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Life came back to normal in the village after the war. But men who had seen Gay Paree found it hard to settle down. Bishop’s never had a ...
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When the war broke out in 1914, Jim was in a reserved job, farm worker, at first (he wore an armband to show that the was in ...
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The family were chapel goers. They all went to the Wesley Chapel at Bishops Itchington. Years ago there were three chapels as well as the church, but there ...
Jimmy Edwards was born February 5th 1895, the only son of Tom Edwards, Blacksmith of Bishop’s Itchington. Tom and his wife Elizabeth had four girls before they had young Jimmy. Jim ...
These interesting pictures show Mr Alan Carr helping to repair the bridge on the A446 over the river Tame at Coleshill. The photos were taken in 1968 and the diver’s ...
These are my memories of the Recro 80 Festival which took place at Stoneleigh Showground, Kenilworth to celebrate the Queen Mother’s 80th birthday. I was only 10 at the time ...
Demand for accommodation in Alcester area was particularly pressing as the Maudslay Motor Company transferred virtually all of its production operations from Coventry to a “shadow factory” at Great Alne ...
Tombstones are not a permanent record; they become worn with the weather and pollution, vandalised and removed for the landscaping of the churchyards and for ease of maintenance. Time, therefore, ...
Miss Mary Freeman of Ryton on Dunsmore did something quite remarkable. She noted the weather in the village on a regular basis for roughly 50 years, up until her death ...
A website dedicated to the man who made Nuneaton his home. He employed thousands of local people and built some of the town's iconic buildings.
I was a pupil in the grammar school stream at the Hugh Clopton School for Girls on the Alcester Road from 1955. We used to go over to the manor for ...
Identifying ancestors who worked the canals can be problematic and researchers have found that canal boat ancestors may not have registered the births of their children, or even their marriages. ...
