So we got to the stage of making the pie…
As you may recall, one of the major challenges was hunting for the artichokes in the first place! Tinned seemed a ...
I have been carrying out a small private survey of timbered buildings in Warwick and was struck by the similarity in style of The Tudor Inn on West Street and ...
A rather fun news story emerged over the weekend that a three million pound painting by the painter Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) was rediscovered in the storeroom of Swansea Museum (also see ...
A strong wind was blowing across the trenches. A putrid smell lingered in the air, a mixture of chlorine gas, mud, filth, and flesh. It was approaching lunchtime in the ...
There are quite a few months to go before the glittering and glamorous ball season begins in Vienna. A city famous for its art, architecture and music, Vienna lays claim ...
I’d like to say it was a dark, stormy night, as all good stories begin… In actual fact it was a sunny Saturday afternoon in August.
According to reliable websites, the Globe ...
So the first problem was actually reading the recipe…
Having overcome that, the next problem was overcoming the language. A chance conversation saved me doing something overly stupid, maybe. I wondered ...
When looking for a recipe to try for this project, I gazed wistfully over the choices, bemoaned the fact cheesecakes had already been taken (I do like a good cheesecake, ...
The Warwick House of Correction or Bridewell stood on the corner between Saltisford Rock (now Theatre Street) and Bridewell Lane (formerly Wallditch and now Barrack Street); the site is roughly where ...
From the 17th century up until the mid 19th century people were being hanged for stealing as little as 5 shillings in value, this law was later referred to as ...
Quarter Sessions were set up in 1371 to deal with more serious non-capital offences. Trials were held 4 times a year (hence the name) in front of two or more ...
This is a real stuffed bear that was probably shot in the Victorian period and was inherited from the Warwick Natural History and Archaeological Society in 1932. It has been ...
Here’s the little leper chapel in the Saltisford at Warwick, part of the remains of the Hospital of St. Michael (founded in the 13th century). Such hospitals were originally set ...
A gaol was built in Warwick in the early 13th century and part of the castle was used as a gaol around 1600. The gaol in Northgate Street where the dreadful ...
This attractive Grade II listed building was the old gas works for Warwick and Leamington. The building was erected in 1822: one of the first gas works in the world. ...
Recently several brown, leathery looking balls appeared in a secluded area of Priory Park, near the Record Office. These have been kept under observation for a week, without any visible ...
The name comes from archery: a butt is either the target itself or a mound of earth behind it to safely absorb badly-aimed arrows. Archery was an important part of ...
The age of criminal responsibility in England has always been low. In the 18th century it was seven years old (and even today it is only 10, whilst in almost ...
This almshouse was founded by Miss Marianne Phillips in the 1860s as a hostel for 12 poor, unmarried women. She left a £2,000 endowment for the almshouse. It was built ...
Fulke Greville (1554-1628) is one of the most notable Warwickshire figures from the age of Shakespeare. A prolific writer of love sonnets, he also experimented with new literary genres, including ...
Unlike the County Gaol and the House of Correction which adjoined it, as well as St. Mary’s Church nearby, the Shire Hall suffered little damage in the Warwick great fire ...
The old County Gaol is the building next to Shire Hall, and was here until a new gaol was built at the Cape in 1860. After that part of the ...
A Mr. Cole wrote down his reminiscences of his childhood in Kenilworth and Warwickshire, around the time of the First World War. His recollections of the start of the war ...
Northgate House is now used for among other things, meeting rooms for the council. This wasn’t always the case however.
The 1950s
In the early 1950s, my father worked for local government ...