The Christmas Day service was broadcast from the ruins of Coventry Cathedral weeks after the blitz destroyed the city in 1940 [Getty Images] On Christmas Day 85 years ago, just weeks after the ...
An annual festival returns next month, marking 85 years since the Coventry Blitz. Running from 1-16 November, Coventry City Council said this year's Peace Festival would reflect "Coventry's proud role ...
A series of events will be held in Coventry over the next fortnight to remember those whose lives were lost in conflicts across the decades. The city will Coventry is paying tribute to the fallen, ...
A 97-year-old man has told how his family's air-raid shelter caved in on the night of the Coventry Blitz, leaving them buried before his father dug them out. "The air was foul with cordite, ...
A cardboard depiction of a city's cathedral has been built and demolished to mark its destruction 85 years ago. The building was destroyed in November 1940 when the Luftwaffe launched a devastating ...
On 14 November 1940, Coventry was hit with the most concentrated attack on a British city in World War Two. The German air raid involved almost 500 Luftwaffe bombers, dropping 500 tonnes of high ...
It's a day that Coventry will never forget. But as the years pass and many of those who were around to witness it are no longer with us, it's important to make sure a new generation understands the ...