After the Education Act of 1870, Newdegate was keen to keep his schools as independent as possible. He saw the new locally organised Board Schools, now being set up all ...
Small beginnings can be important. A chance remark at a lecture to a well-established evening class at Warwickshire County Record Office in the autumn of 1988 was the starting point ...
The Coventry and Midland Photographic Society (as it was then called) was one of the first in the country: it was founded in 1883 by ten gentlemen who met in ...
We found an absorbing new interest for our retirement when we joined Coventry Photographic Society five years ago. When researching the society’s history and updating its society’s website, we discovered ...
I think you may find these two photos interesting.
They are both of the Polesworth Church Lads Brigade. The first one includes a band, which was probably brought in to mark ...
Southam Twinning Association was formed in 1991. This was the culmination of some four years of preparatory work following an initial public meeting called by the Mayor, Ken Connolly, in ...