These brief histories of buildings within the medieval town envelope of Atherstone were made possible by the scholarship and hard work of Dr Nat Alcock, who worked with the History ...
Copyhold is one of the three main forms of land ownership found in the post-medieval period. Freehold corresponds to ownership as we now know it, and Leasehold refers to property ...
Each burgage plot is identified by the code it was given on the 1786 plan, i.e. ‘F1’ for the first freehold burgage and ‘C1’ for the first copyhold, starting at ...
The abuttal boxes often list occupants over a long period of time. In some cases the word ‘formerly,’ ‘since,’ ‘ late,’ ‘now,’ or a semi-colon separates names of different periods.
When ...
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Did there used to be a picture house, cinema in Long Street, not the Regal on the opposite side of Long St, used to go there with my sister in the 50s, went to Jenkins shop to get warm bread to eat when we were in. Does anybody know the name of this?
The Picturedrome was the cinema. Affectionally known as the flea pit. If you sat in the right seat at the back and didn’t like the film you could put your hand up and affect the light beam from the projector.
I was a regular here. Saw Bill Haley in ‘Rock around the Clock’ there in the day. The cheap seats were at the front the One n Nines and the rear were half a crown.
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