History and record of updates to my website: Historic Coventry.
------------ 2010 ------------ March 2010 9th Forum colour scheme reverted to good old Chocolate & Cream! February 2010 28th Forum colour scheme changed to Sky Blue and created as an independant sub-domain 21st Forum members can now add 'Signatures' to their posts on the Forum 15th Article added on the history of Stoke Park School 13th Overlaid map added to Simon Shaw's 1939 IRA bombing article to show the exact spot where it happened 11th Search facility added to the Forum 9th More Forum functionality added - can now add links & images, and list member's posts 8th More mystery photos to identify, this time at St. Joseph's Convent 6th Some Family Studio Portraits to identify in the Photo mysteries section 6th A new 'Your profile' page added to the Forum so you can list your own posts January 2010 25th A few layout improvements and a Members list added to the Forum 25th Historic Coventry Forum launched 12th The Where is Lena Conway? photo mystery has been solved 10th A new page added containing some of my music compositions 4th Norman Cohen's recollections of shops in Now and Then page of Bishop Street, (And larger photos added) 3rd Information about the Baedeker raids added to the Blitz section. ------------ 2009 ------------ December 2009 18th Changed this page! 17th A few more names added to the Court House Green School class photo by Jackie Ward 12th Larger photo supplied for the Court House Green School page 6th Liz Bayly's memories of the Art School in Ford Street added November 2009 22nd Replaced old Dropped Capitals with newly designed ones 20th Two more nostalgic photos added to the memories of Mike Tyzack 17th List of Coventry's Bishops added to the history section 16th 21 more scenes added to the 1910, 1939 and 1955 "Time Machines" 15th Slight change to homepage coat-of-arms logo display 14th The post-war decades remembered by Mike Tyzack 13th New Hippodrome (Coventry Theatre) added to Now and Then 8th New, more accurate postwar photo taken by Steven Orland for the Now and Then Aerial view of Trinity Street October 2009 19th Leamington Road added to the Now and Then section 19th Two pairs of views of Warwick Road added to Now and Then 16th Discussion of the legitimacy of the bombing methods used over Coventry 11th Correct 'now' view now used for the Wheatley Street Schools Now and Then page 9th Some more photos showing Hertford Street and the spire in the Blitz section 9th Another contribution to the first Photo mystery 8th Added 2009 map to the Maps page 8th Updated aerial view on the Maps page 5th A "now and then" style double-photo of the cathedral ruins added this Blitz page 4th Photo of Peeping Tom being rescued added to the Blitz section 4th More names supplied for the Court House Green School photo 2nd Remaining piece of City Wall near Parkside photographed September 2009 27th Prewar and postwar Aerial views of Trinity Street compared in the Now and Then section 26th Prewar and postwar Aerial views of High Street compared in the Now and Then section 26th Addition of Tony Swann's 1980's photograph of the Old Well in Broadgate 19th Mike Spellacy's life experiences added to your memories 15th More memories of the Car factory (in Far Gosford St) added 14th Another Car factory has possibly been identified 8th Even more information added about Court House Green School 7th More children identified in the Court House Green School class photo 7th The Holy Trinity Church School mentioned in the first Now and then photograph August 2009 17th One of the Car factory photos has been identified 14th Three mystery Car factory photos to be identified 13th Peter Thacker's Humber Works photographs added to "Your memories" 12th Paul Martin's Coventry Memories re-written July 2009 19th 1886 magazine article added - Coventry - The home of the Cycle Trade 14th Snippet of information added about the old hut in the Memorial Park June 2009 28th More memories with Patrick Casey and a schoolboy's fun around town 23rd Additional information added to Postcard to a Monk 12th 1962 photo of helicopter about to lift spire onto the roof of the New Cathedral added 8th Paul Martin's 'Thoughts of a younger Coventrian' added to Your Memories 7th Photos of the Civilian mass grave as it is today added to the Blitz section 5th Pupil located in the Court House Green School class photo 5th Made dual menu for Now and Then and Engraved Coventry May 2009 31st 1824 engraving of the Old Grammar School added 27th St. Mary's Guildhall Entrance added to Engraved Coventry 24th Updated photo for city wall at Gulson Road 19th London Daily Graphic article added illustrating the flood of 1900/1901 16th New section introduced - Engraved Coventry 8th Link to Icelanding article about Coventry's old cathedral stained glass 7th Most of the remaining parts of the website validated to XHTML 1.1 1st Mick Billings' memories of Little Park Street & Spon Street added to "Your memories" April 2009 17th Upgraded code on some pages to XHTML 1.1 1st A new large image "Now and Then" Bishop Street, looking