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Leamington- built cars: the Tyrrell 001

Leamington- built cars: the Tyrrell 001

It is always assumed that Leamington only ever produced one car, the Crowden*, – in spite of the fact that the town is only 10 miles away from Coventry, the spiritual home of the British motor industry, and many of the industry’s high flyers and managers...
George Henry (‘Daddy’) Green

George Henry (‘Daddy’) Green

  Leamington’s Greatest Footballer G H Green, Capt, 1st left, front row.  c 1934 George Henry Green was born in Leamington on May 2nd 1901. As his mother died giving birth, he was brought up by his grandmother in Eagle Street. His father George (...
Captain Arthur Kilby  VC, MC

Captain Arthur Kilby VC, MC

  For a comparatively small town, Leamington Spa can lay claim to five recipients of the Victoria Cross, the world’s most coveted medal for gallantry.  The town war memorial on The Parade bears the name of one of these brave men, Arthur Kilby VC, the only one of...
Sir Anthony Eden

Sir Anthony Eden

Leamington Spa has been well served by her members of Parliament since the creation of the Warwick & Leamington constituency in 1885. Several of them achieved high office, two as Attorney General and another as Speaker of the House of Commons. The most...
Sir Terry Frost

Sir Terry Frost

Leamington has nurtured a number of artists who have gone on to enhance their reputations and enjoy popular acclaim.Thomas Baker, Fred Whitehead and Charlie Johnson-Payne all had considerable reputations. Terry Frost was one of the most significant British abstract...