Category: Village History
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The Village School In Wartime
At the bottom of this page is a timeline reflecting the “Village School in Wartime”, aligned with other wartime events. The threat of war increased during the late 1930s, with the Munich Crisis in 1938 heightening awareness, and even with the apparently positive outcome on 30th September 1938 – “Peace for our Time”, preparations for… Read more
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Midlands Airport – SACG Response
There was a co-ordinated response to the proposals for a Midlands Airport, with a detailed document produced to highlight the issues arising from the Government proposals, as well as providing the response to the Government questionnaire. The summary section of the SACG response is reproduced below, with more complete details held in the Research section… Read more
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Midlands Airport – Warwickshire County Council Viewpoint
When the news broke about the Government Midlands Airport proposals. Warwickshire County Council engage a Consultancy firm to review the various options and to consider the implications. Jacobs Consultancy looked at all the possible changes that would increase capacity in the Midlands The above changes were then grouped into 5 scenarios The various scenarios were… Read more
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A 19th Century View of the Road Past Church Lawford
Prominent Rugby-born Historian Matthew Holbech Bloxam recorded his thoughts about the route from Rugby to Brandon, passing Church Lawford, and with a reference to King’s Newnham along the way. These were published in the Rugby Advertiser in March 1873. Matthew (1805-1888) was well-regarded in historic circles, and was also a prominent archaeologist based out of… Read more
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Protest March – 20th October 2002
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Department of Transport Communications
The Department of Transport stage an exhibition in the village, as detailed below The level of organisation from the DoT was highlighted by the fact the information documents ran out at a key time. Read more
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Yuletide Miscellany
In 2018 Village Historian Frank Hartley compiled a series of articles for the Village Magazine to bring together stories from the Villages past relating to the current month. This is the December article. Christmas is coming and, like Little Jack Horner, I shall “put my thumb” into the Christmas pie of Church Lawford’s and King’s… Read more
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All in an April evening
In 2018 Village Historian Frank Hartley compiled a series of articles for the Village Magazine to bring together stories from the Villages past relating to the current month. This is the April article. Traditionally April is the month when life renewed awakes from winter slumber in the hard cold earth. It is no longer winter… Read more
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March Past
In 2018 Village Historian Frank Hartley compiled a series of articles for the Village Magazine to bring together stories from the Villages past relating to the current month. This is the March version. As befits a month which marks the transition from winter to spring, the month of March traditionally, “comes in like a lion… Read more
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100th Anniversary of the End of World War I
The November 2018 edition of the Church Lawford and Kings Newnham Newsletter detailed the various activities planned to remember the end of the First World War 100 years earlier. These activities followed on from the Centenary Bell Ringing which had taken place over the previous four years detailed via this link. The newsletter article is… Read more