Articles with the tag: Victorian

Flavel’s Part One of two

Flavel’s Part One of two

Apr 6, 2015 | People, Places

Part One, 1777 to about 1875 [Note – A version of these articles in a different format is available HERE] This follows the firm from some early members of the Flavel family to the time when Sidney Flavel junior took the reins from Sidney senior. The history of...
Flavel’s Part Two of two

Flavel’s Part Two of two

Apr 6, 2015 | People, Places

Part Two, about 1875 to 2015. [Note – A version of these articles in a different format is available HERE] This follows the firm from the moment when Sidney Flavel junior took the reins to the present day.   Sidney Flavel junior (1847 to 1931) was educated...
Ernest and William Renshaw, Wimbledon Champions

Ernest and William Renshaw, Wimbledon Champions

Apr 3, 2015 | People

The twins Ernest (1861 – 1899) and William Renshaw (1861 – 1904) were the tennis players of their age.   They were born at Brandon Lodge, Brandon Parade, Leamington, and baptised at Saint Mary’s Church.  When the twins were only a few months old, the family...
Thomas Baker, 1808 – 1864

Thomas Baker, 1808 – 1864

Apr 1, 2015 | People

  Although known  professionally as ‘Baker of Leamington,’  Thomas Baker was born in Harborne, Birmingham, the son of the headmaster of Harborne Free School. He studied in Birmingham under the artist Joseph Vincent Barber, (who had business...
John Hugh Hawley and Brunswick House School.

John Hugh Hawley and Brunswick House School.

Mar 18, 2015 | People, Places

In 1856, Mr JH Hawley of the Castle School Kenilworth, announced in the Leamington Courier his intention to set up a ‘Classical and Commercial School’ in Brunswick Place, Leamington. An advertisement in the Courier in November of that year referred to...

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