Early May is the classic time to look for bluebells in ancient woodland. They thrive in Warwickshire, offering a magical spectacle at this time of year. The Visitor Centre in Ryton Pools ...
The post mill was built in 1664. It had an open trestle, four common sails, ladder, tailpole and doorway with hooded porch.
It ceased working in about 1912, but was restored ...
My ancestor, Spencer Mason from Warwickshire, went to London and worked as a baker in Islington. One of his sons, Daniel Spencer Mason, was described as a ‘gentleman’ in his ...
Here’s a charming sign in the village of Withybrook: the painting shows what is recognisably the local parish church plus a willow tree and the local brook. Withy is an ...
Migration
I should have known things would not be any different, even back in the 1700s, given that my grandparents up and relocated to Canada from Leicestershire, England in 1913. People ...
On 11th January, 1711, the following advertisement appeared in the London edition of ‘The Tatler’: –
This is to give notice, That at the ‘Seven Stars’ under the piazzas in Covent-Garden ...
At the time George Wise inherited Woodcote he was unmarried, and at the age of 53, already had another home in Surrey. He died in 1888 and the family estates ...
The end of the war in Europe
As the war drew to a close in April 1945 Knowle Parish Magazine says little about world events: nothing appears about the end of ...
Notes on life in Warwick during the Second World War, made by Miss Nora Slater from her own diaries.
1945
The year opened cold with snow in January and February, but with ...
‘Food is one of the munitions of war’ (Lord Woolton)
From the outset of the Second World War, the Board of Education was extremely pro-active in encouraging schools to lead the way ...
I have many vivid memories of living as a child during the Second World War. We had a coal house which had a door directly into the kitchen, which Dad ...
As part of the Shrubland Street School Collection1, there are a number of memoranda that were issued by the Board of Education during the Second World War. Education and ensuring ...
