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Nostalgic memories of Rugby's local history

Share your own memories of Rugby and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Displaying Memories 1 - 10 of 13 in total

Stan Lloyd A Pupil At This School
My dad, Stanley Morgan Lloyd, was a pupil at this school.
Rugby, Lawrence Sheriffe School c1950
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Added 12 March 2019

Policeman On Point Duty
And there he is...the policeman on point duty. We had a van that Charlie would deliver the bread in from our bakery in Regents St. I would sit on a wooden box in the passenger place next to the driver (there was no seat! One day, Charlie took his hands off the wheel and guided the van past the policeman with his knees.....very daring!
Rugby, Market Place 1932
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Added 12 March 2019

My Home Town Of Rugby
I was brought up in Rugby 1949 - 1970. My parents owned Tudor Bakeries at 3 Regent Street. At first we lived above the shop with the bake-house in Oxford Street. Then we moved to Bloxam Gardens off Bilton Road and converted the two floors above the shop into the bakery. I have many happy memories - one being the policeman on point duty just along from the clock tower. I'll have to look up the names of the roads at the junction but I can remember Sheep Street and High St being up the road.
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Added 12 March 2019

Johns Hairdresser
Does any one remember the hairdressers on Regent Street? It was above Thortons sweet shop and on the same floor was an insurance company.
Rugby, Regent Street 1922
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Added 26 January 2014

What Was The Name Of The Hotel?

Please can somebody tell me the name of the hotel that was by the clock tower? It is no longer, but I am told that it was where the Vodafone shop now stands? Thank you
Rugby, Warwick Street c1950
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Added 16 September 2013

Now This Is Memory Lane!
I was at school here at exactly the time of this photograph. I left the area soon afterwards. I remember Mr Rogers, form master and French teacher; Mr (Joe) Lewis gym and sports master; Mr (Nogger) Nason geography teacher and School House Master. There were no cars on site and everyone rode bikes. The woodwork shop which was situated nearer to Hillmorton Road from the Gym was where I made a jointed wooden ...see more
Rugby, Lawrence Sheriffe School c1950
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Added 16 June 2012

A Little Before My Time But...
This looks like the top of Dunchurch Hill opposite the Roman Catholic church. I used to live on Rokeby Estate which was built at the bottom left of the hill around 1949. Our French teacher and form master Mr Rogers at Lawrence Sheriff School lived in a house somewhere to the right hand side of this photo. Despite his rather unsympathetic teaching methods I did quite well in my 1952 GCE "O" level exams.
Rugby, Dunchurch Road 1922
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Added 16 June 2012

School Days
I was a pupil here for my last three years at a Grammar school from 1949-1952. The school had a strict uniform policy, navy blue blazers or grey suits and we were obliged to wear our school caps and were forbidden to attend school without a tie until the headmaster gave permission. We had two afternoons a week to play sports. Cricket during the summer and Rugby in winter. To compensate we had school on Saturday ...see more
Rugby, Lawrence Sheriff School 1932
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Added 16 June 2012

St Matthew's Church Warwick Street
I lived in Rugby from 1949 to 1952 having had contacts with the town since the early 1940s. My brother and sister and I, as children, used to attend this church which is the cloistered building back left of the picture, left of the bus. I also attended their youth club which held weekly meetings in a different part of the town. I remember the church was chosen by the BBC to present a Sunday Service broadcast and the church was full of people who we had never seen before.
Rugby, Warwick Street c1950
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Added 16 June 2012

New Bilton Council School
I remember going to school with my Micky Mouse gas mask, we had air raid shelters in the playground. We had lessons in the morning and slept on camp beds in the afternoon.
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Added 13 June 2012