Coventry’s Industrial History

A talk by David Fry

Given that the  earliest photographic views date from the mid nineteenth century, and few show Coventry industry before 1900, this is a challenging talk given how little of Coventry’s craft industry survives in photographic form. But with a little detective work it is possible to find photographic evidence of how the ribbon weaving industry functioned in Coventry, though, illustrating the later watchmaking and later engineering industries is a lot easier. The period covered finishes in the inter-war years.