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Atherstone books (8 available)
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The White Horse
My Gt Gt Aunt Esther Parry and her husband Joseph kept it c1891 and my gt Aunt Annie who lived with them from a young age had it in 1901. She married Thomas Terry.
A memory of Baddesley Ensor contributed by Vicki Germain
The White Horse Inn
From 1980/84 I was part owner of the pub, we had a brilliant football team at the time and were an important social centre for the village. The pub no longer exists as it closed soon after I sold my share, however I do still have contact with some of my old regulars. Today I manage a small guest house in Cornwall but still get visitors from Baddesely.
A memory of Baddesley Ensor contributed by Andrew Hatton
Kevin Devine Remembers Little Jim's Cottage
In the early 1960s as a small boy, this was the home of my grandmother and grandfather, Hilda and John Guy. I remember going to visit them with my mother, Cynthia Joan Devine, formerly Guy.
I used to love running around the garden with their little terrier called Betty and around the pond you can see in the picture.
My grandparents had a chicken shed, and I was allowed in the morning to go and collect the eggs.
While I was there I was often allowed to stay up much later than normal and remember sleeping upstairs and hearing the adults talking downstairs.
Very sadly my grandfather, shortly followed by my grandmother, passed away and they are buried in Poleswoth churchyard ...read more here
A memory of Polesworth contributed by Victoria Devine
Change of ownership
I bought the proerty named "The Gatehouse", being the timber framed buiding to the left of the gateway, in 2007. There are various records in the church archives which relate to the building being ariginally being built for the nuns and at one time being occupied by royalist soldiers during the civil war.
The gatehouse was built in 1482 with the 3 cottages next door being added in the 1520s.
The gateway is still owned by the church and is due for restoration shortly.
I will amend this entry as I research the history more fully.
A memory of Polesworth contributed by Bob Lodge
Extracts From Atherstone & Warwickshire books
Atherstone is one of only two places where the game of
Shrovetide football is played; the other is Ashbourne in
Derbyshire. In 1846 the game was finally banned from the
streets of Derby. Hence comes the expression a ‘Derby game’
when two local teams play one another. The school has a
charter dating back to the 16th century.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Pocket Album".
The domestic buildings of Warwick Castle are
situated on the southern side of the fortress
overlooking the river. The roof of the Great
Hall and several other rooms were restored at
considerable cost after being seriously damaged
by fire in 1871.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Pocket Album".
Bidford-on-Avon is one of eight
villages satirically described in
a rhyme attributed to William
Shakespeare and penned after
a heavy drinking session. The
Bard and his cronies had a
drinking bout at this inn with
the Bidford Sippers and lost.
Too drunk to make it back to
Stratford, they slept the night
under a crab-apple tree. The
rhyme attributed to him goes:
‘Piping Pepworth,
Dancing Marston,
Haunted Hillborough,
Hungry Grafton,
Dodging Exhall,
Papist Wixford,
Beggarly Broom,
Drunken Bidford’.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Pocket Album".
Once famous for the manufacture of ribbons, Nuneaton’s industrial base
diversified to include ironworks, worsted factories, cotton and silk goods.
There were also coal mines, brickworks and tile making. A Midland Red
bus makes its way through the town. The bus station was built on the
site where the amusement fairs used to set up when they came to town.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Pocket Album".
Nuneaton’s first market was granted to the
local prioress by Henry III. Among the market
traders who used to draw the crowds were Mrs
Gee, who literally sold crockery at knock down
prices by shouting out the price and banging
on an old tea chest. There was also a man who
sold foot oils. He demonstrated the effectiveness
of his product by jumping barefoot on a wooden
block studded with nails.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Pocket Album".