History and record of updates to Historic Coventry
from 2022
------------ 2025 ------------ July 2025 8th New article William Robert Lambe - Blitz Hero, by Simon Shaw June 2025 26th Coventry Pub History given its own unique address - www.coventrypubhistory.co.uk 25th Forum Event Diary improved 15th Fixed bug in the forum where zoomed images did not display correctly within quoted posts 15th Improved navigation and pan & zoom tool added to Rob's Pics image collection May 2025 12th More illustrations added to the Theatre archive (thanks to Forum member, Garlands Joke Shop) 9th Help page added for new people wishing to register with the forum 2nd Corrections to the Mayors list April 2025 21st Forum database backup improved to not reject non-standard characters 20th All image editors improved so that a positive integer rotates an image clockwise 16th Improvement to how illustrations are displayed in the Theatre archive 16th More illustrations added to the Theatre archive (thanks to Forum member, Garlands Joke Shop) 10th "Remaining characters" counter on forum to prevent large posts causing page errors 26th Text-area character counter added to forum March 2025 27th Improved search for the Theatre archive 25th Further information has come to light and added to the Not Forgotten article by Simon Shaw 12th Ancient Tile Kilns at Harefield Road article added to the Stoke website February 2025 18th Improvements to the form for adding Famous Coventrians 2nd Updated Burges from Cross Cheaping now and then pairing 2nd Updated Cox Street now and then pairing January 2025 20th All sites updated with show/hide password when logging in ------------ ^ 2025 ^ ------------ 2024 ------------ November 2024 24th Updated Hales Street Flood of 1900 now and then photos on Steve's site 24th Updated St. Michael's Apse now and then photos on Steve's site 24th Updated Ford's Hospital now and then photos on Steve's site 20th New memories page - 1974 Telephone Exchange bombing, a personal recollection by John Fuery 10th Updated the Ironmonger Row now and then pairing October 2024 30th Updated the Bayley Lane photo on the Pepper Lane & Bayley Lane tour page 30th Updated the Guildhall & 22 Bayley Lane now and then pairing 24th Improvements to Coventry Firsts editing 23rd Beginnings of a Coventry Firsts list added to the Forum 13th Tarted up the Historic Coventry Main Page a little! 13th Steve Orland's Trinity Street aerial view now and then updated 9th Added forum article Life of a Coventry Watchmaker Mid-18th century, by Fyza Tariq 8th Revised Holy Trinity Church page and added new photos 7th Updated the Trinity Church aerial view now & then photos 6th Updated the "now" Trinity Street from Broadgate photo 6th Updated the "now" Great Butcher Row looking south photo 5th Updated Burges from Bishop Street now and then pairing 4th Added forum article First account of a witchcraft trial for black magic in England, 1325, by Mike Bevan 3rd Updated photo for the Bishop Street south now and then page 3rd Updated photo for the Bishop Gate City Wall page September 2024 28th New page of information about the re-routing of the City Wall at Pool Meadow added to the City Wall & Gates section 28th City Wall & Gates pages revised and order changed to clockwise 26th Admin tools added to forum to assist image-editing 18th Additional information about some of the 12 City Gates 17th Significant expansion of the Not Forgotten article by Simon Shaw 16th Fixed bug in the Forum navigation of topic categories 11th Embedded Old English font into title pages of Historic Coventry, Forum and Historic Stoke websites 5th Joined the Wyken-Walsgrave and Stoke-Binley maps together 2nd 1936 and 1937 shows added to the Theatre archive, which is NOW COMPLETE! 1st 1934 and 1935 shows added to the Theatre archive 1st 1933 shows added to the Theatre archive 1st Visitor update to the Edwin Brown, Victorian Animal Artist page August 2024 31st 1932 shows added to the Theatre archive 29th 1931 shows added to the Theatre archive 27th 1929 and 1930 shows added to the Theatre archive 22nd 1927 and 1928 shows added to the Theatre archive 19th The Staunton Folio, 1883, added to Online Books 8th 1925 and 1926 shows added to the Theatre archive July 2024 31st Bug fixed so that Old Map Scans display complete up to the edges 29th 1924 shows added to the Theatre archive 28th New article Trinity National Schools 18th New article The Old Vicarage, Binley, by Anna Eddleston 12th Updated photo and additional Sir Giles Gilbert Scott drawing on the New Cathedral page June 2024 23rd 1923 shows added to the Theatre archive 19th 1922 shows added to the Theatre archive 14th New article The Ira Aldridge Trail, by Simon Shaw 4th 1921 shows added to the Theatre archive May 2024 30th Placement improvement and streets added to older street maps 23rd 1919 and 1920 shows added to the Theatre archive 21st 1918 shows added to the Theatre archive 20th 1917 shows added to the Theatre archive 15th New photo mystery - Coventry Assistants' Cricket Club, 1905 Season 14th 1915 and 1916 shows added to the Theatre archive 4th 1914 shows added to the Theatre archive April 2024 26th New Google map to show locations of significant Coventry buildings - linked from each Tour landmark 22nd Fixed bug on the Forum which prevented adding multiple images to a new topic 16th Fixes to the City Wall on Google map to improve interaction on 'phones and touch-screens 14th Many previously non-mapped locations added to the Now and Then Google map 13th Clicking the camera link on a Now and Then page will now take you to its zoomed in location on the map 13th Nice camera shape for Now and Then Google map 12th New zoomable Google map for more accurate Now and Then locations 8th Updated photograph on the Priory Street, upper end Now and Then page 8th 1913 shows added to the Theatre archive 2nd Improvements in accuracy of Cheylesmore and Little Park gates on the City Wall on modern Coventry map March 2024 31st Improvements in accuracy of Bishop Gate and Gosford Gate on the City Wall on modern Coventry map 27th Added air-raid statistics about the Easter 1941 raids 24th Scalable Google Map used to replace hand-drawn map of City Wall on modern Coventry 10th Additional people and information added to the Blitz Victims list 7th 1912 shows added to the Theatre archive February 2024 26th Upgraded Forum MySQL code to deal with impending changes 19th 1910 and 1911 shows added to the Theatre archive 10th Searches on Steve's site now also find results in HC and the Stoke website 10th 56 more images added to Rob's Pics image collection 7th HC searches now also find results in the Stoke website and Steve's site January 2024 31st 1909 shows added to the Theatre archive 9th 1907 and 1908 shows added to the Theatre archive 9th More ticket and programme illustrations kindly donated for the Theatre archive 8th Automatic credits added for illustrations in the Theatre archive 3rd Circus and theatre shows for the 'Tin Hippodrome' from 1884 to 1906 added to the Theatre archive ------------ ^ 2024 ^ ------------ 2023 ------------ December 2023 9th Correction to the Mayors list November 2023 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 2023 31st New article D-Day and Monty's Staff Car, by Paul Maddocks September 2023 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 2023 31st Family photographs to some of the Blitz Victims July 2023 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 2023 25th Larger navigation menus with arrows on all Historic Coventry page footers 1st Improved search now shows title results first April 2023 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 2023 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 2023 20th Fixed and improved the look of the Forum statistical charts ------------ ^ 2023 ^ ------------ 2022 ------------ December 2022 12th Cursor now remains correctly in place after entering smilies or text styles on the Forum November 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 4th Judith Franks adds a little more to the Wallace Road VE Party photo 2nd Historic Stoke website made public June 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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 ^ ------------
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