Wilmcote, Swan Guest House c.1955
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Photo of Wilmcote, Swan Guest House c.1955

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The Shakespeare properties are not the only impressive buildings in Wilmcote. The Swan is a handsome structure which looks as if it might originally have been a farmhouse. Nowadays it is The Swan House Inn.

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A Selection of Memories from Wilmcote

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Wilmcote

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My father was a builder doing war work whereever he was sent. My parents wanted all the family to be together so we all arrived in Wilmcote, my mother, father and older brother and I. We lived in an old train carriage which had been transformed into a temporary home for us. It was situated in the grounds of the home of a Mr and Mrs Baldwin of Start Point, a bungalow in the village. I went to the village ...see more