Reginald Foort holds a key place in the role of cinema organist, having been a pioneer of organ broadcasting and recording. He began by accompanying silent movies in 1926, and ...
The Arnold House is a Grade II listed building. Formerly a finishing school for girls, it was bought in 1935 by the Freemasons. The property was extended with additional rooms ...
St Andrew’s Church in Rugby was originally constructed in the 13th century (on the site of an older building) but was considerably altered during the 19th century. A photograph of ...
Rugby ‘RVGBY’
Several Warwickshire towns were built by the River Avon. Here it flows past Rugby before reaching Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon. The Tapestry shows St Andrew’s church, that was largely rebuilt in ...
Just two months into my first year at Coton House I was just getting used to motorbiking to work when the Suez crisis erupted and petrol rationing was introduced. Funds ...
After realising that I needed help from the apprentice welfare office, I was worried. I had in my mind that by failing to be self-supporting my whole future again threatened ...
As part of a volunteer research project for Warwickshire County Record Office, I’ve been looking through back copies of the Rugby Advertiser to look for items, 100 years since women achieved the ...
As well as the ongoing rivalries and development of the game on the field throughout the 1860s, there was another important area where progress was being made. This is an ...
The story of the game we love and play today begins at Rugby School, that much is true. How a boy by the name of William Webb Ellis became so remarkably ...
Labour shortages caused by men joining the Armed Forces during the First World War led to many companies seeking help from overseas. One such organisation was Rugby-based engineering firm Willans ...
Rugby workhouse routine was considerably relaxed on Christmas Day. Dinner included ½ lb of meat per person with mashed potatoes and gravy followed by plum pudding, with beer, lemonade and coffee to drink.
Good Morning, I collect ocean liner ephemera and I have a few items with a Warwickshire interest which you may not be aware of or even interested about but I ...
In Rugby on Saturday 10th November 1984, Chris Smith stepped up to speak at a protest meeting and made history:
My name is Chris Smith. I’m the Labour MP for Islington South and ...
John William Joseph Vecqueray, the founder of Hillbrow School, handed over to Thomas Bainbridge Eden (b. 27.4.1845), who brought with him his small school, Orwell House, from Clifton upon Dunsmore, ...