The animals you see displayed at Warwickshire Museum are the result of taxidermy and the majority are of species that occur in the British Isles and, in particular, Warwickshire itself. ...
Frank Whittle’s achievements in both inventing and developing the jet engine are well-known and well-documented. Indeed, it is not unreasonable to call him one of Warwickshire’s more famous sons, especially ...
Turpin is one of Leamington’s more famous sporting sons, famous for his sensational triumph over the legendary Sugar Ray Robinson in 1951. This saw him become World Middleweight Champion although ...
For some people, autumn is a rather magical time of year. Colourful trees, drawn days and crisp nights, it presents us with the perfect opportunity to wrap up and contemplate ...
Jessamine Victoria Bradley was born in Derby on 25th May 1897. She was the daughter of William Edge Bradley, a clerk for the Midland Railway, and Louise Violet Squirrell, who ...
Henry James Stretton-Ward was born in Coventry in 1895. He was the son of James Ward (a lodging house keeper) and Florence Rose Squirrell (the eldest daughter of the Rev. ...
Products of the Jewel Factory
Although gone, “The Jewel Factory” is certainly not forgotten. Its memory lives on not only through the happy memories of us ex-employees, but also through the ...
The Jewel Factory was based on Tachbrook Road, Royal Leamington Spa, where all kinds of jewellery and other items made of precious metal were manufactured.
Moving to Leamington
The firm was established ...
Like many other counties during World War Two, Warwickshire rallied around its wounded soldiers, holding large parties and shows in an effort to keep their spirits up.1 Entertainment at these events could ...
Today we may be more familiar with the concept of a drag queen, but drag kings (or ‘male impersonators’) have a history dating back over the centuries. Performers such as ...
One of the difficulties of writing about the contribution of Black soldiers during the First World War is identifying who was Black and who wasn’t. If they served in the ...
Where Station House is now, opposite the railway station in Leamington Spa, on Warwick Old Road, there used to be another Station House. It had started life as the Midland ...
I was born in 1984 and lived in Johannesburg, South Africa until the age of 15 when my family moved to the UK. We moved around a lot at first, ...
In the early 20th century, Ernest Carl Maisey was a well-known and popular figure around Warwick and Leamington. He was born in Leamington Spa on 5 February 1879, the son ...
After his service in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment during World War One, Ernest returned to his work as a master printer and partner with his father in the family business, A. ...
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 ...
My ancestors, Eli and George Turner, were born and bred in Leamington and went on to lead interesting lives to say the least.
Enlisting with the Union side in the American ...
In April 1987, builders were working on 16 Augusta Place and broke through a bricked up wall to a cellar. It was highly unlikely that they expected to find what ...