Books on Coventry

All super recommendations - particularly Spon Street & Spon End, which is a very rare find nowadays..... even the author can't get hold of a copy!

There is a copy of "1000 Years of Coventry Pubs" been listed on eBay this morning

Appears that both those lots sold at a bargain price, and to the same buyer - I hope someone on here was the lucky recipient.

Yes, it was me! and I couldn't believe nobody else bid for them. I've already got at least one copy of The Coventry We Have Lost already so if anyone wants the spare copy/copies when they arrive, just get in touch.

Slowly catching up on lots of old posts and pleased to have found both this and a copy of the book. Looking forward to the read. Thanks Helen.

I just bought a book - The Industrial Revolution in Coventry by John Prest. I've not delved very deep into it but it's got lots of pictures of houses and top shops built in that era plus their floor plans. One thing I'd previously noted but not understood was how rapidly development came to a screeching halt due to economic factors. 1860 saw the end of the ribbon weaving boom. There was a general strike, a depression, a change in international trade and Coventry plus its close neighbours were so affected that between 1861 and 1871, the population actually fell. Coventry lost 1,555, Foleshill 1,502, Stoke 314, Bedworth 498 and so on. Meanwhile other areas not tied to ribbon weaving saw increases in population eg Birmingham grew by 47,711 and Leicester by 27,164.

My latest book delivered yesterday. "Coventry at Work" by David McGrory" Excellent