Feb 2, 2024 | News, People, Places, Uncategorized
Great News – Leamington History Group are now in a position to start arranging for the Archive, containing over 5000 Photos, documents and maps, to be attached to this web site to enable anyone to access this fabulous collection which is growing monthly. Not only will...
Dec 30, 2023 | News, People, Places
At the beginning of the Second World War the government had a great deal to think about. One important decision to be made was about the need to prevent damage and destruction by the enemy of vital factories producing materials for defending the country and waging war...
Dec 27, 2023 | News, Places
Posters have been used for many years to advertise the attractions of the town and the railways which served the town. Here is a selection of them. They were displayed at railway stations and other places around the country and probably contributed greatly to the...
Dec 15, 2023 | Memories, News, People, Places
Frederick William Mulley, Baron Mulley of Sheffield Park 1918-1995 Fred Mulley was a prominent post-war Labour politician, life-long Trade Union member, Barrister and Economist. He was born in Leamington at the end of the Great War to a family whose maternal ancestors...
Nov 13, 2023 | Memories, News, People, Places
My memories of living in Archery Road I lived in Archery Road from 1945-1965. My parents were stationed at RAF Gaydon during the Second World War and they married in 1944 in London (they were both Londoners). I was born in February 1945. After renting in Leamington...
Nov 9, 2023 | Memories, News, People, Places
This article is based upon an interview with Mr Harold Wragg, Nursery Manager, by Nicola Brooks in 1991. Nicola Brooks interviewed Harold Wragg, nursery manager, in 1991 as part of her studies for a Teaching Diploma in Museum and Gallery Education at Warwick...
