An old cinema and a wartime anti-tank structure could be added to a city's list of heritage assets. The Astoria, which opened as the Broadway Cinema in Earlsdon, Coventry, in 1922 and the Blacker ...

The Home Guard was trained to use the "Blacker Bombard" anti-tank mortars The remains of a World War Two defence found in a Coventry hedgerow could get protected status. The concrete base for a 29mm ...

An old World War Two defence has been found in a Coventry hedgerow. The 29mm 'spigot mortar' is said to be a "rare" example of wartime defences placed around the city. It fell "just short" of being ...

The recent unearthing of a World War Two relic in a Coventry hedgerow has piqued local interest and sparked lively debate. The rare find, a 29mm 'spigot mortar', resting in solid concrete provides ...