History and record of updates to Historic Coventry
from 2006 - 2008
------------ 2008 ------------ December 2008 28th A second, smaller, Crossword added for those with less time! 23rd Better sorting applied to the Quiz results page 23rd Improvements made, and timer added to the Crossword 20th Crossword added to the site November 2008 21st More information added to the Church Lads' Brigade 'mystery' page 20th Another mystery to solve... the Church Lads' Brigade 16th Three photographic mysteries possibly solved - Alfred Heath, Lena Conway & Godiva Harriers 14th A suggestion to possibly solve the mystery of Bus Driver, Alfred Heath 12th Added a Sky Blue quiz 11th Made improved "multi-selection" quiz page October 2008 19th Two more history articles added - Fire Brigade 1861 & Public Bath plans 1896 15th Photos added to Simon Shaw's 1939 bombing article 14th New Section - History Articles begun - starting with Simon Shaw & J. B. Shelton MBE 12th New page of World War Two memories by James Hill September 2008 21st Improved side-menu with drop-outs 16th Improved Audio player added to Main page for playing Radio 4 clip 9th Visitors now able to submit their own Book Reviews August 2008 25th Book Reviews section added July 2008 30th 1953 Hippodrome postcard added 13th Converted site to XHTML standard 4th Made home page & main page validate to XHTML 'Transitional' 4th Information about Munition Cottages added to the Postcard page June 2008 30th New music player embedded into my 'Personal' page for playing my own compositions. 27th Basil Spence's 1951 cathedral sketch added to the New Cathedral section 27th Nice at Coventry this Easter postcard added 13th Designed new 'Dropped Capitals' for all pages May 2008 27th New montage on Steve's Home Page - https://steve.historiccoventry.co.uk/ 26th Replaced all Page Counters with my own, which only counts each visitor once per day 16th Hill St images added to the 1939 "Time Machine" 16th High St, Trinity La, Pool Meadow, Old Swimming Baths & Hertford St images added to the 1910 "Time Machine" 9th New 'Now and Then' page showing Pool Meadow in 1911 April 2008 4th Updated photo for Sherbourne near Gosford Street 4th Coventry Cathedral Floor Plan included 1st Scale added to all Maps March 2008 16th More memories - Band life with Derick Parsons 14th Another Photo Mystery to work out - Where is Lena Conway? 8th New "now and then" page added - Stoke Pool and Green 8th Page contents header added to the Conspiracies and myths Blitz page 7th A little more detail added to the Defending Coventry Blitz page February 2008 18th Possible new information regarding the pub in the "horse-drawn outing" photo mystery 2nd Photographs of Wyken added to Alan Edgson's memories page January 2008 24th Quizzes run from a database - scores can now be sorted 'Latest at the Top' 13th The wartime memories of Alan Edgson added to the site 7th Another photographic mystery to solve - Bus Driver, Alfred Heath 6th Possible solving of the Robins & Son Did you shop here? photo mystery 3rd Improvement made to searchability of PRINTS on the 'Buy Prints' website ------------ ^ 2008 ^ ------------ 2007 ------------ December 2007 31st New Photo-Mystery - "Did you shop here?" 31st Improvement made to "SEARCH DATABASE" on the 'Buy Prints' website 24th New "SEARCH DATABASE" developed for the 'Buy Prints' part of the website 6th List of Coventry's Mayors added to the History Section November 2007 22nd The wartime and working memories of Mike Fitzpatrick added to the website 21st Godiva Harriers mystery venue on the "Photo mysteries" section 15th Two more Postcards from Coventry drop through the letterbox 15th Another ball set rolling in the "Photo mysteries" section 11th New photos and information on the River Sherbourne page 10th Further information on the "horse-drawn outing" Photo Mystery page 9th Successful conclusion to the Leamington Ales "Photo Mystery" 3rd Two more postcards added to A Postcard from Coventry 1st Jo Shepherd's family added to the Memories page October 2007 31st A-Z page removed - not necessary with 'Search box' available on each page 31st Further update to the horse-drawn outing page of the Photo mysteries section 30th More postcards added to A Postcard from Coventry 26th New section added - A Postcard from Coventry 22nd Baptistery Window photograph replaced in the New Cathedral section 10th Fade effect added to enhance two Now and Then photos - Spon Street and Fleet Street 10th Another 360 Panoramic view added showing Bayley Lane, Pepper Lane, Cuckoo Lane and Hay Lane. 5th 360 Panoramic view of Coventry Cathedral Interior added. 