(Continued from part one)
So it was, on Tuesday 11th June 1861 the train which had passed over the bridge less than an hour earlier fully laden, left Leamington Spa station ...
With today’s interpretation of the Health & Safety laws it is easy to forget the rather laxed attitude towards H&S that prevailed in times past. Unfortunately, this was an attitude ...
Nuneaton Memories have conducted more interviews on a number of subjects. For further details, visit this page.
Two original stained glass windows and a Kenilworth rail station sign salvaged from the town’s former station have been donated to Warwickshire County Council with the aim of including them ...
Two cards were given to me by my neighbour, they’re part of a large collection of postcards, of local people.They’re photos from the late 1800s, some of them.
These postcards refer ...
Rugby is of course well known for its train station, and part of the reason for the town’s dramatic growth in the Victorian era is its status as an important ...
A local schoolmaster Mr Hassall mentions this station in his school logbook:
Jan. 15th 1892. The new books for the library to the worth of £4. 10. 0 arrived at Brandon ...
The station was opened in 1879, replacing an earlier station from 1838. Despite being the only station between Coventry and Rugby, Brandon and Wolston struggled for customers and was closed ...
I recently came across this interesting article in the Rugby Advertiser for April 29th 1911.
‘Wireless Messages from Trains. Experiment at Stratford-on-Avon
On Thursday last week, in the presence of a large ...