Here are some Christmas themed snippets from the Royal Leamington Spa Courier and Warwickshire Standard Newspapers for December 1914.
Warwick and Country Edition Page 4, Column 5, 4th December 1914
Impact of ...
There are a mix of articles from the Royal Leamington Spa Courier and Warwickshire Standard Newspapers for November 1914. Here are a few snippets looking at a War Romance, Carrier ...
Two of the collections available at the Warwickshire County Record Office relate to a mother and son and the impact that World War II had upon their lives.
Beatrice Golby
CR 4479 ...
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 war offer an insight ...
In the Royal Leamington Spa Courier and Warwickshire Standard Newspapers, there are lots of snippets of information about life at home and details of local soldiers experiences out on the ...
In February 1915, the snippets from the Royal Leamington Spa Courier and Warwickshire Standard Newspapers are focused on air raid precautions and details of servicemen from the County. At the ...
I started at St Nicholas school in 1937 at the age of 5. The first class we were in, the teacher wore a long black dress. The cloakroom had beds ...
Some years ago, I was kindly given a copy of the Kenilworth Weekly News by someone who recalled the time when Laurel and Hardy came to Kenilworth and were on ...
Henry Street (1825-1899):- Fellmonger and owner of the Skin Works at 78 West Street Warwick. © HP Street
Catherine Agnes Street (née Goode) married Henry Louis Street at Hatton Church ...
RSM E.J Pratt (my Great Uncle) was born in Stoneleigh in 1875, his parents were Thomas Edwin Pratt and Ann Lee. Edward joined the 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment in ...
Back in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Kenilworth was the home of three tanneries.
Warwick Road
The Warwick Road Tannery was on the current site of Talisman Square. In the late ...
A wonderful short film about travelling around Britain by bicycle – with the help of the odd train. An excursion train equipped with cycle vans takes a party of cyclists ...
Dudley White died when his tank was hit by a shell at the crossroads in the Belgian village of Poelcapelle where the German army had its local headquarters and the ...
LGBTQ+ histories are often called ‘hidden histories’, but when we uncover them we can find that familiar places come alive with even more stories. For example, who would have thought ...
August Schneider had spent the early part of his life in Kenilworth as an active member of the community.
As a British citizen and a single man August was conscripted and ...
The Schneider family had the misfortune to be Germans living in Kenilworth at the outbreak of the First World War, and August was an English passport-holding German in Germany at ...
After his role in the First World War, August Schneider returned to Kenilworth.
Back to Germany
Life continued to be difficult for the family in Kenilworth after the war and in May ...
Edgar Ronald Gardner (known as Ronald) was exempted from combat in World War One, working instead as an agricultural labourer. By World War Two he had become a film-maker and was ...
Ronald had previously worked as an agricultural labourer during World War One.
A film making career beckons
As an electrical engineer Ronald was always interested in amateur cinematography and in 1935 produced ...