Author Archives: trevor

Bill Berrett has identified that – “The real movers in early Umbrella Club were Terry Watson, Neil Stair (an English teacher who did the White Devil by Webster) Geoffrey Saunders (I can’t recall what his work was, but he made … Continue reading →

The Coventry Arts Umbrella Club has published a selection of  Terrence Watson’s poems under the editorial direction of Bob Wright and this book is now available at all major booksellers (including Amazon). The publisher is Earlsdon-based Takahe Publishing Ltd. Terry was … Continue reading →

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 →

Thanks go to Coventry musician Cliff  Wagstaff for purchasing and donating his copy of the 1st Umbrella Literary magazine for this site. An excellent production and i’ve made it available as a PDF file. If anybody has any other copies … Continue reading →

http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/B57-SMED.htm This is a link to an article from the 1st issue of  UMBRELLA on the Matlock site –  In searching for something else, I came across a wonderful article from the first ever issue of  Umbrella -the literary magazine produced … Continue reading →