The project will serve as a permanent resource for schools, university projects, social historians and local people to understand better the sacrifices made in Word War One by a relatively small county town.
William Floyd of Berkswell was a whitster whose job it was to bleach wool or cloth. Early in November 1795 he took out a patent for his invention of a ...
The Austin-Healey Sprite was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) on 20 May 1958, just before that year’s Monaco Grand Prix. It was ...
It was a joy to read Alan Griffin’s article about RAF Gaydon, thanks for writing about it. I have great childhood memories. My dad was stationed there ’63-’66. He worked ...
The idea of this website is to publish online Thomas Baker's diaries together with the relevant finished painting where possible for the benefit of art researchers, and owners in the further appreciation of his work. A section for his watercolours is also included.
Miss Eleanor Archer, a lifelong resident of Warwick, was a keen writer and diarist. She was a well-educated woman, who wrote throughout her life on a range of topics, from ...
Hatton Asylum Orchestra. My Great Grandfather is on the end, left, with a violin. I am not sure of the date. My Great Grandfather was Henry William Johnson, a baker, ...
James’ story continues with a series of letters he wrote to family and friends during his time on active service in the First World War. These letters were all returned ...
This ink well was made from the oak timbers from the belfry of Chilvers Coton Church in 1907 , When they recast the three bells to make the eight that ...
Handsome devil in the top left is my father, Norman Albert Worrall, son of Albert and Grandson of Bill. Norman lives with me, currently in Australia.
