Jane Wray  Gowns – Victoria Colonnade, Royal Leamington Spa Although the elegant figure on the left may not be instantly recognisable, many older Leamingtonians will remember  her as ‘Jane Wray’, owner of the fashionable dress shop in the Colonnade.  She was  my mother, Mrs Jane Wheatley, seen here at home in Lansdowne Circus,modelling one of her … Read more

Do you recognise this building with its decorative carved columns? It’s one known to generations of Leamingtonians as Sabin’s, – the Leamington bread shop and bakery in years gone by. Mona Radford, nee Sabin, was born at the shop in Farley Street, into a family business started by her great grandfather Joseph, who seems to … Read more