Recently several brown, leathery looking balls appeared in a secluded area of Priory Park, near the Record Office. These have been kept under observation for a week, without any visible ...
In April 1987, builders were working on 16 Augusta Place and broke through a bricked up wall to a cellar. It was highly unlikely that they expected to find what ...
The almshouse in Leamington Hastings was founded by a schoolmaster called Humphrey Davis in 1608 for eight poor old people (later expanded to house ten). As you can see, the ...
The name comes from archery: a butt is either the target itself or a mound of earth behind it to safely absorb badly-aimed arrows. Archery was an important part of ...
The age of criminal responsibility in England has always been low. In the 18th century it was seven years old (and even today it is only 10, whilst in almost ...
It is surprising today to realise that a small village like Knowle was very fortunate to have the facilities of a Lido during the years before the Second World War ...
When Wolston Business Park was developed by Wimpey for housing, an interesting set of buildings was demolished. The main building on the site was originally a large artificial silk factory, ...
We are a group of volunteers who seek to participate in and promote the conservation of bats and their habitats in Warwickshire.
A Mr. Cole wrote down his reminiscences of his childhood life in Marton, and they paint a picture of village life 100 years ago.
Scarlet nasturtiums
We went to Marton in a ...
Reginald Foort holds a key place in the role of cinema organist, having been a pioneer of organ broadcasting and recording. He began by accompanying silent movies in 1926, and ...
Judith Dugdale was the granddaughter of Sir William Dugdale, the famed antiquarian. Her letter to her daughter Isabella, in 1727, is a bit of a rant about the failings of ...
Home thoughts from abroad?
Well from the Isle of Wight actually and unlike the poem by Robert Browning, it was September rather than April, but apart from that……..
Anyway, it was in ...
