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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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MEMORY MONDAY - Then and Now: Snow in Roughknowles Road 1981
The following pictures have come to us courtesy of Ann McCaig who has lived in Roughknowles Road since the development was started. They...
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Jan 23, 20231 min read
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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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Mar 22, 20212 min read
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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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Dec 14, 20201 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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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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Dec 14, 20203 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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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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Jul 30, 20202 min read
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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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Jul 30, 20203 min read
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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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Jul 9, 20201 min read
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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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Jul 1, 20202 min read
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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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Jun 21, 20202 min read
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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...
Westwoodheathhistory2
Mar 31, 20202 min read
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Then & Now: The Bell Inn
Feast your eyes on the peaceful, rural idyll that was Tile Hill village back in 1904! The Bell Inn appears on maps in the 19th Century,...
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Mar 20, 20201 min read
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Then and now
This week's Memory Monday is a "Then & Now" look at Westwood Heath Road. The 1960s image of the road was kindly shared by Les Parsons a...
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Apr 29, 20191 min read
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