Origins The Warwickshire Reformatory Institution for Girls was established in 1856 at Allesley Farm, Tile Hill Lane. At first glance,...

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...

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,...

Memory Monday Back in April Jay Mckeown posted a fascinating compilation of photos on this Facebook page. They were taken in the 1960s...

Today’s Memory Monday is inspired by an article on “Old Customs” printed in the Royal Leamington Spa Courier on 24th May, 1873. The...

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...

At the start of lockdown, Karen Stevenson posted with some reflections on living through this period as a historical event and how...

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...

MEMORY MONDAY “Then & Now” Today’s old photograph, from the early part of the 20th Century, is of Tile Hill Station, looking...

People of Westwood : Reverend Edmund Roy (1803 – 1873) Westwood Church was consecrated in 1844, its first Vicar being appointed...

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,...

Many of you will be familiar with such local place names as Knights Templars Way and the Templars School. The Knights Templars had strong...

Last week, we looked at the establishment of Stoneleigh Abbey. This week we will see how the grange at Bockendon was developed to become...

Many people are unaware of how far back the history of Westwood Heath stretches. A walk along the two main thoroughfares of Westwood...

Memory Monday posts will resume next week with a series on Bockendon Grange and surrounding areas. Meanwhile, I wanted to draw your...

Today’s Memory Monday coincides with the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, which ran from 1st September 1939 to 2nd...

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...

Today’s Memory Monday looks back at the foundation of Westwood Church, based in part upon a booklet produced in 1944 to commemorate the...

We are all aware of the current housing shortage in the country and can see the building sites springing up everywhere in the landscape...

Today's "Memory Monday" is all about Westwood School. The Westwood School (now the Greek Orthodox Church) was built by the Leigh family...