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Leamington Bakers

Leamington Bakers

Dec 8, 2013 | Memories

Memories of a long-vanished trade A trawl through Leamington Street Directories of the past shows an interesting pattern in the growth and later demise of the family bakery. In 1832, there were only seven shops in the whole of the town, – two butchers, two fish...
Campion Terrace Water Works, 1988

Campion Terrace Water Works, 1988

Dec 8, 2013 | Places

Built in 1875, at the instigation of Henry Bright, backed by Aldermen Wackrill (then Mayor), Bishop and Bradshaw, Campion Terrace Water Works were the first publicly owned waterworks in the country to supply a whole town – Leamington Spa – and the...
Randolph Adolphus Turpin, the ‘Leamington Licker’

Randolph Adolphus Turpin, the ‘Leamington Licker’

Dec 5, 2013 | People

Randolph Turpin’s life was a classic rags to riches story that should have had a happy ending.  As it turned out, it ended in bankruptcy and tragedy.  Born in 1928 in a rented basement flat at 6 Willes Road, Leamington he was christened Randolph Adolphus.  His...
Cordelia Leigh

Cordelia Leigh

Dec 5, 2013 | People

Mary Cordelia Emily Leigh was born in 1866 at Stoneleigh Abbey, the youngest child of William Henry, 2nd Baron Leigh. Her family were among the wealthiest and most influential landowners in Warwickshire, with an estate of nearly 15,000 acres. Despite his great wealth,...
Leamington’s First Floor Chapels

Leamington’s First Floor Chapels

Nov 28, 2013 | Places

Leamington had many chapels, some are long gone, others have been put to alternative uses, and some lie empty,  probably damp and derelict, awaiting their fate.  The ex- Baptist chapel on Clarendon Street is one such, being proposed currently for demolition and...

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