The area of the West Midlands is sometimes overlooked as an unattractive, grey and dull industrial region, but this could not be further from the truth as the region, and especially Coventry has a rich and vibrant history, especially in the area of assembly. The city has gone through times of prosperity, which are still visible today, as well as times of turbulence, especially within the dark chapter of the Second Great War. Nevertheless, the people stood defiant and as a result we were able to experience the beauty of medieval England as well as the English countryside. Our story begins long before setting foot in old Blighty. Back in Slovenia, armed with a unique research topic and an inquisitive spirit, we went adventuring through the dusty corridors of various archives of Slovenia and other Habsburg domains. From the national archive in Ljubljana, to a regional archive in Maribor, and an autonomous archive of the Slovene Bar association, all the way to the archives in Aus...
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