Category: Village History
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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
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The “Peace Babies” of Church Lawford
In 2018 the Village remembered the end of the First World War 100 years earlier. Frank Hartley wrote an article for the village magazine to complement the various activities that went on to remember the events of that year, as well as other post-war events. Tis article is reproduced here as it appeared in the… Read more
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Silver Jubilee of George V – 1935
The reign of George V was from 1910 to 1936, and in 1935 his Silver Jubilee was celebrated throughout the Kingdom. Celebrations in the two villages were reported by the Rugby Advertiser in May 1935. Read more
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An Interim Review of the Airport Campaign
With the 2002 Airport Proposal gathering such a wide audience, and generating so much public interest, there were some excellent review articles written in various press outlets. Some of there are referenced as part of various articles in this archive, along with links to the full article, given copyright limitations, where the article still be… Read more
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An Online Angle To The Campaign
Although in 2002/03 the concept of personal websites was still rather in its infancy, many villages joined the published press in putting their messages online. A collage of some of the various pages is shown below (it was not possible to get samples of them all, as some were not held in the Internet Archive). Read more
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Airport Threat – Headline News
Shown below are a selection of Newspaper Headlines from 2002. More details from the various local newspapers during 2002 and 2003 are in the Research section of the archive, including the various letters from villagers published at the time. Read more