Articles with the tag: Businesspeople

The Maltings, William Street

The Maltings, William Street

Mar 10, 2014 | Places

A Detective Story  –  Last Orders in William Street  Strange how we often fail to pay much attention to buildings that we frequently walk past. I have often walked along William Street at the rear of Brandon Parade, but it wasn’t until I had passed that...
Firefighting in the Village of Leamington Priors

Firefighting in the Village of Leamington Priors

Mar 6, 2014 | Memories, Places

    It is fairly certain that the eighteenth century village of Leamington Priors had only the most basic equipment for use in the event of fire. Although larger towns and cities might boast one of the early manual fire engines, in villages up and down the...
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...
The James Family

The James Family

Nov 17, 2013 | People

  The James family were involved in the local licensed trade for over eighty years.  Francis James commenced his business activity on 23rd July 1897, when he took over from James Walters the Park Tavern Inn, at 1a Union Road, Packmores, Warwick, (renamed Lakin Road in...
The Reading sisters: growing up in the Althorpe Arms

The Reading sisters: growing up in the Althorpe Arms

Jul 5, 2013 | Memories, People

In the early 1970s, Kit and Ivy Reading were interviewed for the 1st edition of the Bath Place Times, painting a vivid picture of their lives and the area where they grew up. The Reading family kept the Althorpe Arms in Althorpe Street for 42 years, until the area...

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