Archives are full of unexpected things. Century old secrets can be read in countless bundles of personal letters, and evidence for all sorts of events pieced together using various accounts ...
I used to be a patient for many years on William Parsley Ward and Alfred Miller Ward (the acute wards), William James Ward, and the rehab ward of Lady Jane ...
Does anyone else remember looking over the Mill Suspension Bridge at all the money that had been thrown on to the steps of the weir below?
A pre-decimal practice
This was in ...
The mystery of why Nicholas Brome demanded to be buried standing up in the doorway of the church at Baddesley Clinton inspired me to research the life of this 15th ...
My father loved to round off Assembly with a song or two, such as Strawberry Fair or Shenandoah, in which everyone joined. But he had to give up Strawberry Fair ...
At Warwickshire County Record Office, we are privileged to hold a certificate of engagement to the Commonwealth of England signed by Thomas Hartwell of Dascott, Worcester in 16501.
This document hails ...
There are many black days in British economic history, but before Black Wednesday and Black Monday there was a Black Tuesday, 6th September 1887, when the Bank of Greenway, Smith ...
As far as I can recall, I was never met from school. I found my own way home at lunchtime and after school in the afternoon, a distance of about ...
Printed rules for Meriden workhouse from the early 19th century survive in the care of Warwickshire County Record Office.1 The rules describe the role of the governor and mistress who ...
When I was in Class 2 we were based in St Mary’s schoolroom in New Street, and our teacher was Mr Binks. This was great for me as our back ...
Thurlaston cottages (front views) facing down the row to Pudding Bag Lane. The add-on was a wash house.
