More extracts from Julie Barnett’s account of her childhood1.
Many well-known people used to visit Eathorpe. Anthony Eden, the foreign minister in Churchill’s war-time Government, and his wife, were regular though ...
Some years ago, I was kindly given a copy of the Kenilworth Weekly News by someone who recalled the time when Laurel and Hardy came to Kenilworth and were on ...
I worked at Granada Bingo from 1976 for about 10 years. We moved to the site on the corner of North Street and Everuex Way after previously being in Bank ...
Ivo Eagle was the stage name of a man who spent most of his life as a travelling performer, and was also a photographer in the 1920s. When he retired, ...
I noticed that Ken Dodd is coming to the Spa Centre again this month to perform his ‘Happiness Show’, which is amazing as he is in his late 80s.
I went ...
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 ...
Dancing had always been my passion – much to the chagrin of my headmistress, at King’s High, Miss Hare – and although I eventually had a professional dancing career and ...
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 ...
Sir Edward Elgar
Sir Edward Elgar moved to Tiddington House’ around the age of 70 after his wife died, and lived there with his two beloved dogs. He rented the house ...
In part one, I mentioned Romilly Lunge’s overseas adventures. His life in film had seen him mix with many famous people. Hitchcock once interviewed him, and they both admitted to ...
Hillcrest farm in Warton, North Warwickshire, was a rural place seemingly far removed from the bright lights of London and Milan. For a while after the war however, the farm ...