Famous Coventrians

An interesting addition has been made to our list of Famous Coventrians - David Spencer

Hi Midland Red, you're observant, I only put it a couple of days ago ; my Dad told me about him and showed me his grave in the old part of London Road Cemetery. Spencer was quite an amazing guy.

I was at the Theatre Royal in London on Saturday and noticed a plaque under one of the paintings in the foyer, it read, "Presented by the Executors of the late Milner Montgomery Moore MD of Coventry". Does anyone know anything about him?

He was a medical practitioner at 1 The Quadrant, Coventry in both the 1891 and 1911 censuses Prior to that he was resident medical officer at Royal Albert Hospital, Devonport (1871) He was born in London and died at Eastbourne in 1935 aged 95

Thank you MR. I thought that he may have been a famous Coventrian, sadly not.

Archbishop of Canterbury Very Revd Justin Welby, one of our Famous Coventrians, went on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs this morning and chose You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry And The Pacemakers as one of his top eight. Good call, Justin!

Midland Red, sorry I missed those photo's earlier, I do apologise..

It's just been announced that Billie Whitelaw (born in Coventry) has died at the age of 82.

Very sad news about Billie Whitelaw a true acting legend.

OBE for Norman Dewis

I have just corrected a glaring omission from our "Famous Coventrians" list, by adding the name Harry Walker, the oldest living England Rugby International, who celebrated his 100th birthday last Wednesday (11 Feb). Anyone who knows anything about Coventry RFC will be well aware of the service Harry gave to the club, particularly through the glorious post-war years when "Cov" was unquestionably the country's no.1 team and he clearly should have been included on our list from the start

Coventry pop bands have been mentioned under this topic, and I have noticed that there is a programme on Vintage TV tonight at 10pm called Focus on Coventry. This will apparently examine Coventry's contribution to pop culture through such bands as The Specials, Fun Boy Three, King and more.