walrus cheshire All posts by this member | 1 of 246 Mon 13th Feb 2012 1:54pm Member: Joined Dec 2011 Total posts:240 I have connections, on my mother's side with Foleshill going back several generations. The Humphries and Twiggers were mainly miners although "we" also had a pub in Bedworth, recorded in the 1800s as Foleshill. I have fond personal memory of the yard at the side of the Griffin. In 1963 at the age of 15 my first girlfriend lived in that row of cottages. All very innocent, we went to the Ritz cinema - which was formerly, I think, the Dovedale, or to the rink to listen to the loud music. Later that year I joined the navy and she had the good sense to go on to pastures new. Nevertheless, happy days. |
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heritage Bedworth All posts by this member | 2 of 246 Mon 13th Feb 2012 2:22pm Member: Joined Sep 2011 Total posts:368 Hello Walrus,
Lots of Twiggers in Bedworth. Was the pub by any chance the 'Queens Head', now called Alties after Alfred Twigger. |
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walrus cheshire All posts by this member Thread starter | 3 of 246 Tue 14th Feb 2012 11:38am Member: Joined Dec 2011 Total posts:240 Heritage, I've just checked the records, in the mid 1800s the Twigger pub was described as a beerhouse at 57 Leicester St. Bedworth but unfortunately I can find no trace of a name for the establishment. A Sarah Humphries, on my maternal grandmothers side had the Travellers Rest on Bulkington Rd. in the 1800s. |
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heritage Bedworth All posts by this member | 4 of 246 Tue 14th Feb 2012 3:12pm Member: Joined Sep 2011 Total posts:368 Hello Walrus,
Bedworth, as in most towns, had a lot of unnamed drinking establishments, a few became named pubs but many just disappeared. We have a lot of information about Bedworth pubs which included Thomas Twigger, miner and beer house keeper, in 1861 but Sarah Humphries had passed me by. If you have a date it would be appreciated. |
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walrus cheshire All posts by this member Thread starter | 5 of 246 Wed 15th Feb 2012 1:17pm Member: Joined Dec 2011 Total posts:240 It was around 1895, Sarah Humphries was previously Sarah Smith but was widowed young and subsequently married Walter H Humphries who was a miner while she ran the Travellers. |
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PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 6 of 246 Wed 20th Jun 2012 2:59pm Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4241 Hi all ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 7 of 246 Wed 20th Jun 2012 3:50pm Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3477 Thank you for the photos, Philip, that's what we like to see, lovely greenery. ![]() |
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Tricia Bedworth All posts by this member | 8 of 246 Wed 20th Jun 2012 8:29pm Member: Joined Jun 2011 Total posts:541 Glad you enjoyed your walk Philip, we often walk that way into the town centre. Nuneaton and Bedworth are very lucky with parks. My husband and I often walk round the Miners Welfare Park in Bedworth; it's lovely to walk round the golf course and the gardeners make a fantastic job of the flower beds. ![]() |
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LdeMain Nuneaton, Warks All posts by this member | 9 of 246 Wed 20th Jun 2012 9:36pm Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:36 Bull and Young pork and stuffing batches are very good!
Generally I find that living in Nuneaton is good - they do seem to arrange some good community events. The carnival this year was really great, not some much the floats but the fair and stalls at the running track. We managed to fill 4 hours there with our children and they experienced so many different activities and cultures, a fantastic day all within walking distance of our house.
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 10 of 246 Thu 21st Jun 2012 3:41am Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2975 On 20th Jun 2012 8:29pm, tricia said:
Glad you enjoyed your walk Philip, we often walk that way into the town centre. Nuneaton and Bedworth are very lucky with parks. My husband and I often walk round the Miners Welfare Park in Bedworth; it's lovely to walk round the golf course and the gardeners make a fantastic job of the flower beds.
Agreed Tricia.
As a teenager I always preferred the Pingles to the Memorial Park.
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heritage Bedworth All posts by this member | 11 of 246 Thu 21st Jun 2012 8:36am Member: Joined Sep 2011 Total posts:368 For those who like Bedworth come this coming Saturday, and enjoy a guided town trail.
On Saturday of this week civic amenity societies all over the country will be doing something special to draw people's attention to the good things about their neighbourhood.
In Bedworth the Bedworth Society is conducting two of its popular 'Town Trail Walks'. The Society launched its very first Town Trail in 1986 and it has been reprinted several times since then. The walk takes just under two hours and takes in local features like the Almshouses, the parish church, civic hall, war memorial, Miners' Welfare Park, weavers houses and top shops, the Old Meeting and other scenes along the way.
The free walks will be led by John and Lynda Burton, who conducted the first walks over 25 years ago. The first one starts at 12noon from outside The Bedworth Heritage Centre in All Saints Square and the second one starts at 2pm from the same place.
People taking part in the walks will also be able to view the latest exhibition at the Heritage Centre which is called 'Bedworth's Olympians' and has information, photographs and artefacts from Bedworth sportsmen and women who have taken part in earlier Olympic Games, the first being Basil Heatley who won silver in the Tokyo games of 1964.
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heritage Bedworth All posts by this member | 12 of 246 Thu 21st Jun 2012 8:43am Member: Joined Sep 2011 Total posts:368 Just to confirm, the walk is on Saturday.
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Thank you, Heritage. I will try & be there.
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PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 13 of 246 Thu 21st Jun 2012 9:30am Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4241 Hi everyone. ![]() ![]() |
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mayjan Green Lane,Coventry All posts by this member | 14 of 246 Thu 21st Jun 2012 2:44pm Member: Joined Oct 2010 Total posts:254 Glad you enjoyed your Nuneaton trip Philip.
I was in two minds whether to go myself yesterday.
Decided against it and got on the 9a bus to Ball Hill, haven't been there for years.
Was nice to have a wander around and look at the shops.
A friend of mine works in the 2Tone Village so was nice to see him, great place that if you like 2Tone.
Anyway Philip I was so envious of you going to my favourite pork batch shop, I just had to pick one up from Coventry market.
Just sat and ate it with a nice cuppa, lovely.
Sad to see that a lot of the eating places in West Orchards closed down suddenly yesterday.
That only leaves about three places now up there where you can get something to eat.
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PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 15 of 246 Thu 21st Jun 2012 3:15pm Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4241 Hi Mayjan, ![]() ![]() |
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