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MEMORY MONDAY - Westwood Club and Reading Room
Happy Birthday to the Westwood Club! This November we are celebrating the 125th birthday of the Westwood Club. However, its existence as...
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Dec 31, 20234 min read
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Memory Monday - Coronation Special: Westwood Heath in the News in 1948
A topical Memory Monday this week, taking a look at Westwood Heath in 1948, the year of our current King's birth. There are snippets of...
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May 7, 20231 min read
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The Mystery of the Haunted Tree
Memory Monday Today’s Memory Monday has a rather spooky feel as we bring you the story of a haunted tree at the heart of the university...
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Feb 28, 20233 min read
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Lord Leigh's Buildings
MEMORY MONDAY Happy New Year from all of us in the Westwood Heath History Group! Today we take a look at the old properties in Westwood...
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Feb 13, 20221 min read
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Recollections of Cicely Lucas (née Neale 1879-1970)
Memory Monday Cicely was born in Westwood Heath in 1879, the daughter of the Headmaster Edwin Neale and his wife, Sarah. Cecily recalls...
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Dec 14, 20204 min read
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Westwood Heath in the News….94 Years Ago
MEMORY MONDAY It is always interesting to read how previous generations envisaged the future. Have their predictions come true? What...
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Sep 10, 20205 min read
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Westwood Church Part Two
Twoweeks ago, we looked at the growing need for a church at Westwood and how that came about, culminating in the laying of the foundation...
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Aug 12, 20192 min read
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Westwood Church Part One
Today’s Memory Monday looks back at the foundation of Westwood Church, based in part upon a booklet produced in 1944 to commemorate the...
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Jul 29, 20193 min read
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Squatter Cottages
We are all aware of the current housing shortage in the country and can see the building sites springing up everywhere in the landscape...
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Jul 15, 20194 min read
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Westwood School
Today's "Memory Monday" is all about Westwood School. The Westwood School (now the Greek Orthodox Church) was built by the Leigh family...
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Jul 1, 20193 min read
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Tales of hangmen
Thank you to Jon Sheppard for the suggestion for this week’s topic. He asked about the origins of Gibbet Hill Road, the location of the...
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Jun 17, 20193 min read
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