The other day, I thought it was about time I switched things up a bit and tried out the new Salt Lane Car Park. I was doing some of the final bits of filming for the promotional videos for Sky Blue City Walks, and part way up I realised: “Hang on, I’m filming random pointsContinue reading “The View from Salt Lane”
Tag Archives: Coventry
Celebrating the greatest cultural event so far in the History of Coventry: Coventry Market, the Musical!
As Coventry is on the verge of officially becoming UK City of Culture, we thought it was only right to celebrate what some have called the most important cultural event to ever take place in the history of the City. Is it the Mystery Plays that started in 15th century, that would go on toContinue reading “Celebrating the greatest cultural event so far in the History of Coventry: Coventry Market, the Musical!”
The most useful thing to come out of lockdown – a model of Coventry in 1509
The 1509 model of Coventry made by Peter Garbett is currently on display at Coventry Central Library.
A few odd jobs – Part 1
But there are a few odd jobs that really need doing before City of Culture. Not massive jobs, but they do need doing.
Time Team at St Marys
It occurred to me that when Sky Blue City Walks start – hopefully on Friday May the 21st – there will be more than a few references, so it seems sensible to get some of them here ready for you to find. Probably the first and most obvious is when Time Team came to Coventry.Continue reading “Time Team at St Marys”
Some ideas for the City of Culture edition of Coventry Monopoly
Two decades after the first Coventry edition of Monopoly, City of Culture 2021 means there is going to be a new one, so here are our suggestions of what should go into the updated version of the game.
Sky Blue City Walks 