Recently went to Coventry

I did apologise before posting Clive!
The Jaguar Factory? Was that near the Rugby Ground on Coundon Road?

 

Not for real but people have stopped talking to me.

Does anyone know the origins of that expression, "I've been sent to Coventry"?

By the way Fritz, I think you are being a little paranoid about your credit card being compromised by giving your country details. How would a fraudster benefit by knowing there was someone using the name of Fritz SOMEWHERE in England?

You are far more likely to be ripped off making online purchases or paying by credit/debit card over the 'phone....

 

The phrase sent to Coventry comes from The English Civil Wars of the 1640s. The Royalist troops, nicknamed The Cavaliers, who were captured in Birmingham by the Roundheads, lead by Oliver Cromwell, were sent to a Parliamentary stronghold prison in Coventry.


It could also come from the time after the Civil Wars when people from Coventry disliked the military so would ignore and shun the troops.

The phrase has come to mean being shunned or ignored. The usage of the phrase was popularised during industrial disputes in the UK during the 20th Century. Workers who would not support the Unions were sent to Coventry by the other workers and ignored.

During the Second World War Coventry was bombed by the German Luftwaffe Air Force and this added emphasise to the phrase because being sent there meant you were disliked because there was not much there after the bombs had caused destruction.

 

The phrase sent to Coventry comes from The English Civil Wars of the 1640s. The Royalist troops, nicknamed The Cavaliers, who were captured in Birmingham by the Roundheads, lead by Oliver Cromwell, were sent to a Parliamentary stronghold prison in Coventry.


It could also come from the time after the Civil Wars when people from Coventry disliked the military so would ignore and shun the troops.

The phrase has come to mean being shunned or ignored. The usage of the phrase was popularised during industrial disputes in the UK during the 20th Century. Workers who would not support the Unions were sent to Coventry by the other workers and ignored.

During the Second World War Coventry was bombed by the German Luftwaffe Air Force and this added emphasise to the phrase because being sent there meant you were disliked because there was not much there after the bombs had caused destruction.

Thanks Kyt, makes sense.

I thought that perhaps, like so many English phrases, it stemmed from Nelson's Navy in the Napoleonic wars, but obviously not.

 

Thanks Kyt, makes sense.

I thought that perhaps, like so many English phrases, it stemmed from Nelson's Navy in the Napoleonic wars, but obviously not.

:icon-mrgreenbandit: Now THAT would have been interesting seeing as Coventry is nearly in the middle of the country

 

Yes 52nd that was the Jag factory ,now the obligatory housing estate!
The church still stands in the city centre where the Cavalier soldiers were imprisoned (when sent to Coventry)
A nice coincidence, at the moment the BBF's Lancaster has been "sent to Coventry" & is at Baginton airport at the moment having a major overhaul before next seasons airshows,was lucky enough to have a close up look at her strange to see her down to the bare skin still sent shivers down the back!

 

Yes 52nd that was the Jag factory ,now the obligatory housing estate!


I thought it was! Thanks for confirming Clive.

It's only in the last 6 or 7 years that the housing estate has gone up. I pretty much watched the site get knocked down and the housing estate get built up in it's place.

 

Several small towns bore the brunt of the Luftwaffe. In Clydebank of 1200 houses only 7 were undamaged.
Aye
MalcolmII

 

66 years ago tonight,Moonlight Sonata- the Luftwaffe began their blitz of Coventry,554 dead & 4330 homes/buildings destroyed or damaged.
MY Mum,having been evacuated earlier in the year returned to Coventry two days previously!!Remarkably her house still stands with two others in Spon St(being renovated at the moment)in the city centre, an aerial mine destroying the surrounding houses & pub!
Remembering those 554.