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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
Strolling in the Town
The person in the white macintosh walking towards the camera is myself, Bob Vincent with a friend, Peter Watkins. I lived at 4, Shepperton Street, Chllvers Coton (opposite the Vicarage) and Peter lived in Coton Road close to the Arches. I emigrated with my family to Perth, Western Australia in 1970. We used to frequent the Lido milkbar next to the Post Office. Should anyone wish to contact me, I can be reached by email bobbysue@iinet.net.au
A memory of Nuneaton contributed by Robert Vincent
ABC Minors Club
Seeing the photograph of the old Ritz cinema reminded me of the time when I was a member of the Ritz Minors Club from approx. 1947 until 1952. We all paid 6 old pence to have a morning at the "pictures" watching films like Flash Gordon, Tarzan and many others. As time went on and I reached , what I thought, was a ripe old age the building on the other corner the "Coach and Horses" pub was one of the places where on a Saturday night we would go and spend the evening. If anyone should remember me, Don "Crowie" Baxter, I still live in Nuneaton (aged now 66) at 39 Kingsbridge Road Nuneaton, or if anyone remembers my friend ...read more here
A memory of Nuneaton contributed by Donald Baxter
Extracts From Mancetter & Warwickshire books
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".
It was under Dr Thomas Arnold, who was
headmaster from 1828 to 1842, that the face
of the English public school was to change.
It was his influence that led to public schools
becoming places that trained character.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Pocket Album".