Category: Facilities and Services
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Law and Order in the Two Villages
Although this archive deliberately avoids detailing stories of crimes or court cases. some reference to how Law and Order have been maintained over the centuries is appropriate. Early references in the written press from the 18th and early 19th Centuries detail the existence of local Tenants Associations from within the Manors of the Duke of… Read more
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Domestic Tradespeople
Looking back at the days when local people provided local domestic services, such as Perhaps Electricians and Plumbers only came to the fore more recently given the timescales for mains water and drainage, electrical supply etc. Read more
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Maintenance Services
This section will be expanded to include the original Surveyor role in the nineteenth century, plus the role of the Parish Meeting / Parish Council versus County Council. To also include Read more
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Communication Services
The two villages have seen many changes over the years in the connections to the “outside world”, whether to other villages, their local town, county or further afield. Read more
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Mobile Services
Library Van School Meals (Old School) Milkman Royal Mail Corona lorry laundry van Fuel – Coal Deliveries / Paraffin Supply Fresh Fish Van Baker’s Van Grocery Services (grocer and greengrocer) Refuse Services / pigswill Butchers van Beer lorry Ice cream van Tupperware Avon Read more
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Medical Care
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Sheffs Cafe
in the late 1950s, Rugby Taxi driver A T Sheffield bought the land on which the old village shop had stood, on the south side of the Rugby Road, just across from the Triangle Garage. Shortly afterwards he reopened it as Hilltop Cafe – which was commonly called Sheff’s Cafe. There was a notable dispute… Read more