south added March 2009 24th Joan Powell's experiences of the Coventry Blitz added to "Your memories" 7th Some extra information added to the City Wall introduction page. February 2009 27th Two more Stained Glass photos from Iceland added to the display 17th More of Keith Longmore's Coventry memories 13th Many more Stained Glass photos from Iceland now on display 10th New memories page - voyage on the Queen Mary with Cecilia Cargill and friends 2nd Old Cathedral Stained Glass page updated with extra information 2nd Bibliography converted to database for easy sorting & viewing January 2009 30th Post-war memories through the eyes of a child by Keith Longmore 19th Memories of Bishop Street and 1930s Coventry by Norman Cohen 10th Some additional information added to the Defending Coventry and myths Blitz pages 1st History Articles category included on the Main Page montage ------------ ^ 2009 ^ ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 2008 ------------ December 2008 28th A second, smaller, Crossword added for those with less time! 23rd Better sorting applied to the Quiz results page 23rd Improvements made, and timer added to the Crossword 20th Crossword added to the site November 2008 21st More information added to the Church Lads' Brigade 'mystery' page 20th Another mystery to solve... the Church Lads' Brigade 16th Three photographic mysteries possibly solved - Alfred Heath, Lena Conway & Godiva Harriers 14th A suggestion to possibly solve the mystery of Bus Driver, Alfred Heath 12th Added a Sky Blue quiz 11th Made improved "multi-selection" quiz page October 2008 19th Two more history articles added - Fire Brigade 1861 & Public Bath plans 1896 15th Photos added to Simon Shaw's 1939 bombing article 14th New Section - History Articles begun - starting with Simon Shaw & J. B. Shelton MBE 12th New page of World War Two memories by James Hill September 2008 21st Improved side-menu with drop-outs 16th Improved Flash Audio player added to Main page for playing Radio 4 clip 9th Visitors now able to submit their own Book Reviews August 2008 25th Book Reviews section added July 2008 30th 1953 Hippodrome postcard added 13th Converted site to XHTML standard 4th Made home page & main page validate to XHTML 'Transitional' 4th Information about Munition Cottages added to the Postcard page June 2008 30th New 'Flash' music player embedded into my 'Personal' page for playing my own compositions. 27th Basil Spence's 1951 cathedral sketch added to the New Cathedral section 27th Nice at Coventry this Easter postcard added 13th Designed new 'Dropped Capitals' for all pages May 2008 27th New montage on Steve's Home Page - http://steve.historiccoventry.co.uk/ 26th Replaced all Page Counters with my own, which only counts each visitor once per day 16th Hill St images added to the 1939 "Time Machine" 16th High St, Trinity La, Pool Meadow, Old Swimming Baths & Hertford St images added to the 1910 "Time Machine" 9th New 'Now and Then' page showing Pool Meadow in 1911 April 2008 4th Updated photo for Sherbourne near Gosford Street 4th Coventry Cathedral Floor Plan included 1st Scale added to all Maps March 2008 16th More memories - Band life with Derick Parsons 14th Another Photo Mystery to work out - Where is Lena Conway? 8th New "now and then" page added - Stoke Pool and Green 8th Page contents header added to the Conspiracies and myths Blitz page 7th A little more detail added to the Defending Coventry Blitz page February 2008 18th Possible new information regarding the pub in the "horse-drawn outing" photo mystery 2nd Photographs of Wyken added to Alan Edgson's memories page January 2008 24th Quizzes run from a database - scores can now be sorted 'Latest at the Top' 13th The wartime memories of Alan Edgson added to the site 7th Another photographic mystery to solve - Bus Driver, Alfred Heath 6th Possible solving of the Robins & Son Did you shop here? photo mystery 3rd Improvement made to searchability of PRINTS on the Buy Prints website ------------ ^ 2008 ^ ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 2007 ------------ December 2007 31st New Photo-Mystery - "Did you shop here?" 31st Improvement made to SEARCH DATABASE Buy Prints website 24th New SEARCH DATABASE developed for the 'Buy Prints' part of the website 6th List of Coventry's Mayors added to the History Section November 2007 22nd The wartime and working memories of Mike Fitzpatrick added to the website 21st Godiva Harriers mystery venue on the "Photo mysteries" section 15th Two more Postcards from Coventry drop through the letterbox 15th Another ball set rolling in the "Photo mysteries" section 11th New photos and information on the River Sherbourne page 10th Further information on the "horse-drawn outing" Photo Mystery page 9th Successful conclusion to the Leamington Ales "Photo Mystery" 3rd Two more postcards added to A Postcard from Coventry 1st Jo Shepherd's family added to the Memories page October 2007 31st A-Z page removed - not necessary with 'Search box' available on each page 31st Further update to the "horse-drawn outing" page of the Photo mysteries section 30th More postcards added to A Postcard from Coventry 26th New section added - A Postcard from Coventry 22nd Baptistery Window photograph replaced in the New Cathedral section 10th Fade effect added to enhance two Now and Then photos - Spon Street and Fleet Street 10th Another 360 Panoramic view added showing Bayley Lane, Pepper Lane, Cuckoo Lane and Hay Lane. 5th 360 Panoramic view of Coventry Cathedral Interior added. 