Daily life on the front would vary depending on which area the soldiers were fighting in as well as whether their unit was currently actively engaged in combat or had ...
I have just been going through the family photo archive and found some photos from the 1966 700th anniversary of the siege of Kenilworth Castle.
They show the local Kenilworth Guides and Brownies putting ...
While most people know that Meriden has a long-standing claim to be at the very heart of England, perhaps fewer are aware it is also home to the National Cyclists’ ...
Mourning rings date back from the Middle Ages and continued to be used until the early 20th century. It was in the 17th century that they became more defined from ...
The First World War created some extraordinary friendships – we have all heard of the Christmas Truce, when soldiers put down their weapons to play football together. Here is one that ...
Gully pots are necessary for road drainage and flood prevention. They can, however, be death traps for amphibians. Each year large numbers of amphibians, both adults and juveniles, fall into ...
The Warwickshire County Record Office has, naturally, a vast array of recipes within its archive. Mary Wise’s cookbook is well-known, but there are many other culinary delights dating from the 16th ...
Bascote Heath Church still stands on the corner of Featherbed Lane, but has fallen into disuse since the lovely photo of the roof being thatched was taken. Today (2019) it ...
With a history stretching back to the Domesday book this stately home was demolished in 1928 to make way for a housing estate. The website records the history of this Nuneaton building.
A couple of images from the Reg Bull collection at Warwickshire County Record Office. Nuneaton Memories have kindly supplied an image of the street in 2016…
