Articles with the tag: Alan Griffin

Early Television in Leamington

Early Television in Leamington

Mar 12, 2016 | Memories, People

  Among a host of anniversaries celebrated in 2016, the thought occurred to me that the date also coincides with eighty years of the first public transmissions of television pictures from Alexandra Palace in London in the Autumn of 1936.   Most people know that...
Monty and the Casket, 1947

Monty and the Casket, 1947

Feb 13, 2016 | People

Freedom of the Borough for Viscount Montgomery, 1947 During the hundred years of its existence, the Borough of Royal Leamington Spa awarded the Honorary Freedom of the Borough to sixteen individuals and three military establishments. Of those individuals, all were men...
Jan Berenska (1905-1968)

Jan Berenska (1905-1968)

Jan 17, 2016 | People

Musician & orchestra leader It is rather sad to think that a man whose accomplishments were such that a Leamington street was named after him is almost forgotten within a few years. Berenska Drive was named after Jan Berenska a multi-talented musician whose...
Denis Matthews (1919 – 1988)

Denis Matthews (1919 – 1988)

Dec 25, 2015 | People

Concert pianist & writer When Denis Matthews left Warwick School in 1935 to take up a scholarship  at the Royal Academy of Music in London, one of his erstwhile masters said “They tell me that you are going in for music Matthews but what do you intend doing with...
Henry Peach Robinson: pioneer Victorian photographer

Henry Peach Robinson: pioneer Victorian photographer

Sep 24, 2015 | People

Here is a presentation by Alan Griffin of Leamington History Group about Henry Peach Robinson: pioneer Victorian photographer. A blue plaque in memory of Henry Peach Robinson was unveiled at 60 Parade on 23rd September 2015 by Dr Michael Pritchard, Director-General of...

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