3rd Scan of original 1860 photograph added to Broadgate Special page 2 September 2007 24th Page 14 added to the Blitz section - Other raids - and more items add to Conspiracies and myths 23rd Updates and additions made to the Statsistics and Conspiracies and myths pages in the Blitz section 21st Two extra "now and then" photos added to the Warwick Row to Hertford St - Warwick Lane page 21st Updated postcard photo on the Trinity Lane from Priory Row Now and Then page 20th Jordan Well in the 1920s added to the Now and Then section 18th New section added - COVENTRY'S BLITZ 15th New "now and then" photos on the Hertford St - Warwick Lane page 10th Some clues added by Barry Page to the Leamington Ales Photo mysteries page August 2007 19th More background about 'St. Michael & the Devil' and 'West Window', plus one more photo added to the New Cathedral section 19th A little history of Wheatley Street Schools added to the Now and Then section 17th 1957 photograph of the Unknown Ruin added to the Tour section July 2007 20th Updated information added to the "horse-drawn outing" page of the Photo mysteries 15th New section added - PHOTO MYSTERIES - where you're invited to identify old photos 13th Maps made to fade from one year to another June 2007 22nd Many Now and Then pages updated with 'fade' effects for the rollover photos May 2007 27th Coventry Cross added to appropriate maps 26th New page added to the Tour - Coventry Cross 26th New close-up photo of William Shakespeare sculpture added to the Guildhall page 20th General text-links underlined for clarity 15th Added an estimated construction of a 1225 map 14th More corrections made to various maps 13th All maps corrected for scale, and streets added in the west 7th A photo and a little more information included on the Old Grammar School page April 2007 29th Added another "Time Machine" - 1950s 25th William Shakespeare's Coventry performances added to the Guildhall page 23rd Priory Row, Guildhall & St. Michael's views added to the 1910 "Time Machine" 23rd Trinity Street looking towards Hippodrome photo added to the 1939 "Time Machine" 22nd Information about Coventry's Castle added to the History page 21st Timeline category added to the Main Page Link Map 20th All photos replaced on the Cox Street page of the City Wall section 20th Added a 'Free Image Download' page to the 'Prints' website 14th Bob Wildman's memories of Eric Over's family added to the Memories page 14th Added photos and information about the carved ceiling to the Guildhall page 14th Updated 'St. Michael & the Devil' and 'West Window' photos in the New Cathedral section 9th Rounded button effect added to side menus 1st Trinity Street & Hales Street Now and Then page expanded with two more photos March 2007 19th Timeline page added 19th Corrections made to the Guildhall page 17th New side-menu system created to avoid scrolling down for links 4th Broadgate viewed from Holy Trinity Church added to Now and Then 4th Trinity Street & Hales Street added to Now and Then 4th New Now and Then page 3 added to Steven's website February 2007 19th Minor corrections to the History page 11th Some IE7 bugs "worked around" 5th Memories of Barry Page added to the "Your Memories" section January 2007 24th Re-organised the Web Links page ------------ ^ 2007 ^ ------------ 2006 ------------ December 2006 31st Reorganised the Guest Book and Web Links pages 23rd More information about John Hales added to the Whitefriars page 17th Queen Victoria Road added to Now and Then 17th Fleet Street added to Now and Then 13th Two more views of Broadgate added to the Broadgate Special page 12th The whole of the City Wall section revised and separated into 11 pages 10th Improved the Coat of Arms logos on Homepage and all page headers November 2006 15th Added a second set of difficult questions for Quiz 2 12th Another photo added to Basil Spence's page of the New Cathedral section 12th Memories of Burt West added to the "Your Memories" section 5th New pictures and changes to the City Wall page 1 5th Added new photos to several Tour pages 4th Updated the 'Prints' site for easier ordering process October 2006 29th Corrected and updated the Site Map 21st Made the Main Page Link Map a bit more colourful 21st Added a link to the 'Lighting the Darkness' website on the River Sherbourne page 17th New Street into St. Michael's Avenue photo added to the 1910 "Time Machine" 15th Memories of Lizzie Tomlinson added to the "Your Memories" section 11th Added a Quiz Results page to Mandy's website 9th Added a Quiz Results page to Steve's website 7th Added a Quiz Results page 3rd More advanced 20 question quiz added to Historic Coventry September 2006 30th Added a 10 question quiz to Mandy's website 28th Added a 10 question quiz to Steven's website 25th Started to develop a Historic Coventry Quiz 24th Sorted this page by "most recent at the top" for convenience 20th Updated information on statue in the St. Mary's