It dawned on me that I hadn’t seen the traditional Morris dancers in the village where I grew up lately – funny the things you miss that you took for ...
So I decided it would be a good idea to go forth into the dark, and experience the wroth silver ceremony for the first time.
Coming from Stretton on Dunsmore, it’s ...
As Valentine’s Day approaches, it is interesting to look back to the golden days of postcard production in Edwardian times, before the Great War brought down a curtain on the ...
A very ancient ceremony takes place each year on November 11th just before dawn at Knightlow Cross in Ryton on Dunsmore (see photo). The collection of Wroth Silver dates back ...
I was intrigued by accounts of candle auctions in the Rugby Advertiser.
A candle auction at Leamington Hastings in 1912
Fourteen acres of winter keeping, the property of the Charity Trustees, was ...
The winter festivities are over and the New Year has swept in, but while many of us gave presents at Christmas, how many gave gifts at New Year?
This article highlights a ...