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a blitz survivor, said the vigil was to remember those workers who helped to keep others safe A vigil was held in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral to commemorate 83 years since the blitz.

Jock Forbes was one of four men on duty at the cathedral on the night of the Blitz who had fought heroically with limited equipment to try and save it. Elizabeth Ludgate, of Coventry Cathedral ...

About 100 people gathered at a service in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral on Thursday evening ... was born on the night of the blitz. "Well I was told that my father, who lived quite close to ...

Coventry's medieval buildings, including the cathedral of St Michael ... Edna Lucas was five years old on the night of Coventry Blitz. Her memories are that of a young child, and her awareness ...

As Saoirse Ronan stars in Steve McQueen's new film set during the aerial bombings of British cities, historian Joshua Levine reveals the dangers of mythologising national stories when the truth is far ...

Next week marks the 84th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz. Thursday, November 14, 1940, was the night that saw devastation across Coventry and the destruction of the Cathedral Church of St Michael.

Hence, there is the Blitz experience ... the city will see the road signs describing Coventry as the “city of peace and ...

dating back to the mediaeval era in the still-smoldering ruins of Coventry Cathedral on the morning after the Midlands city was flattened by the Luftwaffe at the height of the Blitz in November 1940.