Wellesbourne’s WW2 Airfield

CARDALL’S CORNER - March 2016 By Ian Brodie

We are used to seeing aircraft above us here in Warwickshire. Airliners carrying holidaymakers and business people to all parts of the globe pass high above our heads and others, bound to or from Birmingham airport are much lower. As you take the road from Wellesbourne, where the Sunday market is held, on your way [...]

2020-06-03T17:45:51+01:00March 18th, 2016|Cardall's Corner, WW2|0 Comments

Southam Cinema

Southam Cinema In the early years of the twentieth century and for many years before that, the old Southam Court House in Oxford Street [...]

2020-06-10T23:00:07+01:00March 12th, 2016|General Articles|0 Comments

Southam Windmill

Southam Windmill In Medieval times and for many centuries since, the miller was a valued and greatly respected member of the feudal society. He [...]

2020-06-07T16:51:14+01:00March 9th, 2016|General Articles|8 Comments

Southam’s Department Store

CARDALL’S CORNER - February 2016 By Linda Doyle

I’m sure most of you will have heard about, or seen, the TV series ‘Mr Selfridge’ and what is implied as his ‘new invention’ of a London department store at the turn of the 20th Century. Perhaps what isn’t realised is that department stores were already very much ‘in fashion’ by then, and Southam had [...]

2020-06-03T17:39:51+01:00February 18th, 2016|Cardall's Corner, People|0 Comments

Dances and Celebrations

CARDALL’S CORNER - January 2016 By Helen Morris

There have always been memorable shows and dances to entertain the people of Southam, and some residents have had their reminiscences recorded by Southam Heritage Collection. Doreen Smith remembered that her father, Clement Smith, the Midland Bank manager after WW2, started a youth club called ‘The Sparklets’ based at the Old Court House (now the [...]

2020-06-03T17:26:20+01:00January 18th, 2016|Cardall's Corner, People|0 Comments
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