Coventry Watch Museum News

The Coventry Watch Museum Project exhibited at St Barbara’s Church, on Monday 5 May as part of the Earlsdon Festivale. This link gives further details of the festival, including a photograph of the team.

Coventry Watch Museum Project Limited Newsletter - April 2008

Members Social Evening

On Wednesday the 12th March 2008, the quarterly Members Evening with a buffer was held at the Craven Street Club in Craven Street Coventry, with 18 members and guests attending, enjoying a very relaxing evening, despite the fact that a second world war bomb was found at the Belgrade Plaza site that day in Coventry. The next event will be at the end of July 2008 when we hope to run a weekend coach trip, to Greenwich, members will be notified of arrangements in due course.

Court No 7 Spon Street - Working Parties

During the week, there is a working party on the site, on most Tuesdays between 10.00am to 3.00 p.m. If any able bodied Member and Friends would like to assist, they would be welcome but please contact the Chairman or the Secretary, as we sometimes have to vary the day, phone numbers are at the end of this newsletter.

Work is continuing on preparing the site so that we can open it up on a regular basis during the summer.

Smoking Canopy over alleyway to our Spon Street premises

In the last newsletter, the Shakespeare Public House in January applied to the Council for retrospective planning permission for a smoking canopy which they have erected over the alleyway which is a right of way to our premises. We are presently awaiting the outcome, of this application to the Planning department.

Web Site

Work is continuing in upgrading the Web Site to include a pay to view option and volunteers with computer skills will be needed to help input records onto databases. If you can help please contact the Chairman or Secretary, phone numbers are at the end of this newsletter.

Dates for your Diary.

Clock & Watch Fair

National Motorcycle Museum
M42 exit 6
Sunday the 18th May 2008
The project will have a stand at the Clock & Watch Fair from 9.00am to 3.00pm.

Events for the Year

Details of these events will be published nearer the dates

Earlsdon Festival
Monday the 5th May 2008

This year we are putting on an exhibition at St Barbara’s Church from, 11.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m, using the new display boards and computer equipment.

If you can help, with transport, setting up the exhibition, or manning the exhibition on the day, please contact the Chairman or the Secretary. Phone numbers are at the end of this newsletter. Please contact a.s.a.p. so all arrangements can be made.

Earlsdon Open Gardens June 2008
Godiva Festival & Lives and Times at the Memorial Park 5th/6th July 2008
Heritage Weekend September 2008
Autumn History Fair October 2008

The Old Watchmaking premises in Duke Street/Allesley Old Road Chaplefields

Unfortunately it has been reported in the Coventry Telegraph of 16th April 2008 that plans are expected to be approved to demolish part of the building. Planning Officers are expected to rubber stamp the decision at a meeting on the 24th April 2008 . We are checking to see what form the revised plans take and will report further.

If any member has any suggestions or concerns about the project, will they please bring them to the attention of any of the following Board Members, who will then raise the matter at the next Board Meeting.

Media Contacts & Researchers

All members of the Project are asked to report to the Secretary any approaches that are made to them, from media companies, researchers and friends, wanting information on the Coventry Watch Industry.

Copyright

The Board of Directors/Trustee’s have a duty to protect the good name of the project, all Members are asked to report any infringement of our copyright to the Board so that the appropriate action can be taken.

Board of Directors/Trustee’s

Chairman Paul.Shufflebotham tel no 024 7650 2916
Secretary Peter Naul tel no 024 7640 2331
Chris Martin tel no 024 7671 1315
John Gibberd tel no 024 7667 5671
Dr.Kevin Evan tel no 01564 205057

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