As we know, part of the 2022 Commonwealth Games will take place in Leamington. The Commonwealth Games began life as the British Empire Games in 1930 and now features teams ...
Previously, I gave a brief background to my family’s Warwickshire ties. In this section, I would like to talk about feeling a connection to Scotland, England and Warwickshire, even though ...
My family research has taken me down some very unexpected roads.
Warwickshire origins
I have been researching for over twenty years and from my research I learned of the strong ties of ...
(Continued from part one)
No. 6 Willes Road
During the 1920s the basement flat in 6 Willes Road was home to the Turpin family. The father, Lionel Turpin, was born in British ...
My dad Horace William Boyer was born in Lonavala near Bombay in 1930. His parents Daisy and Eustice were Anglo Indians – Eustice was an engineer and Daisy was telephonist ...