Hermitage Farm was still operational when I was a child. At the bottom end of the scout field between Mellowdew Road and Browning Road...

A Hermit lived here. That's why my road is called Hermitage Road. Hermitage Road after Hermitage Farm (also known as "The Hermitage")...

I spent Monday evening attending a virtual zoom meeting of the Coventry Society which featured a positive presentation by Mark Webb of...

Something quite different (for me!) in my blog post today. In yesterday's post I gave mention to local street names which act as a...

Our methods of working, learning and getting entertained are habit forming and it has certainly been the case over the last few months...

In my last post I looked at some aspects of Coventry's coal mining and motor industries. Today I move on to retail and tourism - two...

I spent yesterday (Saturday) evening viewing some interesting TV programmes relevant to our local industries that put me to thinking...

I have spent much of the recent "lockdown" period working on what I hope will eventually become a publication dealing with all things...

When I was growing up I would often hear my grandma, my dad and other older native Coventrians lament the lost "character" of their city....

Some of my recent posts have dealt with connections between Caludon Castle and William Shakespeare. Early scenes from the history...

I regulary go for walks with my dog Spike around Caludon Castle Park and often imagine the activity which would have gone on there...

The BBC website today reported the discovery of what is thought to be "The Red Lion" - London's earliest theatre. The story links the...

As the lockdown restrictions gradually ease I am hoping to start offering guided walks again in Coventry in the not too distant future. I...

I've just returned from a pleasant morning walk with my dog Spike around the lake at Stoke Floods. The lake is adjacent to the Sowe...

One of the headlines on the BBC News website today is "Alarm at Med Pollution at Covid Protection Waste". The story outlines the concerns...

In my last few posts I have concentrated on the history of my Hermitage Road locality and hopefully shown that even what can seem as a...

I am writing at a time when many people will be feeling negative effects of isolation due to the "lockdown" restrictions. Many however...

I have just returned from a short walk with my dog around the block, "the Block" being the square of my own Hermitage Road (named after...

Tomorrow evening (Saturday) ITV will be screening the 1987 FA Cup Final featuring Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur. These were two of...

One of my blog entries last week included references to William Shakespeare's Coventry connections. Last night's BBC 4 documentaries...