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MEMORY MONDAY Today – if we haven’t done so already – we will be filling in our census forms, taking part in a decennial survey of...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Mar 22, 20213 min read
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
Jan 9, 20214 min read
Coventry's November Blitz - The Aftermath
The damage caused by the raid could be seen quite soon after the final bomb fell and was mostly confined to the city centre area. The...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Jan 9, 20214 min read
Coventry's November Blitz - Air-raid timeline 14th – 15th November 1940
Coventry had been subjected to many minor air raids during the Battle of Britain, killing 176 people and injuring around 680. Damage had...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Jan 9, 20213 min read
Coventry’s November Blitz - The Background
As many of you will know already, this year, 2020, is 80 years since Coventry suffered the November Blitz of 1940. As part of the...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Jan 9, 20215 min read
Remembrance Day 2020 - Westwood Heath memorials
There are five servicemen who have memorials in the churchyard of St Johns church. On behalf of residents, poppies have been placed on...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Jan 9, 20211 min read
Merry Christmas!
Westwood Heath History Group wishes you all a very Merry Christmas. I hope you enjoy the attached photos showing a Christmas play...
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Jan 9, 20211 min read
Christmas Lights - December 2020
Just some of the many Christmas Light displays on the houses in the area.
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Westwoodheathhistory2
Jan 9, 20211 min read
Christmas Carol Singing - December 2020
Some pictures of the Christmas Carol singing during December 2020, a period of social distancing and partial lockdowns due to the ongoing...
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Dec 14, 20200 min read
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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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