Articles with the tag: Wartime

Henry Eric Maudslay, DFC, Dam Buster Pilot

Henry Eric Maudslay, DFC, Dam Buster Pilot

Jul 27, 2017 | People, Places

Squadron Leader Henry Maudslay DFC Blue Plaque unveiled The youngest Squadron Leader of the Dam Busters, and one of the youngest pilots, was a local man. Henry Eric Maudslay was born at 1 Vicarage Road, Lillington on 21 July 1921. The Maudslay family had been involved...
College Boys at War

College Boys at War

Dec 11, 2016 | People

In the Summer term of 1926, Arnold Thornton the headmaster of Leamington College made a surprise announcement following a morning assembly in the Great Hall. He had received a request from the Air Ministry to grant the boys a half-holiday in celebration of the award...
H B Dunn Chemists

H B Dunn Chemists

Sep 10, 2016 | Places

  One of Leamington’s longest established businesses became yet another casualty of the increasing rents demanded for commercial premises when H B Dunn the Regent Street Chemist moved to alternative premises this year. The properties adjoining the old Lloyd’s...
Miss Rosemary Thwaites

Miss Rosemary Thwaites

Jun 8, 2016 | Memories, People, Places

Rosemary Thwaites was the youngest child and only daughter of Captain Sidney Herbert Thwaites, a retired soldier-turned-farmer and a member of the Yorkshire brewing family. Her older brother Leslie Basil Thwaites, a farmer, engineer and inventor, set up Thwaites...
The Blue Café

The Blue Café

Mar 19, 2016 | Memories, People, Places

Mrs Margaret Mary Maitland Fowler, sometime owner of Leamington’s famous Blue Café in Bath Street, became something of a Midlands legend in her own lifetime. She was appointed OBE for her services to charity, to disabled ex-servicemen and the Red Cross. Mrs Fowler...

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