Industrial Coventry and the City's recent history
This selection of resources relate to Coventry's famous industrial heritage, and also more recent history such as sporting achievements and the birth of Two-Tone music.
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Considering that Coventry was the birthplace of the British cycle industry, it is perhaps no surprise that the city became heavily involved in the development of the British motor industry during the mid-1890s. From the first velocipedes built here in 1868, most of the later well-established cycle manufacturers quickly turned their attention to motorised vehicles, and many of the early motoring pioneers moved to Coventry to become part of this revolutionary work. Local companies such as Bayliss, Thomas & Co., Coventry Eagle, Humber, Riley, and Swift were just a few of the cycle firms quick to catch on, and steadily new companies were formed solely to manufacture motorcycles. Coventry's Motorcycle Heritage covers the history of all these companies and their products
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Jaguar - Once the life blood of an industrial city like Coventry, but sadly Jaguar’s are now only designed not built here. Read this interesting book that tells of the role the company once played in the working life of Coventry. This illustrated history offers a fascinating insight into the techniques of automotive design and engineering that have given rise to Jaguar's extraordinary reputation. It tells the story of the fluctuating fortunes of the company at Browns Lane, and offers a revealing account of car production techniques and processes at Jaguar as they have evolved over the years. The book also offers an intimate portrait of the local people who can now no longer depended on Jaguar for their livelihoods. |
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This captivating book is packed with photos and was produced with the aid of the photographic archives of "The Coventry Evening Telegraph", this new edition of a title which has been out of print for several years, should find a new readership interested in the history of Britain's "Motor City".
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This book is a bit of a nostalgia trip for anyone who remembers:- The Specials, The Selector, Bad Manners exc. Two Tone is still fondly remembered by many and songs such as Ghost Town still sound great today. Worth reading if you enjoyed the sound and want to know more about its roots, or would just like to reminisce.
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I still remember the day Coventry won the FA Cup. Blue dye in the Belgrade Theatre fountain, streets filled with cheering local people, houses decorated with CCFC colours and the players returning triumphantly and touring the city in an open top bus. This DVD is a great piece of memorabilia to commemorate Coventry's greatest footbal achievement.
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This book is packed with photographs and articles from the papers 100 year history. It shows the changes in local industry from Watches and Bikes to Cars and the changing shape of the city itself. Coventry: A Century of News was originally produced to mark 100 years of Publishing by the Coventry Evening Telegraph/Midland Daily Telegraph. |
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One for Racing Engine enthusiasts. The author, Walter Hassan, was a famous automotive engineer back in the day. He was perhaps best known for his success with Coventry Climax, Bentley and Jaguar engined cars.
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This book contains 150 photographs which would interest anyone with a love of local history. It takes us from the destruction of the tram system during the various air raids to relatively modern times.
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This book would interest anyone with a taste for history or with links to the Coventry Tram or Bus network as it does not refer to the Coventry Car Industry. The Author Roger Bailey’s parents both worked on the Buses and they were the inspiration for this his first book. Included are some fascinating photos of Coventry Transport from 1884-1940.
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The tale of the brave men of HMS Coventry, who fought valiantly during the campaign to liberate the Falkland Islands from invaders in 1982.
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The history of the Singer company, as told by enthusiast Kevin Atkinson. A well researched book containing many interesting photographs, this book will interest Singer car fans.
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A cheap and useful street map of Coventry. Worth getting to help find your way around the city; it will be useful if you are visiting to explore Coventry's wealth of historical buildings and locations.
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The image of Coventry in flames was one of the most haunting of the Second World War. Yet the excitement and optimism of the 1950s and 1960s were succeeded by a quarter century of urban blight and economic slump. The collapse of manufacturing industry - machine tools, aeroplanes, cars - left a proud community adrift and demoralised. Today a revitalised twenty-first century city, Coventry has embraced the new millennium and evolved from bleak post-industrial desert to vibrant cultural oasis, in the process rediscovering a sense of purpose and a vision for the future.
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