Aspects of the Past

Aspects of the Past

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Rugby - Aspects of the Past ( Vol 1)

Contents

The Railways of Rugby	Peter H. Elliott	5—6
The London and Birmingham Railway	Peter H. Elliott	7—11
The Turnpike Roads around Rugby.	Peter H. Elliott	12—14
Rugby 1926	Chris Kay	15—19
The Rugby and District Light Railway	R. Powell Hendry	20—22
Club Land in Rugby	Rees J. Davies	23—30
Education in Rugby before the Education		31—33
Acts of 1876 and 1891	M.F.Curtis
Rugby‘s Inns Lodging Houses and Beer		34—43
shops during the 19th century	Elizabeth Sime
Markets and Fairs	J. Adkins	44-46
Parsons and People — Religion in 19th		47—55
century Rugby	Elizabeth Sime
Banking in Rugby	F.J. Preece	56—6 1
Rugby Benefit Building Society	M.S. Turpin	62—67
Lawrence Sherriffe and the founding		68—71
of the Rugby School	Rachael Russell.

Contents

From Settlement to Town	J. Foster (Mrs.)	5 7
Jubilee	F. J. Preece	8 — 11
Public Celebrations	M. Aliberti (Mrs.)	12— 15
	and K. Carter (Mrs.)
Fashionable Rugby	G. Keen (Mrs.)	16 — 22
The Importance of Street Names	D. M. Denham (Mrs.)	24 — 26
Quotations from the Rugby Advertiser	D. M. Denham (Mrs.)	Various
The Wratislaws of Rugby	M. S. Turpm	27 — 34
History of the Local Press	J. Lawson	35 —38
‘Snuffy‘	R.J.Davies	38
London & Birmingham Railway (Part 2)	P. H. Elliott	39 — 42
Rugby & the Railway Gauge	P. H. Elliott	43 — 44
Elsee Road	B. Lomax (Mrs.)	45 —46
The Oxford Canal	J. Caygill	47 — 50
Public School Town in the 19th. Century	T. W. Bamford	51 — 57
Some Schools of Rugby	F. J. Clarke	58 — 62
The Bell of Lawrence Sheriff School	F. J. Clarke	64
The Benn Family	F. J. Preece	65 — 71
Land Enclosures in Rugby	R. J. Davies	72 — 77
The Early Days of Willans & Robinson Ltd.
in Rugby	J. V. G. Williams	78 — 81
Walk Around Rugby Town Centre	L. C. Braithwaite	82 — 84

CONTENTS

Archery in Rugby	Dennis Keen	1
Childhood on Wood Street	Frances Smart	11
Caldecott Park	Frances Smart	17
Samuel Robbins Esq.	Barbara Witt	21
Early Development of the Postal
Service in Rugby (1800-1900)	Gill Keen	35
Lavender and Harrison - High St.
Rugby (As I knew it 1939-1942)	J Gamble (Mrs)	41
The Shambles	Gill Keen	47
1930‘s Childhood in Rugby	Joyce Hancock	53
The Tank	John Perkins	57
A Small Corner of Rugby	Joyce Kidd	63
The half Timbered Houses that stood next to
Newbold on Avon Church	Joyce Kidd	67
Rugby Portland Cement Company	Luther Sylvester	75
Hillmorton Paddox Estate	Kathleen Carter	83
Public Houses	Dorothy Hindle	87
Lawrence Sheriff Almshouses	Mary Aliberti	91

Contents

R. & W. H. Symington, Spring St, Rugby	Gill Keen	1
Thomas Hughes and Rugby Tennessee	Mary Aliberti	7
Rugby Radio station	Janet Courtney	9
The Carriers of Rugby	Chris J Hicks	14
The Opening of The Temple Speech Room	Dennis Keen	17
Bourton Hall	W Gwyn Edwards	23
Rugby Day Continuation School	Elizabeth Robinson	28
Clifton Road, Rugby	Rees J Davies	32
Lodge Plugs: A Rugby Institution	Linda Robinson &
	Elizabeth Robinson	36
What About Dunchurch‘s Robin Hood	W Gwyn Edwards	40
Frances Nicholson of Clifton Road, Rugby	Rees J Davies	42
The Evolution of Rugby Borough	Chris J Hicks	46
Wartime Memories	Kathleen Carter	49
Rugby‘s Roller Skating Rinks	Barbara Witt	51
The History of Swimming in Rugby	Dorothy Hindle	55
James Archibald Campbell	Mary Aliberti	59
A History of Rugby and District in Time Chart Form		60