![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/in-pictures-hidden-history-of-coventry-revealed-in-saved-photographs/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/759a756fd5a5a7b7647db1f749217ee5.jpeg&description=Images show parts of medieval Coventry were revealed during the construction of the modern cathedral Rare glimpses of a city's medieval past and long-gone street scenes have been revealed in a collection of photographs that were saved from destruction. About 800 more negatives, handed to a city archive by a cameraman who saved them from being dumped, also show early excavations for the building of Coventry's modern cathedral. They have added to a collection of over 8,000 images taken by Arthur Cooper from the 1930s to the 1960s, and made available to the public as part of the Coventry Digital project. After the photographer's death his glass plate negatives, destined for the tip, were rescued by Ian Hollands before the majority were sent to publishing company Mirrorpix. Hundreds of concrete piles were driven to form part of the cathedral's foundations Archaeologist John Shelton is pictured carrying out his own exploration As well as the city streets, weddings, parades and visiting celebrities are among the collection from the photographer who captured everyday life in the city. The new collection contained "significant" images that would "greatly enhance" Coventry Cathedral's archive, said Martin Williams. The chairman of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral has helped digitize the latest collection as well as identify people and events depicted. "It's been quite exciting working through them but some of them were really badly damaged, which is a shame because they are moments in history that have gone," he said. Some of the latest collection shows parts of the city's cathedral and priory site, St Mary's, dating back to the time of Leofric, the Earl of Mercia and Lady Godiva. The walls were uncovered during construction of the new cathedral in the mid-1950s. Photographer Arthur Cooper captured everyday life in Coventry Hollywood actor Edward G Robinson visiting Coventry Cathedral in the early 1960s The photographs "show the scale of the priory complex," destroyed follo){kind=link}
Rare glimpses of a city’s medieval past and long-gone street scenes have been revealed in a collection of photographs that were saved from destruction.
About 800 more negatives, handed to a city archive by a cameraman who saved them from being dumped, also show early excavations for the building of Coventry’s modern cathedral.
They have added to a collection of over 8,000 images taken by Arthur Cooper from the 1930s to the 1960s, and made available to the public as part of the Coventry Digital project.
After the photographer’s death his glass plate negatives, destined for the tip, were rescued by Ian Hollands before the majority were sent to publishing company Mirrorpix.
As well as the city streets, weddings, parades and visiting celebrities are among the collection from the photographer who captured everyday life in the city.