The air raid shelter referred to on the historic record ‘may’ have been used by the Bedworth Central C.E. Junior School which was demolished in late 1960s / early 1970s ...
Mrs. Selina Bracebridge had spoken of Florence Nightingale as a young person likely to make an exceptional record in the course of her life. Her mother, she said, rather feared ...
The Dexter shaft was sunk in 1927 by Kingsbury Collieries Ltd to extract coal from the other side of the Arley Fault, a geological fault that had caused the coal ...
These trees are well grown now, but they hold memories for me. We moved to Brookside Avenue, Wellesbourne in 1967, when I was about two and a half years old. ...
The Cocks family led their life at Napton Locks as carpenters on the Oxford Canal for more than a hundred years. The story begins with Thomas Cock who was born ...
There have been three sets of almshouses in Alcester.
Priory Almshouses
These were founded in 1659 by John Bridges the father of Brook Bridges (who later left money to the almshouses) and ...