The former Ansley Hall, home of William Garside Phillips (great grandfather to Princess Anne’s first husband Captain Mark Phillips). Photos taken 1975
Photos taken 1976. The castle is the former home to three former Queens of England, the two possibly most famous being Lady Jane Grey and the ‘White Queen’ Elizabeth Woodville, ...
Some photos that we received at our recent roadshow held in Nuneaton Market – these show a former big employer in Nuneaton “Biddles”, which stood in Newtown Road. Asda supermarket ...
These interesting pictures show Mr Alan Carr helping to repair the bridge on the A446 over the river Tame at Coleshill. The photos were taken in 1968 and the diver’s ...
By the 1960s Finn Shoes were producing some 10,000 pairs of these shoes a week from its factory in Nuneaton. According to accounts provided by the British Board of Trade, ...
This charming lodge used to stand at the entrance to Holbrook Grange. Sadly it was demolished later on in the 20th century, but the gate still survives, tucked away in ...
The latest elephants to be found are located in Livery Street, Leamington Spa. The sculpture in bronze of three elephants is called “The Three Graces”, created by Philippa Downes. Philippa ...
Some photos from what we think are the early 1970s showing Nuneaton Carnival. Photos were received at a recent road show we held in Nuneaton Market.
Until the Anker Flood Relief was built, Nuneaton flooded quite often – here are three photos of the floods from the 1950s and one showing the only flood marker we ...
Nuneaton often suffered severe flooding. It seems that the one most recorded is the flood of 1932.
These pictures are further records, following on from a previous selection of pictures about this train crash.
The Nuneaton rail crash was a train crash which occurred on 6th June 1975 ...
The crash occurred on 6 June 1975, on the West Coast Main Line just south of Nuneaton railway station. The accident occurred at approximately 01.55, as the train approached Nuneaton ...
Never seen before colour photographs…
During the early hours of 6th June 1975 a London to Glasgow sleeper train derailed at Nuneaton with the loss of six lives. Nuneaton Memories have ...
The Palace Cinema stood at the corner of Victoria Street and Queens Road. It was designed by R Pitcher architect and opened on December 10th 1928. The cinema was damaged ...
Nuneaton Memories were given an album full of photographs all believed to have been taken by prolific Nuneaton amateur photographer Reginald Bull. The family of Bert Healey donated the album ...
From the Nuneaton Local History Group Collection.
Some photos of Astley Castle from before and during its rebuilding by the Landmark Trust. A brief history of the castle can be found here.
More places you may remember
The Well at Berkswell and the village stocks. From old post cards, and part of the Peter Lee Collection.
The first Nuneaton Carnival took place 18th October 1930 to raise funds for the Nuneaton General Hospital. Here are three photos of the first Carnival Queens.