I've always been fascinated by that period in our countrys history where most nights were spent cowering in cold and damp air raid shelters in the garden or street. I am of course referring to the blitz. As I live in Coventry i have a permanent reminder on my doorstep of this time in the shape of the ruined old cathedral. Most Coventrians know what happened to our city 70 years ago. What most don't know is that there are quite a number of telltale hints in our geography to either the damage done, the preparations taken or the monuments erected in memory of this period. Some of these I have heard of through the local media, older residents or other sources. I suspect there are many I have not discovered yet. Hopefully in this amateur blog I might be able to show a few within my city and maybe learn a few things along the way.
