PUBLICATIONS NEWS
New Publications
August 2010
A new updated version (July 2010) of NNWFHS booklet Discovering your Roots in Nuneaton & North Warwickshire - A Guide For New Researchers is now available. Members can download a free pdf version of the booklet via the Members Pages of this website (members please note you will need to log on with a password to view these pages). The new version is also available for purchase via our On-Line Bookshop
April 2010
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Parker's Fine Pumping Engine - The Baddesley Pit Explosion 1882 (Second Edition)
By Celia E Parton
£5.99
New version with additional pictures and an index of names. Available from: NNWFHS Bookshop; Throckmorton's bookshop, Market Place, Atherstone; and from Baddesley Ensor Post Office. Available soon at Waterstones in Nuneaton and Atherstone Library, (subject to agreement).
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February 2010
Roy Flavel was born in Stockingford and educated at Stockingford County Boys’ School and King Edward VI Grammar School, before taking employment in the coal industry and qualifying as a Mining Surveyor, working at many of the Warwickshire Collieries and also at the Headquarters , Lindley Lodge.
This book is reported to be a clear and straightforward account of the years of the Second World War and its aftermath, as experienced by the children of that time. It was originally conceived for the author’s own children and grandchildren but after being asked to talk to schoolchildren of today about his very different upbringing and adventures, it became apparent that there was a wider interest.
Stockingford is situated but a few miles North of Coventry, which is well reported as one of the most heavily bombed targets of the Luftwaffe, and two miles West of Nuneaton - itself important enough as a road and rail crossroads, to attract the attention of the bombers. For boys who lived through the War, the privations and shortages spelled normality and they took the wartime restrictions in their stride, finding adventurous enjoyment in the simplest of activities, like proving themselves by jumping clear over the brook.
For further details and interview with the author, contact The LICHFIELD PRESS ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or the author: R. C. Flavel, 7 Thames Close, Bulkington, Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12 9QF email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
January 2010
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CD - Middleton Hall Estate, Sale Catalogue 1924.
A wonderful resource comprising over 80 pages (in PDF format) detailing every cottage, farm and field, who tenanted what and full details of each property. Also includes scanned images of two large-scale, coloured plans of the entire estate. Read more.
ISBN 978 1 903787 37 3
Price £5 plus P&P discount available to members.
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December 2009
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Edward Hall Speight and his Family - Rugby’s Photographers.
By John Frearson
ISBN: 978-0-9563350-0-5
Price per copy: £45.00 or - direct from the publisher - at £40, including UK postage.
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The Speights of Rugby - Photographers
By John Frearson
ISBN: 978-0-9563350-1-2
Price per copy: £6.99 – or direct from the publisher at £5.50, including UK postage.
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As many may know, Edward Hall Speight's son, Clare Speight, was a well established photographer in Nuneaton from about 1893 until about 1926. He then returned to Rugby to run that studio. He was a prolific producer of postcards - with a series of 40 featuring George Eliot and Nuneaton. There is a Chapter on his work in the booklet. John frearson, the author, is still researching the Speight family and would love to hear from anyone who has examples of his photographic work. For more details on these two new publications or to order copies please visit our Bookshop. To order direct from the author click here or visit John's website.
