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	St. Michael's - The Old Coventry Cathedral.
		This bronze tomb was the only thing within the cathedral to survive the blitz although one of the bishop's hands which holds a small model of the cathedral, was severed.
		In the early part of the war leading up to the blitz, the potential threat to the cathedral during air-raids was fully realized and certain measures to preserve the buildings heritage were undertaken.
		However, in 1918 after Coventry had gone nearly 400 years with no cathedral since the demolition of St. Mary's after the Dissolution, the church was finally given cathedral status.
	www.historiccoventry.co.uk /cathedrals/oldcathedral.html (2240 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Memories of war time in Coventry - A4190131
		On the night of the Coventry Blitz I was doing the night shift at Coventry Climax- I had volunteered to undertake fire watch duties.
		Before the Blitz there had been 43 air raid in Coventry- including two whistling bombs, the sound of which would go "right through your body".
		I joined the Special Constabulary in 1938, because of the IRA problems in Coventry, one of my jobs was to check pillar and telephone boxes for packages.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A4190131 (1041 words)

	Coventry Market History from 1217 to 2001 - Robert Stephenson aka Rupert the Fish
		Coventry market on the morning after the November 14th 1940 all night blitz, showing what remains of the market clock and round market roof the rest of the market was completely destroyed, over 500 tons of explosives were dropped on Coventry city centre this night.
		The Second world war blitz on Coventry market
		The famous Coventry cross in the Broadgate / cross cheaping area (meaning market place) was erected by a former Coventry citizen, Sir William Hollis, who became mayor of London, he paid £200 to have the cross built, it became a focal point for the street markets which sprang up around it.
	www.rupert-fish.co.uk /interests/coventry_market_history.html (584 words)

	history.html
		In the remainder of this paper we briefly elaborate on this argument by contrasting disembodied ërepresentations of spaceí with embodied ëspaces of representationí in the post-war redevelopment of Coventry city centre between the blitz of 1940 and the symbolically important consecration of the new cathedral in 1962.
		The pressing need for planning a new city centre was at that time already evident: Coventry was booming on the back of the motor industry, and the suburban built-up area of the city had expanded dramatically during the 1930s, leading to growing problems of traffic congestion and urban blight in the commercial core.
		On the night of the November blitz, it was like the end of the world because I went down town with a friend the next morning and I thought weíd all have to move away for ever.
	www-staff.lboro.ac.uk /~gypjh/history.html (4116 words)

	Coventry Market History from 1217 to 2001 - Robert Stephenson aka Rupert the Fish
		Coventry market on the morning after the November 14th 1940 all night blitz, showing what remains of the market clock and round market roof the rest of the market was completely destroyed, over 500 tons of explosives were dropped on Coventry city centre this night.
		The Second world war blitz on Coventry market
		The famous Coventry cross in the Broadgate / cross cheaping area (meaning market place) was erected by a former Coventry citizen, Sir William Hollis, who became mayor of London, he paid £200 to have the cross built, it became a focal point for the street markets which sprang up around it.
	www.rupert-fish.co.uk /interests/coventry_market_history.html (4116 words)

	The Facts Of Life by Graham Joyce
		The author, Graham Joyce, has given us a slice of social history, an insight into the horror of the Coventry blitz (he was born near there and obviously studied the bombing of Coventry in detail), and a shiveringly thought-provoking thread of supernatural happenings.
		The six sisters struggled throughout the Coventry blitz with little realisation as to what Martha, Cassie and Frank witnessed.
		The story of the Vine family extends from the beginnings of World War Two through post-war times of austerity, on to the late 1950’s and at all points in the book, the reader is given clues as to the time setting.
	www.computercrowsnest.com /sfnews2/03_march/review0303_10.shtml (4116 words)

	Home Page for TheCoventryPages.NET
		Hopefully it has provided an insight into what being a civilian in Coventry meant during the Blitz.
		Others on Coventry in his selection of midlands history are "Coventry: A Century of news" and "Memories of Coventry".
		Her story of the bombing of Coventry during World War 2 has been read by many hundreds of visitors to this site.
	www.thecoventrypages.net (172 words)

	Home Page for TheCoventryPages.NET
		Hopefully it has provided an insight into what being a civilian in Coventry meant during the Blitz.
		Others on Coventry in his selection of midlands history are "Coventry: A Century of news" and "Memories of Coventry".
		Her story of the bombing of Coventry during World War 2 has been read by many hundreds of visitors to this site.
	www.thecoventrypages.net (172 words)

	Powell's Books - The Blitz: Belfast in the War Years by Brian Barton
		For Belfast, like Coventry, there was no gradual conditioning; when the Luftwaffe struck, the sudden violence of its attacks devastated the city, leaving over one thousand dead.
		It also highlights how the blitz exposed extreme poverty in Belfast and the bleak social aftermath of the raids.
		Powell's Books - The Blitz: Belfast in the War Years by Brian Barton
	www.powells.com /biblio?&cgi=product&isbn=0856404268 (172 words)

