Census 2021
MEMORY MONDAY By now, your 2021 Census information pack will have landed on your door mat, for completion on 21st March. The information...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Mar 22, 20212 min read
Then & Now: Roughknowles Road
MEMORY MONDAY Today's photo from yesteryear dates back to the mid to late 1970s. The photo is used with kind permission of Lyn and Mike,...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Mar 22, 20212 min read
Mr Francis Dudley Ward, Westwood Heath Centenarian
MEMORY MONDAY Before Christmas, I was contacted by Susan, niece of Francis Dudley Ward (known as Dudley), regarding her uncle’s...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Dec 14, 20201 min read
Memories of Westwood Heath in the 1950s and 60s
John Webb from Burton Green writes: A few weeks ago some members were enquiring about local residents in the 1950s. In particular David...
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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
Dec 14, 20203 min read
Cicely Lucas (nee Neale 1879-1970) - A Warwickshire Suffragette
Memory Monday Amongst the objects looked after by staff at the Warwickshire Museum can be found a sash and a ribbon once proudly worn by...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Oct 12, 20201 min read
Warwick University - Films
Memory Monday Today's offering comes from the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick. As well as many other interesting...
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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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Westwoodheathhistory2
Aug 10, 20203 min read
People of Westwood: Mary Dormer Harris (1867 – 1936)
Memory Monday “No poet has ever rhymed about the overgrown hamlets I write of; nevertheless, the changes fill with a foolish melancholy...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Jul 30, 20202 min read
Then and Now - Random Images
MEMORY MONDAY Today we have several images that cover some of the remaining pictures from the collection that Jay Jay Mckeown gave us....
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Jul 30, 20203 min read
Then and Now - Charter Avenue and Canley
MEMORY MONDAY Today we take a walk down Charter Avenue towards the Fletchampstead Highway, from Westwood Heath into Canley. The original...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Jul 9, 20204 min read
The Warwickshire Reformatory Institution for Girls
Origins The Warwickshire Reformatory Institution for Girls was established in 1856 at Allesley Farm, Tile Hill Lane. At first glance,...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Jul 9, 20201 min read
Then and Now - 1960s Photos 3
Memory Monday Today we have a walk around the Ivy Farm Lane Conservation Area. This is the red ringed area shown on the hand drawn map...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Jul 1, 20202 min read
Then and Now - 1960s Photos 2
Memory Mondays In the second set of old photographs from those put on the Facebook site by Jay Mckeown we take a walk down Cromwell Lane,...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Jun 21, 20202 min read
Then and Now - 1960s Photos
Memory Monday Back in April Jay Mckeown posted a fascinating compilation of photos on this Facebook page. They were taken in the 1960s...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
May 29, 20204 min read
From the newspaper archives… May Customs: Beating the Bounds
Today’s Memory Monday is inspired by an article on “Old Customs” printed in the Royal Leamington Spa Courier on 24th May, 1873. The...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
May 5, 20205 min read
From the newspaper archives…. V.E. Day
On Friday we commemorate the 75th anniversary of V.E. Day. This marked the end of nearly 6 years of war and suffering, costing millions...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Life in the time of a pandemic
At the start of lockdown, Karen Stevenson posted with some reflections on living through this period as a historical event and how...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Apr 20, 20202 min read
From the newspaper archives…
The first of a regular look at local events as reported in newspapers of days gone by. Easter has been very different for us all this...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Mar 31, 20202 min read
Tile Hill Railway Station
MEMORY MONDAY “Then & Now” Today’s old photograph, from the early part of the 20th Century, is of Tile Hill Station, looking...
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