Southam Union Workhouse - Feb 2023 - Dr Roland Raffell
On the site of Southam Primary School in Welsh Road West, Southam, there once stood a red bricked and imposing Victorian building known at the time as Southam Union Workhouse. Built in 1837 ...
Were Your Ancestors Convicts? - Jan 2023 - Linda Doyle
It has been said that when tracing information about your ancestors, it’s best if they were either aristocrats or convicts. For the average person there ...
Cardall's Corner - Dec 2022 - Pam McConnell
The Robinsons did most of their Christmas shopping in Southam, getting their greeting cards from Chambers the printers and a lot of their groceries from Mr Bull’s shop on ...
Cardall's Corner - Nov 2022 - Linda Doyle
I have recently been given a pair of old boots and a pair of old shoes for the museum, but they are not any old boots and ...
Cardall's Corner - Oct 2022 - Linda Doyle
We tend to take our supply of clean water for granted, and only realise how important it is to us in times of drought. However, it is less ...
LINCOLNSHIRE COAST LIGHT RAILWAY HISTORIC VEHICLES TRUST Registered Charity No. 514443 ON THE TRACKS OF A GRANDFATHER KILLED IN WORLD WAR ONE A [...]
Southam Flying Fields: Percy J Waller - Sept 2022 - Bernard Cadogan
Following the success of the Battle of Britain, Southam played its part in taking the war to mainland Europe. In August 1942 an area of land east of the town ...
Little Nuggets - Aug 2022 - Bernard Cadogan
Anyone interested in local history (and who isn’t, especially as one gets older), is fascinated to find interesting old documents they never knew existed, and discover ...
Capt Emery of The Grange - July 2022 - Linda Doyle and Bill Griffin
The Grange on Coventry Road was built in the early 19th Century on land called The Springs. A Grade II listed building, it is cement rendered brick ...
When I went to the Coronation - June 2022 - The late Rene Cardall (abridged)
When King George VI died in 1952, there followed a year’s preparation for Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation on June 2nd 1953. I went into London ...
Thirty Years of Southam Twinning Association - May 2022 - Bill Pease
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the formal twinning of Southam with Marolles-en-Hurepoix in France. Marolles is a small rural town ...
Shakespeare's Son-in-Law and his Southam Patients - April 2022 - Linda Doyle
Sometimes it’s good to reflect on how much we take our modern healthcare services for granted. For medical help of yester-year ...
