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13/11/2023

Departure of King Edward VII from The School House, Rugby School, following his opening of The Temple Speech Room on July 3rd 1909.
IMAGE LOCATION: (Rugby Library) PEOPLE IN PHOTO: Edward VII
Reference: T, 373.025.7, img: 6020

“Reproduced from the “Our Warwickshire” website ©

See the original photo here: https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_wow/rugby-school-temple-speech-room-opening

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12/11/2023

The Sun Pavilion, Saint Cross Hospital, Rugby. 1930s
IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office)
Reference: PH, 352/152/15, img: 2144

Reproduced from the “Our Warwickshire” website ©

See the original here: https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_wow/rugby-st-cross-hospital

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11/11/2023

Church Street in 1953, captured on camera by Rodney Huntingford from Redding's Photographic Studio.

See the original article here: https://www.warwickshireworld.com/news/people/seldom-seen-photos-of-rugby-in-the-past-to-be-put-on-show-at-rugby-art-gallery-and-museum-3223438

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10/11/2023

Open Air Bath, Rugby School, Dunchurch Road. Boys swimming. Photo ref: V774. 1920s [This picture is taken off Horton Cresent, not Dunchurch Road.]
IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office)
Reference: PH, 352/152/63, img: 2167

Reproduced from the “Our Warwickshire” website ©

See the original photo here: https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_wow/rugby-school-open-air-swimming-pool

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09/11/2023

Rugby clock tower decorated for King George V jubilee. 1935
IMAGE LOCATION: (Rugby Library)
Reference: T, 725.976.10, img: 6186

“Reproduced from the “Our Warwickshire” website ©

See the original post here: https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_wow/rugby-clock-tower-2

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08/11/2023

Clifton Road, Rugby. 1960s
IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office)
Reference: PH, 352/152/150, img: 2205

“Reproduced from the “Our Warwickshire” website ©

See the Original image here: https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_wow/rugby-clifton-road-4

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07/11/2023

A great photo here of Sir Winston Churchill
visiting the ruins of Coventry Cathedral. You can still see the piles of rubble around the edges.

View the full story here: https://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/locations/the-ruins

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06/11/2023

London Road, near Home Farm (between Coventry & Dunchurch), Stretton on Dunsmore. George V reviewing 29th Division. March, 1915
IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office) PEOPLE IN PHOTO: George V
Reference: PH, 352/173/38, img: 2812

Reproduced from the “Our Warwickshire” website ©

See the Original article here: https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/warwickshire-war-1914-1918-mars-matrimony

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04/11/2023

Lockside cottages and lock on the Oxford canal, Hillmorton. 1930s

IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office)
Reference: PH(N), 888/189, img: 6608

Reproduced from the “Our Warwickshire” website ©

See the original image here: https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_wow/hillmorton-oxford-canal-and-locks

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03/11/2023

Workers at Peugeot in Ryton celebrate the Car of the year award for the Peugeot 406. 27th November 1987

Photo shared in an article by Coventry Live, Colourised by History in Colour. Check out more of the black and white photos shared by Coventry Live here!

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/lifestyle/nostalgia/gallery/coventry-motor-city-8903361

02/11/2023

On May 12, 1967, Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived in the town - on the itinerary was a visit to Rugby School, BTH and to open the Queen Elizabeth Gates to The Close in Barby Road.

Picture taken from an article posted by WarwickshireWorld and shared by The Rugby Advertiser. Colourised by History in Colour

See the full article here: https://www.warwickshireworld.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/in-pictures-a-look-back-at-queen-elizabeth-iis-visit-to-rugby-in-1967-3846383

01/11/2023

This is the photograph that led one man on a quest to find the exact location of the sewer in Coventry used during the filming of The Italian Job. Check out the video of how he went about it, plus an interview with the crane driver who lowered the Minis into the sewer, via this link: https://flatpackfestival.org.uk/.../cinecov-stories-the.../

Photo colourised by History in Colour and was posted by MiniWorld Magazine

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