The Tin Music and Arts is a local charity that is based at Coventry’s Canal Basin. Among the many things that it supports across the city are music events in ECHO’s area, including the monthly The Tin at the Nursery sessions and occasional concerts at St Mary Magdalen Church and the Criterion Theatre. All day today, Thursday …
Category: Chapelfields
The Tin at the Nursery 11 May
The acts appearing at the Nursery Tavern on Wednesday 11 May are expected to be: LooN INc, Rich Coad’s Wow Impro, The Rude Mechanicals, Shey and friends. Doors open at 8.30pm and admission is free. Under-18s are welcome with an accompanying adult. The bill is subject to change at short notice.
Stitched Together
The Pod, Time Union, & Food Union invite you to partake in a collaborative stitching project – Stitched Together. The aim of the project is to create a large textile banner as used by Trade Unions and the Women’s Suffragette movement. The banner will be created using the themes of activism, collectivism, equality, justice, human …
Delivering Neighbourhoods Differently workshop
CJD Communities and Community Development Services, Coventry City Council and community specialist Carole Donnelly are supporting a workshop to explore ways to help the communities of Earlsdon and Chapelfields. ‘Delivering Neighbourhoods Differently’ will be held between 10am and 12noon on Saturday 17 October, at Earlsdon Primary School. Residents are invited to share ideas of what …
Community Arts Festival
The ‘ How Great Thou Art’ community arts festival, organised by Churches Together in Earlsdon and Chapelfields (CTEC) starts in 10 days. Go to www.hgta.org.uk for more information on events from 1- 17 October.
Pail’s Bakery
Last night’s fire at the disused Pails Bakery, Craven Street, came shortly after it was sold at auction but before the sale had been completed. Cllr Bally Singh, Lead West Midlands Fire Authority member, said “It’s such a shame to hear of fire at the historic Pails bakery on Craven Street, and I hope the …
BREAKING: Arsonists torch former Pails Bakery in Chapelfields – Coventry Telegraph
Firefighters spent an hour tackling fire at landmark building in Craven Street Source: BREAKING: Arsonists torch former Pails Bakery in Chapelfields – Coventry Telegraph
Date set for public services meeting
A date has been set for the public meeting that is mentioned in ECHO’s July cover story. Love Earlsdon reports: The future of Earlsdon Library: South Earlsdon Neighbours Association SENA & North Earlsdon Neighbourhood Association (NENA) have organised a public meeting to discuss how the ‘community’ will run the library and other local amenities should …
80 years old – going stronger then ever
It was eighty years ago next month that St. Mary Magdalen Church in Chapelfields opened its doors for the first time. And as ECHO discovered recently, the church is growing, active and as vibrant as ever. The Reverend Stella Bailey, who arrived at ‘the church with the blue roof’ in 2011, explained how the congregation …
Chapelfields woman back from Russia looks for help
Coming back to a rainy Coventry seemed a breeze for Chapelfields resident, Carol Brown, who braved temperatures of -20ºC in Moscow on route back to the UK. Carol, who was in Volgograd at the time of a series of terrorist bombings, has been putting the finishing touches to a musical programme between young musicians from …