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... ECHO Thursday November DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN ? A picture to stir the memories of hospital patients during and after the Second World War The old Alcock Convalescent Hospital in Keresley started life as a ‘stately home During the war when the -Coventry and ...
... looking for job He got one on the Yorkshire Evening Post where he wrote a column under the pen-name 'Mr Nobodv': When the Second World War arrived he tried to enlist but was too old by— Mort Birch The Midlands beckoned and he left the Yorkshire Press lor the ...
... one of the most efficient and cheap forms of transport Many of the tracks were damaged during the German raids in the Second World War and were never repaired and the kids used to follow him and turn them off Watching him play is Abraham Smith from Royal ...
... and Eric followed him Their farms were separated from the canal An outbreak of scarlet fever around the start of the Second World War lead to the community being closed The fever waS supposed to have been caused by a ‘sud’ ditch where all the washing ...
... we would have gone up in smoke But the money came in handy Food scarce and there was no rationing like there in the Second World War It was case of first come first served said But sometimes what got wasn't very good At the end of hostilities the ...
... started from humble beginnings Arthur Snell set up in business on his own in Orchard Street Collycroft at the end of the Second World War He had nothing but his Army gratuity backed by the skill and expertise he learned as a Sergeant Mechanic “I had £50 18s ...
... the back and was really part of the building “As kids we used to play up there and have picnics on the roof” During the Second World War the air raid siren was on top of the tower It was still there when the buildings were demolished The origins of the tower ...
... cyclists “People to get their wheels caught in the lines” says Mr Jackson The trams were stopped at the start of the Second World ‘War by Hitler’s bombs Most of die tracks were destroyed and the trams Passengers cards during the h never ran The picture ...
... the early and what a wealth of memories returned to me of those - happy but difficult days made difficult by the of the Second World War Memories' of Some of the staff Mrs Esther Wilcox head-mistreas my vivid memory of her was daily morning asaembty when ...
... IT'S A GIFT1 Some of the men from Bedworth Bulk-ington Keresley and Wolvey who served in the 'Specials’ during the Second World War Front row: Eddie Perry Ken Neale Bertie Lowe Bill Owens Harold Green (Commandant) Chief Inspector Jones head of Bedworth ...
... Boys School Our Girls School winner Mrs Patricia Meadows of Cream Pot Lane Copredy near Banbury who pupil there during Second World War Mrs Meadows letter featured The £& Boys School in by Bill Edkins of Regent Street Bedworth captained the rugby team in ...
... back the in heard all about says Mrs Matin suit back to up town Bedworth forbidding place of the depression before the Second World War Poverty unemployment dreadful working conditions produced a breed of would right drop of Family ‘feuds’ commonplace and ...