Monthly Archives: March 2015

Coventry Citizens Advice Bureau shared the 97, Little Park Street, premises between 1955 and 1957 according to Mark Cook, who is working on a research project telling the story of 75 years of the Citizens Advice Bureau in Coventry. If you … Continue reading →

This pdf file was downloaded from the Coventry Planning Department’s site. I tried to link to it but somehow there was an error message, so have uploaded it here to the Umbrella Club site. It forms a interesting paper trail … Continue reading →

Barbara Russon Barbara Russon was a visual artist, who sadly passed away in 2007. Among her many exhibitions, she Coventry Arts Umbrella Club in 1995, which I think was at the Coventry Evening Telegraph offices and Coventry Cathedral. I wasn’t … Continue reading →

Bill Berrett, born in Birmingham in 1933, was an architect. Town Planner, Writer, poet, book designer and Bill Berrett Lecturer and worked  in Coventry for the City of Coventry, Dept of Architecture & Planning. 1955 1961. He was an early member … Continue reading →

Norman Wheatley contributed to the Umbrella poetry extravaganza – Knotted Sheets – at the Belgrade Theatre, 1971 and organised by poet Geoff Pegg. Norman also took part, playing at various Umbrella Club folk sessions in the early 70’s. Moreover he … Continue reading →

Jot do! Jot is blogger site to “A place to record information. Facts, Data,Trivia, Ephemera, Knowledge from any source – Letters, Diaries, Manuscripts, Journals, Notebooks, Recipes, Anecdotes, Reports, Art, Files, Snapshots, Documents, Formulas, Catalogues, Press cuttings, Memoirs, Tales, Eyewitness accounts … Continue reading →