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morgana
the secret garden
121 of 241  Mon 7th Oct 2013 4:10pm  

Villages and photos parts of Nuneaton history - link
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Baz
Coventry
122 of 241  Thu 24th Oct 2013 8:33pm  

Did any one know that the main hall in the Almshouses had a secret door. You do now. The good ladies of the houses were having morning coffee in the other room. Lucky for me the cleaner let me into the secret. The stairwell heads upstairs to another room. No doubt via another secret door way. I must say the woodwork in the room is fantastic, as well are the table and chairs. And if you get a chance, the whole of the Almshouses are worth a look around. There were four schools linked to the houses, and each year, a number of residents go for a special visit, that has something to do with Church Canons, an old penny and I think a flat piece of bread. Maybe someone will help me out on that one. Thumbs up
Always looking forward to looking at the past.

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morgana
the secret garden
123 of 241  Thu 24th Oct 2013 9:32pm  

Your answer Baz is 2nd paragraph above where the new paragraph starts about Coal and Charity. Either that or it might be bun day you're on about. Nicholas Chamberlaine Charities
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Baz
Coventry
124 of 241  Thu 24th Oct 2013 9:40pm  

Thanks for that Morgana. A lady did say it had something to do with the church and visiting schools. She also said that they don't give the old penny anymore. Cut backs ha! Thumbs up
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morgana
the secret garden
125 of 241  Thu 24th Oct 2013 10:13pm  

It's probably bun day then with the bread bit. You're welcome, shame you never seen Bedworth prior to it being altered. My link above shows how I recall it when I was a kid. Both my inlaws were born in Bedworth
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
126 of 241  Mon 28th Oct 2013 7:37pm  

Hi all, Wave Any memories here? Canon Maggs School, Bedworth
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mickw
nuneaton
127 of 241  Mon 28th Oct 2013 7:52pm  

On 10th Oct 2012 10:07am, heritage said: Thomas Jackson Woodhouse Born Bedworth, Warwickshire on 9 December 1793. Married Dorothy Jackson at Bedworth Parish Church 29th November 1791 Died in Turin on 26th September 1855 whilst working for Brassey on Italian railways.
Thomas Jackson Woodhouse seems to have married Dorothy Jackson two years before he was born (have I read this right) Cheers
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heritage
Bedworth
128 of 241  Thu 31st Oct 2013 12:20pm  

Thomas Jackson Woodhouse I can only apologise for the mistake, proves you should double check facts rather than take them at face value. The information came from a old technical journal After checking the parish records Dorothy Jackson was his mother, not his wife, which probably accounts for his middle name. His father John Woodhouse may have been married twice. Thomas is a difficult man to trace as he lived/worked in Ireland and Italy for much of his later life. I found an obitary dated 1857 but appears to be too long to be downloaded onto the site. Very busy week, getting ready to launch two new websites for the Bedworth Society and Northern Warwickshire Tourism.
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Baz
Coventry
129 of 241  Wed 4th Dec 2013 10:17pm  

The Almshouses we see today only date from the 1840's. The writing tells that it was "Rebuilt and Enlarged A.D 1840". It would seem by the second image that it may have had a church or more extension work done before the war.
Always looking forward to looking at the past.

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Baz
Coventry
130 of 241  Sat 7th Dec 2013 9:34am  

Nuneaton Lido Milk Bar. A lady showed me a pic hanging on her wall, and I just had to take a photo of it. With the Maypole in the distance, you can roughly guess where the milk bar used to be. I know there used to be a Milk Bar in Canley, Coventry. And Wales still have one in Barmouth, and other seaside resorts.
Always looking forward to looking at the past.

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deanocity3
keresley
131 of 241  Sat 7th Dec 2013 1:21pm  

A snowy Duke Street
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heritage
Bedworth
132 of 241  Mon 9th Dec 2013 2:43pm  

The single arch in the photograph is rather odd but was certainly never part of a later church. On the plans drawn up by Thomas Larkin Walker and dated 1840 (just three years after Victoria came to the throne) it is shown with a short wall abutting it at 90 degrees. We don't know how the almshouses were fenced in 1840 but perhaps the wall joined with a boundary fence at one time, the arch providing access to the rear of the building. A lot of the almshouse records were lost during the Second World War, the clerk's office being in Hay Lane close the the old cathedral. Ground plan and corner detail below. I don't know how well the plan will display, fingers crossed. Red is arch, blue is section which is no longer there.
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deanocity3
keresley
133 of 241  Thu 12th Dec 2013 4:06pm  

Bedworth Town centre from the air in the early 1970's
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David H
Lancashire
134 of 241  Thu 6th Mar 2014 2:17pm  

Very interesting thread about various aspects of Bedworth. Some of my ancestors were recorded on the 1861 Census as living in Old Workhouse Yard, which I think was somewhere near the top of Roadway (Park Road today). Does anyone have any information on this yard, or the old workhouse, which as far as I can make out was near the junction today of George St Ringway and Margaret Ave?
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morgana
the secret garden
135 of 241  Thu 6th Mar 2014 8:46pm  

Courtaulds Nuneaton, Sterling Metals, Northey Road, Coventry plant towards bottom of page, flour mills, Finn Shoes, Nuneaton Local People Nuneaton & Bedworth.
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