Interviewer 1: You said you remember going to one of the cinemas. When was that?
Interviewee: Oh god. I would have been oh, I should imagine I probably would’ve been about ...
Interviewee: I remember seeing other big blockbusters at other cinemas. The Ritz particularly was the last one to close in Nuneaton, wasn’t it?
Interviewer 1: Yeah
Interviewee: I remember going to see Jaws ...
RE: Of course there were two big brickyards in Nuneaton anyway and the other one was Haunchwood Brick and Tile that was owned by the Knox family.
Interviewer 1: Yeah.
Interviewer 2: ...
The stick, before I made the case for the book, I used to keep holding it and sort of… its very tactile. Now I give talks about Charles Streather because ...
RE: There are quite a number of artefacts on the wall… there are not many of these left. That’s a very early erm, steel helmet from the First World War…
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Frederick Elisha Freer was a tent-maker and manufacturer of canvas goods throughout his life and many will remember his business in Smith Street and later West Street, Warwick. He was ...
George Henry Withers moved to Leamington in 1916, after a childhood in Weston Super Mare. Before moving to Leamington he had a range of occupations, including a grocer’s assistant in ...
This shop was on Prince’s Avenue for over 27 years. Mr and Mrs Patel owned it and served the community and factories like Abbey Hosiery and Courtaulds, which were located ...
Where Station House is now, opposite the railway station in Leamington Spa, on Warwick Old Road, there used to be another Station House. It had started life as the Midland ...