It is hard to think of Nuneaton without it being inextricably entwined with George Eliot. Such is the cultural resonance of the great novelist, that a hospital and school are ...
I have previously written about Walter Kimberley, a Coventry City footballer who lost his life during World War One. He was not the only former Coventry City footballer to suffer ...
In Part one, I looked at the interaction between ribbon weaving in Coventry and Nuneaton and the unrest which arose with the onset of industrialisation in the early 19th century .
However, ...
Coventry and Nuneaton, alongside Bedworth, were great hubs of ribbon weaving in the 18th century. However, the life of a ribbon weaver was not all roses, particularly in the early 19th century.
While ...
We found an absorbing new interest for our retirement when we joined Coventry Photographic Society five years ago. When researching the society’s history and updating its society’s website, we discovered ...
Unfortunately, the war came in 1939 and, regrettably, I had to eventually leave J. C. Smith’s to work in a factory for war work. My mother was already working at ...