On Sunday 10th February 2019 commemorations were held for the hundredth anniversary of the death of trade unionist and MP, Joseph Arch. Coming from a family of agricultural labourers, he ...
In 1940 my family moved to a small half timbered cottage in Church Street (still extant) opposite the memorial hall. There was well water but we still used oil lamps.
I ...
My brothers, Michael and Tony and I have incredibly happy memories of staying in Rupert Cottage with our parents in the 1950s and 1960s when visiting their friends Dick and ...
As father was the gamekeeper, we lived in the keeper’s cottage on Sherbourne hill. We had plenty of meat to eat, and lived on rabbits, pigeons and chickens. No one ...
Interviewee: I remember seeing other big blockbusters at other cinemas. The Ritz particularly was the last one to close in Nuneaton, wasn’t it?
Interviewer 1: Yeah
Interviewee: I remember going to see Jaws ...
Two charming semi-detached homes stand in Bates Lane in Tanworth-in-Arden. They are 19th century almshouses founded in 1871.
The buildings
The buildings are of red brick with tile-hung gables and decorated bargeboards. ...
Frederick Elisha Freer was a tent-maker and manufacturer of canvas goods throughout his life and many will remember his business in Smith Street and later West Street, Warwick. He was ...