These pages give links to talks and presentations made recently by members of the Earlsdon Research Group. Click on the links to download these presentations.
Earlsdon’s Avenues – this is a presentation given by Pete James, describing the development of various avenues in Earlsdon.
Earlsdon’s Industrial Heritage – John Purcell investigates the remarkable industrial heritage of Earlsdon.
Sydney Bunney and other notable people of Earlsdon – a talk given by Pete James at Earlsdon Park Retirement Village
The Earlsdon Fountain – on September 14th 2018, Pete Walters gave a talk about Earlsdon’s Victorian Water Fountain, its history and the efforts made to renovate the fountain. The talk was held at the Church Hall, (St. Barbara’s Church, Rochester Road, Earlsdon, CV5 6AG).
On Thursday April 28th 2022, 7.00 pm the Earlsdon Research Group organised ‘A walk around Earlsdon’s first streets‘.
On Friday 29th April 2022 the Earlsdon Research Group gave a talk to the Greyfriars Society at 7.30 pm. For information about this talk click here.
Earlsdon Street Shops – the heart of Earlsdon.
Produced by John Purcell and David Porter, this presentation gives a detailed overview of many of the shops on Earlsdon Street showing how these developed from the early twentieth century to the present day.
Uncovering Earlsdon’s Origins and Growth.
This presentation by David Porter and John Purcell examines findings from census returns to show how the lives of the inhabitants of the eight original streets on the Earlsdon estate changed over time, examining changes in population size, age, places of origin as well as occupations in comparison with Coventry as a whole.
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