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News & Updates
 IA
Magazine. A collection of early IA magazines published by David
& Charles is in need of a good home. See the
Can You Help page for details. June 2010.
Newsletter No. 38 is now available on the site. The programme to
the end of 2010 has also been added. June 2010.
Treasurer. The new society treasurer is Mr Victor Lobb who takes
over the post from Richard Hartree. Thank you to Richard for the
past 3 years service and welcome to Victor. June 2010.
WIAS
Newsletters. Following a recent appeal, very high quality pdf
copies of most of the newsletters are now available on the site. The
exceptions, although still perfectly readable, are number 1 to
number 6 which had to be scanned from paper copies as the originals
are no longer available digitally. Many thanks to Peter Chater &
Mark Abbott. May 2010.
June
2010 WIAS Meeing. The last meeting of the season had been
reserved for a members' session, but I have had the chance to book
Mr. Bernie Cope to speak on 'The history of Toye, Kenning and
Spencer', manufacturers of ribbons and a range of other regalia,
with a strong Bedworth connection. Mr Cope is usually busy on
Thursday evenings , but fortunately he can be free on Thursday June
10th., and I felt I should take the opportunity to invite him to
speak at our meeting on that night. He will be bringing many samples
of the company's work, and I feel sure it will be an excellent
evening. This means that the members' session will be part of the
first meeting of next season, which also includes the AGM.
Martin Green, WIAS
Chairman. April 2010.
Churchill Archives Centre. The Leamington Society has arranged a
coach trip to Cambridge to visit Churchill College and the Whittle
Archive. The date is Wednesday 19th May 2010 and all WIAS members
and their friends & family are welcome. You can just have a nice
day out in Cambridge if you wish! Places are still available.
For full details click
here to
download the booking form which must be completed before 1st May.
April 2010.
Cambridge booking form
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The Establishment and Decline, of
British Thomson-Houston and
Metropolitan Vickers.
David J Wilson, President 1963-64, AEI
(Rugby), Apprentice Association has compiled the history of
British Thomson-Houston and Metropolitan Vickers. David has
kindly made the history available to WIAS. This will be of
great interest to many members and it is an extremely generous
gesture. It is available as a pdf
document and consists of 23 pages of detailed history including
maps and photographs. Not to be missed. Click
here or use the
link on the left. April 2010. |
Herbert Art Gallery &
Museum, Coventry -
June
26th to August 30th
An Inland Adventure - Photographs by Robert Longden
During the late 1940s and early 1950s Robert Longden
produced a remarkable portfolio of high quality black and white
images. These photographs record the working life of the
narrowboat people he encountered at the confluence of the Oxford
and Coventry Canals, Hawkesbury Junction and Sutton Stop. The
exhibition will be supplemented with photographs by Stephen
Pochin, great-grandson of Longden, and an artist and
photographer in his own right. These will convey the changes to
the landscape and usage of the waterways in 2009.
Exhibition organised by Stephen Pochin in collaboration
with the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum.
Just a reminder that Dr. Malcolm Dick will be talking on
'Matthew Boulton and the celebration of industrial technology'
at 7.30 pm on Thursday April 8th. in the Pyne Room, Warwick
School. Dr Dick will be bringing copies of his book 'Matthew
Boulton - a revolutionary player', for sale at a reduced price.
All welcome.
Martin Green, Chairman WIAS. April 2010.
Newsletter 37, March 2010. Now available on the web site.
Click here to view. March 2010.
Request for help. New entry on the 'can you help page'.
Click here. February 2010.
The
Leamington History Group. The group have kindly supplied an
interesting short article on the Armstrong Whitworth A52 which
became known as the Flying Wing. The full programme for the
Society which now meets at The Old Library, Avenue Road,
Leamington Spa is also available. Click on the pictures below to
open the documents. February 2010.
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AWA 52
Flying Wing |
Leamington
History
Group 2010 Programme |
Rob Foxon's Railways Remembered Heritage Film Show.
February 24th,7.30pm at The Benn Hall Rugby - A new programme of rare
archive footage.
Includes film of the travelling post office and steam at
Leamington, Warwick & Rugby in the 1930's.
For details of some of the programme of films click here.
Rob's full 2010 programme is now available at the link on the
left of the page.
(Note - if you can't get to this
showing the same programme is also shown on Monday 29th March at
The Corn Market Hall, London Rd, Corby, Northants which is not
too far away and a very pleasant venue! ) February 2010.
Stuart Robertson has kindly put together a nice selection of
1941 period adverts from around Coventry & Warwickshire. The names
will be familiar to most people. Click
here or use the link on the left to view them. February
2010
Collections Conversation, Whats in Store,
The Herbert, 1200 noon until 1600, February 23rd.
Join Paul Thompson at The Herbert's accessible store to look
at and handle a few of the fascinating things held in
archaeology and natural history collections. Here is your chance
to talk to a curator about anything to do with museums or
collections in the Herbert.
Paul Thompson, Keeper of
Collections, Coventry Heritage and Arts Trust Ltd, The Herbert
Art Gallery and Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP.
Tel: 02476 294761
Fax: 02476 220171
www.theherbert.org
January 2010
Newsletters 8 - 14, Sept 2002 to March 2004. Does anyone
still have paper copies of these newsletters filed away at home? The
webmaster would very much like to borrow these editions for a few
days so they can be scanned and added to the website. The copies of
these newsletters currently available on the site are in a plain
typed format, all the others are now in the same style as the paper
version and it would be nice to complete the set. If you can help
please send me an email at
enquiry@warwickshireias.org or use the link at the top of the
page. January 2010.
Leamington Spa - Russell Street. Peter Coulls has kindly
supplied a photograph, taken with an instamatic camera in 1976, of
the the former Flowers Brewery Store premises. The building at that
time was still clearly painted with their name but looked in need of
some tlc! Peter Riley also took some photos of the same location in
2001. By then the office building had been fully renovated but the
rear yard remained very original, and still does to this day. In
2001 it was being used to store part exchange vehicles from the
garage next door and hidden in the very back corner was an ancient
breakdown truck.
Russell Street in 1976 & 2001
More photographs available in the Photo
Gallery
The building is of an
interesting design with the splendid archway leading through to the
yard. This may originally have provided stabling and storage for
horses and a variety of carts as although there is evidence to show
that the premises were occupied by at least two breweries it may
have been originally built for a local haulier. There are also
records that show it in use between the wars by a motor haulage
service operated by Mr. W H Yardley. WIAS member Richard Storey has
carried out some research and anyone interested in reading more
about the property may like to refer to the below reference.
Article by R. A. Storey,
'A Pioneer Leamington Haulier'
Warwickshire History,
(publication of the Warwickshire Local History Society)
Vol. III, No.1, (Summer 1975, pages 37 - 40).
January 2010
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