The Kosy Kinema was on Lister Street, and opened on Monday 21st March, 1932. The cinema was the brainchild of Mr. F. Roberts, who ran a furnishing firm at Queen’s ...
These photos relate to celebrations of 100 years of the cooperative movement nationally and the diamond jubilee of Nuneaton Co-operative Society, both in 1944. There was a People’s pageant at ...
The Slipper Factory in Station Street, Atherstone was sold in 1989 and closed very soon afterwards. It was started by Joseph Lester Vero in the late 1800s and manufactured socks ...
On a recent visit to Avoncroft Museum I was delighted to find at least three items from Warwickshire (and may have missed others). This museum has historic buildings (rescured from ...
In this photo you can see our breakdown wagon, that was for fetching broken down cars and haulage vehicles. We would go and sit out here and have a tea ...
I worked at Wilson and Staffords for nearly 20 years. I worked in the settling shop, rolling the felt up and putting in the water. Then I moved from there to ...
Alice and Bert Wainwright (mine hosts), Bob Higgins, Henry Hall, George (Juddy) Hall, Geoff Radford.
Members of the bowls club at Atherstone Miners Welfare in South Street circa 1950. Names that I can recognise – Fred Mills, Harry Mills and Danny Mitchell. The club was ...
This is me in the photograph working at the hatters. I was a settler in the bumping shop, so I had to put the material through a roller so many ...
I used to work at the hat factory and the slipper factory, mostly Christmas for the slipper factory. It was ladies’ side and men’s side, so we didn’t mix and ...
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