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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May 7, 20231 min read
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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Westwoodheathhistory2
Feb 28, 20233 min read
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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Westwoodheathhistory2
Feb 13, 20221 min read
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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Westwoodheathhistory2
Dec 14, 20204 min read
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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Westwoodheathhistory2
Sep 10, 20205 min read
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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Aug 12, 20192 min read
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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Jul 29, 20193 min read
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 15, 20194 min read
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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westwoodheathra
Jul 1, 20193 min read
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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Jun 17, 20193 min read
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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