3rd Scan of original 1860 photograph added to Broadgate Special page 2 September 2007 24th Page 14 added to the Blitz section - Other raids - and more items add to Conspiracies and myths 23rd Updates and additions made to the Statsistics and Conspiracies and myths pages in the Blitz section 21st Two extra "now and then" photos added to the Warwick Row to Hertford St - Warwick Lane page 21st Updated postcard photo on the Trinity Lane from Priory Row Now and Then page 20th Jordan Well in the 1920's added to the Now and Then section 18th New section added - COVENTRY'S BLITZ 15th New "now and then" photos on the Hertford St - Warwick Lane page 10th Some clues added by Barry Page to the Leamington Ales Photo mysteries page August 2007 19th More background about 'St. Michael & the Devil' and 'West Window', plus one more photo added to the New Cathedral section 19th A little history of Wheatley Street Schools added to the Now and Then section 17th 1957 photograph of the Unknown Ruin added to the Tour section July 2007 20th Updated information added to the "horse-drawn outing" page of the Photo mysteries 15th New section added - PHOTO MYSTERIES - where you're invited to identify old photos 13th Maps made to fade from one year to another June 2007 22nd Many Now and Then pages updated with 'fade' effects for the rollover photos May 2007 27th Coventry Cross added to appropriate maps 26th New page added to the Tour - Coventry Cross 26th New close-up photo of William Shakespeare sculpture added to the Guildhall page 20th General text-links underlined for clarity 15th Added an estimated construction of a 1225 map 14th More corrections made to various maps 13th All maps corrected for scale, and streets added in the west 7th A photo and a little more information included on the Old Grammar School page April 2007 29th Added another "Time Machine" - 1950's 25th William Shakespeare's Coventry performances added to the Guildhall page 23rd Priory Row, Guildhall & St. Michael's views added to the 1910 "Time Machine" 23rd Trinity Street looking towards Hippodrome photo added to the 1939 "Time Machine" 22nd Information about Coventry's Castle added to the History page 21st Timeline category added to the Main Page Link Map 20th All photos replaced on the Cox Street page of the City Wall section 20th Added a Free Image Download page to the 'Prints' website 14th Bob Wildman's memories of Eric Over's family added to the Memories page 14th Added photos and information about the carved ceiling to the Guildhall page 14th Updated 'St. Michael & the Devil' and 'West Window' photos in the New Cathedral section 9th Rounded button effect added to side menus 1st Trinity Street & Hales Street Now and Then page expanded with two more photos March 2007 19th Timeline page added 19th Corrections made to the Guildhall page 17th New side-menu system created to avoid scrolling down for links 4th Broadgate viewed from Holy Trinity Church added to Now and Then 4th Trinity Street & Hales Street added to Now and Then 4th New Now and Then page 3 added to Steven's website February 2007 19th Minor corrections to the History page 11th Some IE7 bugs "worked around" 5th Memories of Barry Page added to the "Your Memories" section January 2007 24th Re-organised the Web Links page ------------ ^ 2007 ^ ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 2006 ------------ December 2006 31st Reorganised the Guest Book and Web Links pages 23rd More information about John Hales added to the Whitefriar's page 17th Queen Victoria Road added to Now and Then 17th Fleet Street added to Now and Then 13th Two more views of Broadgate added to the Broadgate Special page 12th The whole of the City Wall section revised and separated into 11 pages 10th Improved the Coat of Arms logos on Homepage and all page headers November 2006 15th Added a second set of difficult questions for Quiz 2 12th Another photo added to Basil Spence's page of the New Cathedral section 12th Memories of Burt West added to the "Your Memories" section 5th New pictures and changes to the City Wall page 1 5th Added new photos to several Tour pages 4th Updated the 'Prints' site for easier ordering process October 2006 29th Corrected and updated the Site Map 21st Made the Main Page Link Map a bit more colourful 21st Added a link to the 'Lighting the Darkness' website on the River Sherbourne page 17th New Street into St. Michael's Avenue photo added to the 1910 "Time Machine" 15th Memories of Lizzie Tomlinson added to the "Your Memories" section 11th Added a Quiz Results page to Mandy's website 9th Added a Quiz Results page to Steve's website 7th Added a Quiz Results page 3rd More advanced 20 