The club has, for the first time in its 121-year history, just played host to a regional qualifying round for the British Open Golf Championship.

Re. the article on the Whitley zoo in About CV3

My family were involved in trying to save the zoo.

We made friends with the people that were looking after everything; they lived in their caravan next to the bungalow.

Apart from the animals, one of their overriding memories is likely to be the giant fibreglass Zulu warrior that towered above the entrance to the site now occupied by the Coventry & Warwickshire Health and Racquets Club in Abbey Road.

Although known as Whitley Abbey, the house did not have monastic origins, but is thought to have been given the name in the early 19th century simply because of its popularity.

Most of the nature reserve, on Coventry's eastern edge at Binley, is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest because of its rare plants and insects.

An early chapel, dedicated to St James, which stood between the present Gunton and Knightlow avenues, was built around 1150 as a safe place to rest and pray en-route to the Coventry priory and cathedral.

The village was originally a thickly wooded area belonging to the Craven family estate (see Binley's growth from abbey estate to colliery village in About CV5).

Records show that the monks of Coombe were given part of the village of Binley by one landowner in return for retirement for himself and his wife in the Cistercian monastery.

The land was given to the Cistercian monastery as a source of revenue in the 13th century.

In the 14th century, the estate was in the hands of Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince, thought to have been so called because of the black armour he wore, who is said to have often hunted deer in it.

The Stivichall estate belonged to the Gregory family from the 16th century until the early part of the 20th century when it was bought by Coventry Corporation.

In his duties at Westminster he also acts as chairman of the Labour Party Departmental Committee for the Treasury; secretary of the All-Party Funerals and Bereavement Group; and is a member of the Select Committee on the Lord Chancellor's Department.

He says of his constituency: "Coventry South covers parts of Coventry City centre, a variety of residential areas and also University of Warwick campus. The constituency holds residents of many different ethnic and working backgrounds, which contributes to the culturally rich and active communities that I serve."

Here's all the information you need on Jim Cunningham and how to contact him by letter, fax or phone about any topic of concern.

Take some time out of your hectic day to enjoy the great outdoors and take a breath of fresh air in one of your local parks.

And in CV3, of course, the War Memorial Park has something for everyone.