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Happy Childhood
I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and then ...Read more
A memory of Wormleighton in 1946 by
Jtbells
This is the year I started on the building sites in 1963, I got a job on J. T. Bell's site in Whickam, the site hadn't been running long then as it was in the first stage. All the lads were mainly from Newburn, Lemington, and Throckley. If ...Read more
A memory of Newburn in 1963 by
18 Happy Years
We moved into Avon Carrow in November 1991, just after the M40 motorway had been extended to Warwick, and started the most rewarding living experience of our mature lives. The Carrow has an interesting history for such a ...Read more
A memory of Avon Dassett in 2009 by
The Good Ol Days
I was born in north London in 1951. We moved to 3 Penzance Road when I was about 6 months old, I lived there until 1972. I remember Wallies van, buying broken biscuits from the shop in Petersfield Ave, playing runouts and tin tan ...Read more
A memory of Harold Hill in 1951 by
Wonderful Childhood Memories
I lived in Cannock from 1963 to 1970. We lived on the Longford Estate in Leamington Close, we were the first family to live in that house after it was built. I went to Bridgetown Primary School and started year 1 in ...Read more
A memory of Cannock in 1860 by
The Grange
My Grand Parents Mr and Mrs Burbidge lived in Ambleside cottage and worked in the Grange. Its owners then were Mr and Mrs collier and Miss Hewitt. As young school boy 60 years ago I used to go and help Mr Franklin the gardener which gave ...Read more
A memory of Hellidon by
Front Street Bells Close
I was born in Corbridge in Dilston Hall when it was a maternity home. My parents lived at No 1 Front Street Bells Close and I have some fantastic memories of my life there. I remember all of the neighbours and our ...Read more
A memory of Denton Burn in 1860 by
Lemington Upon Tyne, Scouting
Scouting Life during the Forties I was born in January 1936 in a large village, Lemington in Northumberland, England. Lemington bordered on the limit of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was a working class area ...Read more
A memory of Lemington in 1944 by
Happy Days In Morden
I lived in Leamington Ave from 1936 - 1956 with my parents who selected the new house for its long south facing garden which backed onto Hillcross School field. During the war my mother and I were evacuated to Bucklebury in Berkshire ...Read more
A memory of Morden by
Growing Up In West Lavington
My name is Mark McCabe I grew up in west Leamington , best years of my life ,moved a couple times eastfields, white street , sandfieds, I also moved to market Lavington for a while, the best was highlands farm outside ...Read more
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Leamington's development as a spa did not begin until 1789, when William Abbotts discovered a mineral spring on his land in what is now Bath Street.
Leamington's development as a spa did not begin until 1789, when William Abbotts discovered a mineral spring on his land in what is now Bath Street.
On the right is the Royal Leamington Bath and Pump Rooms, with swimming pool and Turkish baths.
On the right is the Royal Leamington Bath and Pump Rooms, with swimming pool and Turkish baths.
It was Victoria who allowed the town to assume the name of Royal Leamington Spa.
A horse-tram belonging to the Leamington & Warwick Tramway Co trundles by the parish church of All Saints. The church was built in the French-Gothic style between 1843-1869.
They were named in tribute to another Leamington benefactor, Dr Henry Jephson.
In 1905 the horse-drawn tramway linking Leamington and Warwick was converted to electric traction.
In the 1780s, Leamington was little more than a village with a population of around 300 people.
In the 1780s, Leamington was little more than a village with a population of around 300 people.
As Leamington grew in popularity as a spa, it became obvious that expansion was vital. A new town was laid out between 1810 and 1830, with the Parade as its main street.
For 17s 6d a round trip via Leamington and Stoneleigh Abbey could be had.
The natural springs at Leamington were known about in the 17th century, and were mentioned by a number of writers.
It is part of a longer riverside path linking Leamington with Warwick, and part also of the 100-mile Centenary Way.
The line of bushes and trees in the middle distance hide the embankment of the railway line, which ran from Weedon through Daventry to Leamington.
Among Leamington's famous residents was Napoleon III of France, who came to the town for a short period following France's defeat at the hands of Prussia in 1871.
For 17s 6d a round trip via Leamington and Stoneleigh Abbey could be had.
The natural springs at Leamington were known about in the 17th century, and were mentioned by a number of writers.
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