventry
from 2022
------------ 2023 ------------ November 20th A blitz article about P. C. Rollins, who died a hero 19th More kind donations of programmes added to illutrate the Theatre archive for 1944, '46, '47, '46 & '64 31st Another super article by Damien Kimberley: The Brough-Superior, Made in Nottingham, but conceived in Coventry? October 31st New article D-Day and Monty's Staff Car, by Paul Maddocks September 23rd Update by John Curran on the Courthouse Green School photo-mystery page 15th New memories page - Memoirs of Stoneleigh Abbey, by Catherine Binns August 31st Family photographs to some of the Blitz Victims July 16th The Coventry Cross page updated with photos of the newly unvelied replica Cross 12th Final two years of shows added to the Theatre archive (a particularly sad task) 10th Additional information about The Apollo added to the New Hippodrome now and then page 10th Additional shows added to the Theatre archive 9th More missing shows added in the Theatre archive 6th More programme and ticket scans added for shows in the Theatre archive May 25th Larger navigation menus with arrows on all Historic Coventry page footers 1st Improved search now shows title results first April 28th Christine Boylan adds her story to the Wallace Pub VE Party photo 27th New article WW1 and Wyley of Charterhouse, by Paul Maddocks, by Paul Maddocks 26th New article The Tapestry and its Hidden Secret, by Paul Maddocks 20th All old maps now automatically show the Google map equivalent location on the Pub history website 18th 1851 maps now automatically show the Google map equivalent location on the Pub history website 9th Improved family tree viewer with pan and zoom March 30th Nicer looking buttons on the Forum 26th Fixed bugs in the Forum search 20th Tightened anti-hacking security for the Forum and HC January 20th Fixed and improved the look of the Forum statistical charts ------------ ^ 2023 ^ ------------ 2022 ------------ December 12th Cursor now remains correctly in place after entering smilies or text styles on the Forum November 23rd Pressing the "Esc" key now returns to the image list when viewing an picture in Rob's Pics image collection 21st Unnessary "instructional" script automatically removed when adding embedded images to the forum 13th A history of Coventry Cross replicas added to the Coventry Cross page 9th New article The Phil Silvers Archival Museum, by Paul Maddocks 9th New article Transport Museum pt.6 - The Royal Cars, by Paul Maddocks 7th New article Transport Museum pt.5 - The 1987 F.A. Cup Winners' Sky Blue Bus, by Paul Maddocks October 23rd New article What links R2D2 to a Coventry Hydrogen/Electric cab company?, by Paul Maddocks 18th New article Coventry's Land Speed Record Cars in the Transport Museum, by Paul Maddocks 17th New article Transport Museum's New Hales Street Entrance, by Paul Maddocks 10th New memories page for the Stoke website GEC Apprentice Association outings from Leigh Belcham September 30th New article What links a Spitfire's landing gear to a baby buggy?, by Paul Maddocks 22nd New article Creating the Blitz Experience in the Transport Museum, by Paul Maddocks 19th New article Queen's 1977 visit sowed the seed for the Transport Museum, by Paul Maddocks 8th New article The sound that almost killed my Dad in the War!, by Paul Maddocks 6th New article about Whitefriars Gatehouse and Toy Museum, by Paul Maddocks August 28th New memories page Coventry Zoo and the Hippo attack, by Paul Maddocks 15th Updated photograph on the Cheylesmore Manor House Now and Then page July 4th Judith Franks adds a little more to the Wallace Road VE Party photo 2nd Historic Stoke website made public June 21st Adam Wood added to the Local Authors page 18th Forum 'likes' can now be viewed on a touch-screen device by touching the number 16th Picture selection on the Forum jigsaw puzzle now opens in a separate page for faster loading 16th Forum jigsaw puzzle page rearranged with adjacent reference picture for wider screens 5th Cosmetic tweaks made to the site 3rd New, larger photographs on the Far Gosford Street Now and Then page May 10th New, larger photographs on the Greyfriars Lane Now and Then page 10th New, larger photographs on the High Street from Broadgate Now and Then page 9th Extra photographs on the Council House Now and Then page 9th New, larger photographs on the Greyfriars Lane Now and Then page 9th New, larger photographs on the Cheylesmore Manor House Now and Then page 9th New, larger photographs on the Christ Church House Tour page 8th Updated photographs of Cheylesmore Manor House 6th 14 more postcard images added to Rob's Pics image collection April 26th Updated and larger photograph on the Coat of Arms Bridge Now and Then page 11th On the Forum emoticon shortcuts such :-) ;-) are now automatically turned into emoticons 4th Updated and larger photographs on the The Herbert Now and Then page 4th Updated photograph on the Jordan Well Now and Then page 4th Updated and larger photographs on the St. Michael's Avenue Now and Then page 2nd New "Engraved Coventry" page for the Courtyard of Ford's Hospital 2nd Updated and larger photograph of Ford's Hospital in the tour section 1st Updated and larger photographs on the Ford's Hospital Now and Then page March 31st New article by Damien Kimberley: The Great Flood of December 1900, and the lost Bridges 28th Improved "large image viewer", used on many pages 11th New forum member article: Mapping Coventry: The drawings of Dr. Nathaniel Troughton, by Vida Milovanovic 6th Pages of the Online Books can now be navigated with Left-Right arrows February 18th Forum Main and Topic indexes can now be navigated by keyboard arrows 8th Forum topic categories now navigate alphabetically correctly 1st Minor addition to the Forum admin system January 31st Minor improvement to the Forum mail system 28th Member-edited posts on the Forum no longer display an "Edited" tag 28th Members' profile images on the Forum can now be edited or deleted 27th Further improvements to the Forum mail system 25th New memories page Bombers over our Radford Streets, by Jerry Bird 25th Page title logos given transparency on Historic Coventry 25th Image verification improved on the Forum gallery 23rd Several improvements to administration for the Forum gallery 18th Further improvements to the Forum mail system 17th Improvement and bug-fix for the Forum Favourites 17th Improvements to the Forum mail system ------------ ^ 2022 ^ ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Updates from 2022 to present Updates from 2015 to 2021 Updates from 2012 to 2014 Updates from 2009 to 2011 Updates from 2006 to 2008 Updates from 2002 to 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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