Nuneaton, Warwickshire

Barpool Road in the 50's

My Mum's family lived on Barpool road (Nan and Gramps still do) and she often tells us how the kids in the street played together with giant skipping ropes made from the washing line that went across the street. Also about the mischief the gang of kids got up to (all innocent). My mum's family are the Reays, my mum is... [more]

Calling all who lived in meadowside between 1970 and 1980

Hiya all, This is Tracey Vincent (Harland). My family moved to Nuneaton around 1971 and we lived at 99 Meadowside for 9 years we had many friends. Denise and Fred Saxton along with their Children Joanne and Karen. I remember the day my Mam went to the hospital when Joanne was born. In the past  four years my Mam and Dad... [more]

Strolling in the Town

The person in the white macintosh walking towards the camera is myself, Bob Vincent with a friend, Peter Watkins. I lived at 4, Shepperton Street, Chllvers Coton (opposite the Vicarage) and Peter lived in Coton Road close to the Arches. I emigrated  with my family to Perth, Western Australia in 1970. We used to frequent the Lido milkbar next to the... [more]

ABC Minors Club

Seeing the photograph of the old Ritz cinema reminded me of the time when I was a member of the Ritz Minors Club from approx. 1947 until 1952. We all paid 6 old pence to have a morning at the "pictures" watching films like Flash Gordon, Tarzan and many others. As time went on and I reached , what I thought,... [more]

Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories

Part of Church Street was destroyed in an air raid in 1941, but misguided development and unrestricted traffic growth have since done far more damage to the townscape than German bombs. The buildings in this photograph have been replaced with grotesque monstrosities, and the road seems to be permanently congested.

Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories

People lived and traded on Bond Gate until 1969. Now, together with Bond Street, it is a dispiriting introduction to Nuneaton for those of us who arrive by train. All these buildings have been swept away, and replaced by a dire hotchpotch of modern horrors overlooking endless traffic. The buses now leave from an ugly new station round the corner, with a footbridge providing pedestrian access from Bond Gate.

Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories

Hall of 1818, but were themselves replaced in 1934 by this neo-Georgian pile on Coton Road. Formerly known as the Council House, it has recently been renamed the Town Hall, following the construction of a new red-brick Council House next to it.