The Weaver's House

A-Maying we will go! Our next Open Day for May will be on Saturday 13 May, which is ‘Old May Day’.* In recognition of this, the theme will give a nod to the old tradition of ‘ales’ – fundraising events which…

We were lucky with the weather on Saturday! What a great start to our Open Day season, with lots of visitors coming to enjoy Tudor Games in the sunshine. We had games set up throughout the site including quoits, skittles,…

A recent question via our Facebook page prompted the discussion among ourselves and the Weavers’ Workshop – so what was Coventry Blue like? We know that Coventry was a centre for the weaving trade in medieval times – of course! Most…

The next few weeks will see us getting the house and garden ready for the spring and the start of our Open Day season which runs through until September. Our first Open Day is Saturday 8 April which is will…

On Saturday 25 March it is time to ‘wake up’ The Weaver’s House with a post-winter clean all ready for the Open Day season. If you have an hour or so free time and would like to lend a hand,…

This year, 2017, we celebrate ten years of the restoration of Black Swan Terrace and the opening of The Weaver’s House to the public. Over the last ten years we’ve welcomed many visitors through our little wooden door, been home…

At one of the Open Days last year, a chat between one of our visitors and one of our volunteers unearthed the interesting fact that both their grandparents lived in Black Swan Terrace. Not only that but they lived in…

According to Wikipedia, the tradition of wassailing  ‘falls into two distinct categories: The house-visiting and the orchard-visiting wassail.’ The first involves going door-to-door, singing and offering a drink in exchange for gifts, a practice mostly now overtaken by carol-singing. The…

Out Christmas shopping, we were pleased to see weaving still has a place on the high street, spotting these looms in Flying Tiger recently. We previously considered vintage and new weaving toys in this post, but how about something a…

Feeling inspired? Check out the latest from the City of Culture team! “This call-out is an opportunity for anyone to submit their exciting, creative and ambitious ideas that could form part of a Coventry UK City of Culture programme in…