	Taxi from Coventry going to Airport
		Coventry Cathedral is a great visitor attraction, the magnificent new cathedral standing alongside the ruins of the old one, which was destroyed in the blitz of 1940.
		At the last census, the population of Coventry was in excess of 300,000.
		The City of Coventry now boasts a thriving economy, with new business parks and two universities.
	www.a1taxies.co.uk /coventry.htm (172 words)

	Coventry
		Coventry city centre after the blitz - CLICK TO ENLARGEOn the moonlit night of...
		Coventry - centre of the country, at the heart of the motorway network, home of the motor industry, within easy reach of every major European capital.
		Coventry’s earliest cathedral, dedicated to St Mary, was founded as a...
	coventry.gigabusca.co.uk /cities/coventry.html (2179 words)

	Introduction To The Scripture For Ordinary 18 - Proper 13 - Year C
		One is reminded of the immense figure of the Risen Christ towering over the altar in the magnificent Coventry Cathedral rebuilt of etched and coloured glass and stainless steel beside the ruins of the old cathedral destroyed in the World War II blitz.
		This mission also calls the church universal in a world longing to see the living Christ stand among us.
		Such is the missioning reality of the great Coventry Cathedral in its English urban setting.
	www.rockies.net /~spirit/sermons/c-or18-js.php (2912 words)

	www.MotorSnippets.com
		Coventry was of course very badly damaged in the blitz and I am delighted that the previous short but very effective display on the bombing remains - most evocative.
		Though the first museum of transport in Coventry did not open until late 1980 its roots go back to 1937 when Sammy Bartleet presented the City with his collection of over 70 historic bicycles From that small beginning the collection has grown to 240 cars, commercial vehicles and buses, 94 motorcycles and over 200 cycles.
		Museum of the Month, August 2004 - Coventry Transport Museum
	www.motorsnippets.com /news_item_museums.asp?articleid=456 (830 words)

	HISTORY OF COVENTRY CANAL SOCIETY
		Coventry City basin in the late 80's and the redevelopment of the canal corridor and the art trail in the 90's.
		The then Lord Mayor of Coventry, Pearl Hyde, was invited to the rally and became a committed and enthusiastic supporter of the Society and canals in general.
		The Coventry Canal Society was very active in promoting the advantages to the city of a local canal.
	www.covcanalsoc.org.uk /history.htm (570 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Coventry
		Coventry was launched in April 1986 on the Tyne, the last of the six Batch 2 Broadsword-class ships, and she was commissioned in October 1988.
		HMS Coventry is a Batch 2 Type 22 frigate, which were originally designed as anti-submarine specialists, but which developed into highly-effective all-round warships - their communications fit allows them to function comfortably as a command or flagship.
		Recent years have seen HMS Coventry, which is part of the Sixth Frigate Squadron in Devonport, serving in a wide range of roles.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ships/coventry.asp (570 words)

	Heritage - The Coventry Blitz
		On the moonlit night of 14 November 1940 the old city of Coventry was destroyed and a new word was invented 'Coventration'.
		The last actual bombing raid on Coventry was in August 1942.
		The raids on Coventry had a major impact on the city once described as one of the 'finest preserved medieval cities in Europe'.
	www.cwn.org.uk /heritage/blitz (570 words)

	Coventry
		Coventry city centre after the blitz - CLICK TO ENLARGEOn the moonlit night of...
		Coventry - centre of the country, at the heart of the motorway network, home of the motor industry, within easy reach of every major European capital.
		Coventry’s earliest cathedral, dedicated to St Mary, was founded as a...
	brighton.gigabusca.co.uk /cities/coventry.html (2179 words)

	Home Page for TheCoventryPages.NET
		Hopefully it has provided an insight into what being a civilian in Coventry meant during the Blitz.
		Others on Coventry in his selection of midlands history are "Coventry: A Century of news" and "Memories of Coventry".
		Her story of the bombing of Coventry during World War 2 has been read by many hundreds of visitors to this site.
	www.thecoventrypages.net (172 words)

	icCoventry - News - City news
		FIRE crews in Coventry walked out last night on the 65th anniversary of the Blitz, leaving the military in charge of covering the city.
		CHILDREN at a Coventry primary school which had a tree donated by John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, were stumped when asked who she was.
		PEOPLE in Coventry and the rest of the West Midlands are to be asked what they think about paying to drive on the region's roads.
	iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0100localnews (532 words)

	Strategic Bombing
		This presupposed a lack of courage on the part of the Germans not justified by either past German history or their present performance, or by the reaction of Englishmen to the destructive Blitz of England the preceding year.
		Using incendiary bombs to illuminate targets, the RAF concentrated on the heavy industrial areas of the Ruhr.
		The bombing of friendly towns during the campaign, and the insistence by the Army Commanders that it was a military necessity caused me more personal worry and sorrow than I can say.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWstrategic.htm (532 words)

	Learn more about World War II in the online encyclopedia.
		Instead they began a strategic bombing campaign which the British called the Blitz, and to blockade Britain into submission in the Battle of the Atlantic.
		These included the massacre of millions of Chinese and Korean nationals by Japan, internal mass killings in the Soviet Union, and the bombing of civilian targets in German and Japanese cities by the Allies, and bombing of European cities by Nazi Germany.
		After Tokyo was firebombed and nuclear bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese surrendered.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /w/wo/world_war_ii.html (532 words)

