Many of the thatched cottages in Polesworth burned down due to the nature of their construction including Little Jim’s cottage. The cottage on this page was near the Chetwynd Arms ...
It’s Christmas Eve, 1906. Humber have long had a reputation for their cycles, being pioneers in the field and being renowned for their quality. Having moved into automobile manufacture in ...
On the 5th September 1694,
..a sudden fire, which broake out about two of the clock in the afternoon on the fifth of this instant September, in the western part of ...
After four years of the Transformation project, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre opened its doors once more in 2010 after substantial redevelopment. Much of the art deco detailing of Elisabeth Scott’s ...
Intelligence was received at Coventry on Monday morning about twenty minutes to eleven that Baginton Hall was on fire. All that the messenger, a groom named Everitt, could say, for ...
3rd December, 1871. A fire tears through Warwick Castle. The Great Hall is destroyed, along with a number of private apartments and offices.
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Even in 1871 the castle was ...