question quiz added to Historic Coventry September 2006 30th Added a 10 question quiz to Mandy's website 28th Added a 10 question quiz to Steven's website 25th Started to develop a Historic Coventry Quiz 24th Sorted this page by "most recent at the top" for convenience 20th Updated information on statue in the St. Mary's Cathedral section 17th New photo and information added for Bablake School in the Tour section 15th Removed "Change Style" option page which was little used 14th Fords Hospital page updated with Doctor Who link, and link removed from Main Page 8th Information updated on the Holy Trinity Church page 7th A little bit more information added to City Wall page 1 2nd Standardised the Doctor Who page August 2006 28th Doctor Who page added showing shots from filming in Coventry 20th New introduction for the City Wall pages 16th Revised and tarted up the Home Page a bit! 14th Altered 'Prints' site so all photos share a common PHP page 5th Changed the remainder of website to use PHP code. 3rd Changed all Virtual Tour pages to PHP with includes 3rd Changed all Post-war pages to PHP with includes July 2006 30th Re-did photo pair on Butcher Row Now and Then page 14th Renamed the Virtual Tour to "Time Machine" 7th 1910 Virtual Tour added 2nd Replaced the standard Internet Explorer "Error 404" page with my own customised explanation 2nd Added a robots.txt page June 2006 26th New section added - Pre-War Tour 21st Update made to Priory Swiming Baths Now and Then page 14th Update on the well on the Broadgate Now and Then page 14th Registered all pages with ICRA - No harmful content contained anywhere on this website 11th New views of St. Michael's Avenue add to Now and Then 10th Hampton Lucy photo added to Old Cathedral Stained Glass page 7th More Now & Then photos added - Memorial Park, The Grove & Wheatley Street Schools 7th Two "now & then" photos of Hertford Street added to Steven's website. May 2006 29th 1948 model of the Precinct added to the Post-war section 29th Replaced Cook St gate photos on Now and Then page 28th Link to www.cbrd.co.uk added to the Post-war section 20th Construction diagram for the Inner Ring Road added to the Post-war section 12th Speculation about St. Mary's spires plus photo of Wells' Cathedral added to St. Mary's Priory page 11th Footnotes showing sources included on the History page 7th Added archived versions of Historic Coventry from 2002 6th Better photo of Old Council Chamber added to Guildhall page 5th Split Broadgate pages into separate subjects 4th Basil Spence given his own page in the New Cathedral section 4th New aerial photo of St. Michael's Church on Old Cathedral page 1st Added the River Sherbourne to the Tour section April 2006 27th Corrections made to Now and Then pages of St. John's church and Hill Street 16th Architect's drawing of proposed campanile for St. Michael's added to the Old Cathedral page 16th Aerial Photo of Chapel of Unity added to the New Cathedral page 16th Photo of Bishop Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs added to the Old Cathedral page 15th Trinity Lane picture added to Now and Then 5th Split St. Mary's Cathedral page into seperate pages for each subject 5th Split New Cathedral page into seperate pages for each subject 5th Split Old Cathedral page into seperate pages for each subject 1st Split all Memories pages into a seperate page for each subject March 2006 31st Split all Post-war pages into a seperate page for each subject 31st Split all Tour pages into a seperate page for each subject 29th Split all Now and Then pages into a seperate page for each subject 16th Top menus improved & standardised 16th A new Now and Then page 11 added 12th Your Memories page added - Brian and Jeanne Richards February 2006 26th Added "Alt text" to remaining pages for better Accessibility and HTML Validation 19th Added "Alt text" to Now and Then pages for better Accessibility 19th Added Doc Type header to all pages for site validation 15th More about the Cross of Nails on the Old Cathedral page 13th Corrections made on the History page 13th Information about Mary Queen of Scots added to Tour page 4 13th Information added / corrected on the Old Cathedral page 12th Coventry Barracks added to the 1807, 1851 & 1900 maps 10th Corrected some style errors and improved some links January 2006 30th Added Coat of Arms Bridge Road photos to Now and Then page & Memories page 29th Replaced all Tour menus with "IFRAMES" and made them alphabetical. 28th Martyrs Memorial added to Steven's Now and Then page 27th Added the Ford Street Arts School to Now and Then 27th Added "The Herbert" to Now and Then page 27th Replaced all Now & Then menus with "IFRAMES" and made them alphabetical. 25th Bluecoat School added to Steven's Now and Then page 22nd Corrections and alterations to Sent to Coventry and Godiva on the History page. 10th Alteration to map of known original path of City Wall 9th Replaced all side menus with "IFRAMES" for easy replication ------------ ^ 2006 ^ ------------ Older updates - 2005 and beyond....
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