	Home Page for TheCoventryPages.NET
		Hopefully it has provided an insight into what being a civilian in Coventry meant during the Blitz.
		Her story of the bombing of Coventry during World War 2 has been read by many hundreds of visitors to this site.
		Others on Coventry in his selection of midlands history are "Coventry: A Century of news" and "Memories of Coventry".
	www.thecoventrypages.net (532 words)

	Bought the T-Shirt - Coventry
		A rare gem of medieval Coventry that survived the Blitz
		No matter where you are travelling from, our great fares are the perfect excuse to explore Coventry.
		/ Coventry essentials / First timer / Bought the t-shirt
	www.virgintrains.co.uk /destinations/coventry/bought_the_t-shirt.aspx (83 words)

	Heritage Motor Centre and Coventry Transport Museum
		Discover what life was like in wartime Coventry in the award winning Blitz Experience the old and new cathedrals, heritage quarter and rejuvenated city centre are a stone‘s throw away from the Museum
		Our afternoon visit is to the stunning Coventry Motor Museum with its massive displays of cars, cycles and motorcycles including SSC Ðthe Worlds fastest car.
		An excellent opportunity to visit two of the Country‘s largest and finest motor museums on the same day.
	www.chalkwell.com /db_diary/heritage.html (102 words)

	[3.0] Microwave Radar & The MIT Rad Lab
		Although the Germans staged a raid on London on the night of 10 May 1941 that killed three thousand people and flattened the House of Commons, it was the last stab of the Blitz.
		The Luftwaffe was needed to support Hitler's invasion of Russia, planned for late June, and large-scale bomb raids on England had to be called off.
		Small-scale raids and hit-and-run strikes continued on and off up to the last year of the war, but the days of the Luftwaffe pounding Britain nightly with waves of bombers were over.
	www.vectorsite.net /ttwiz3.html (102 words)

	Home Page for TheCoventryPages.NET
		Hopefully it has provided an insight into what being a civilian in Coventry meant during the Blitz.
		Others on Coventry in his selection of midlands history are "Coventry: A Century of news" and "Memories of Coventry".
		Her story of the bombing of Coventry during World War 2 has been read by many hundreds of visitors to this site.
	www.thecoventrypages.net (102 words)

	Art & Architecture
		The city of Coventry was recreated after the 1940s Blitz - rising as a phoenix from the ashes, in an innovative 1950s city planning programme that integrated art and architecture in the same way as Harlow, Stevenage, Milton Keynes and other then-new towns.
		Sir Basil Spence, architect of the cathedral that rises literally from within the ruins of the old, describes in his book Phoenix at Coventry (Fontana Books, 1964) his efforts to win support in the choice of Sir Jacob Epstein as sculptor for the figure of St Michael, Coventry Cathedral& patron saint.
		Sir Basil took the Bishop of Coventry to see Epstein's lead 'Madonna and Child' in London& Cavendish Square.
	www.courtauld.ac.uk /nof/demo/angstory03.html (102 words)

	Art & Architecture
		The city of Coventry was recreated after the 1940s Blitz - rising as a phoenix from the ashes, in an innovative 1950s city planning programme that integrated art and architecture in the same way as Harlow, Stevenage, Milton Keynes and other then-new towns.
		Sir Basil Spence, architect of the cathedral that rises literally from within the ruins of the old, describes in his book Phoenix at Coventry (Fontana Books, 1964) his efforts to win support in the choice of Sir Jacob Epstein as sculptor for the figure of St Michael, Coventry Cathedral's patron saint.
		Sir Basil took the Bishop of Coventry to see Epstein's lead 'Madonna and Child' in London& Cavendish Square.
	www.courtauld.ac.uk /nof/demo/angstory03.html (102 words)

	Encyclopedia: The Blitz
		The Precinct in Coventry city centre For alternative meanings see: Coventry (disambiguation) Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England.
		St Mary-le-Bow Church, built 1671-1680, one of Wrens City Churches built after the Great Fire of London St Mary-le-Bow is a historic church in the City of London, off Cheapside.
		St Mary Aldermanbury was an Anglican church initially built by Sir Christopher Wren, which was severely damaged in the Second World War.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/The-Blitz (6077 words)

	The Facts Of Life by Graham Joyce
		The author, Graham Joyce, has given us a slice of social history, an insight into the horror of the Coventry blitz (he was born near there and obviously studied the bombing of Coventry in detail), and a shiveringly thought-provoking thread of supernatural happenings.
		Graham Joyce has brought us several good supernatural thrillers including ‘The Tooth Fairy’, which was subsequently made into a Hollywood film.
		The story of the Vine family extends from the beginnings of World War Two through post-war times of austerity, on to the late 1950’s and at all points in the book, the reader is given clues as to the time setting.
	www.computercrowsnest.com /sfnews2/03_march/review0303_10.shtml (6077 words)

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