Cathedral section 17th New photo and information added for Bablake School in the Tour section 15th Removed "Change Style" option page which was little used 14th Fords Hospital page updated with Doctor Who link, and link removed from Main Page 8th Information updated on the Holy Trinity Church page 7th A little bit more information added to City Wall page 1 2nd Standardised the Doctor Who page August 2006 28th Doctor Who page added showing shots from filming in Coventry 20th New introduction for the City Wall pages 16th Revised and tarted up the Home Page a bit! 14th Altered 'Prints' site so all photos share a common PHP page 5th Changed the remainder of website to use PHP code. 3rd Changed all Virtual Tour pages to PHP with includes 3rd Changed all Post-war pages to PHP with includes July 2006 30th Re-did photo pair on Butcher Row Now and Then page 14th Renamed the Virtual Tour to "Time Machine" 7th 1910 Virtual Tour added 2nd Replaced the standard Internet Explorer "Error 404" page with my own customised explanation 2nd Added a robots.txt page June 2006 26th New section added - Pre-War Tour 21st Update made to Priory Street Swimming Baths Now and Then page 14th Update on the well on the Broadgate Now and Then page 14th Registered all pages with ICRA - No harmful content contained anywhere on this website (ICRA has since disbanded) 11th New views of St. Michael's Avenue add to Now and Then 10th Hampton Lucy photo added to Old Cathedral Stained Glass page 7th More Now & Then photos added - Memorial Park, The Grove & Wheatley Street Schools 7th Two "now & then" photos of Hertford Street added to Steven's website. May 2006 29th 1948 model of the Precinct added to the Post-war section 29th Replaced Cook St gate photos on Now and Then page 28th Link to www.cbrd.co.uk added to the Post-war section 20th Construction diagram for the Inner Ring Road added to the Post-war section 12th Speculation about St. Mary's spires plus photo of Wells' Cathedral added to St. Mary's Priory page 11th Footnotes showing sources included on the History page 7th Added archived versions of Historic Coventry from 2002 6th Better photo of Old Council Chamber added to Guildhall page 5th Split Broadgate pages into separate subjects 4th Basil Spence given his own page in the New Cathedral section 4th New aerial photo of St. Michael's Church on Old Cathedral page 1st Added the River Sherbourne to the Tour section April 2006 27th Corrections made to Now and Then pages of St. John's church and Hill Street 16th Architect's drawing of proposed campanile for St. Michael's added to the Old Cathedral page 16th Aerial Photo of Chapel of Unity added to the New Cathedral page 16th Photo of Bishop Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs added to the Old Cathedral page 15th Trinity Lane picture added to Now and Then 5th Split St. Mary's Cathedral page into seperate pages for each subject 5th Split New Cathedral page into seperate pages for each subject 5th Split Old Cathedral page into seperate pages for each subject 1st Split all Memories pages into a seperate page for each subject March 2006 31st Split all Post-war pages into a seperate page for each subject 31st Split all Tour pages into a seperate page for each subject 29th Split all Now and Then pages into a seperate page for each subject 16th Top menus improved & standardised 16th A new Now and Then page 11 added 12th Your Memories page added - Brian and Jeanne Richards February 2006 26th Added "Alt text" to remaining pages for better Accessibility and HTML Validation 19th Added "Alt text" to Now and Then pages for better Accessibility 19th Added Doc Type header to all pages for site validation 15th More about the Cross of Nails on the Old Cathedral page 13th Corrections made on the History page 13th Information about Mary Queen of Scots added to Tour page 4 13th Information added / corrected on the Old Cathedral page 12th Coventry Barracks added to the 1807, 1851 & 1900 maps 10th Corrected some style errors and improved some links January 2006 30th Added Coat of Arms Bridge Road photos to Now and Then page & Memories page 29th Replaced all Tour menus with "IFRAMES" and made them alphabetical. 28th Martyrs Memorial added to Steven's Now and Then page 27th Added the Ford Street Arts School to Now and Then 27th Added "The Herbert" to Now and Then page 27th Replaced all Now & Then menus with "IFRAMES" and made them alphabetical. 25th Bluecoat School added to Steven's Now and Then page 22nd Corrections and alterations to Sent to Coventry and Godiva on the History page. 10th Alteration to map of known original path of City Wall 9th Replaced all side menus with "IFRAMES" for easy replication ------------ ^ 2006 ^ ------------
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