The Pendicle and the tragic Edmunds Family
Cardall's Corner - September 2021 - Linda Doyle
Until 1760 Southam remained as open land in strips belonging to different families. The aim was to share the good and the bad strips of land between ...
Local Archaeology
Cardall's Corner - Aug 2021 - Linda Doyle
They say time flies, but was it really 8 years ago in 2013 that Victor Hodges House was demolished, along with Southam Library, to build Tithe Lodge...
The Crown Inn and Adjacent Properties
Cardall's Corner - June 2021 - Pauline and Hedley Stone
Although the Crown Inn in Daventry Street is not as old as The Olde Mint, it is one of the oldest buildings in Southam. The Crown survived ...
Southam Nursing Association (SNA)
Cardall's Corner - Feb 2021 - Linda Doyle
More than ever before, this past year has made us appreciate the contribution that health care workers make to the wellbeing of the population. However, the nursing profession ...
Bringing in the New Year
Cardall's Corner - Jan 2021 - Linda Doyle
Our 21st Century New Year entertainment is vastly different to how earlier generations once celebrated the New Year. Without television or internet, it used to ...
Robert Catesby
Cardall's Corner - Nov 2020 - Linda Doyle
On November 5th 1605, Guy Fawkes was arrested in the under croft of the Houses of Parliament in London. He was one of thirteen Catholic conspirators, ...
From Mayflower to False Teeth
Cardall's Corner - Sept 2020 - Linda Doyle
On September 6th 1620, the English merchant ship ‘Mayflower’ sailed from Plymouth to its destination in North America, taking the first ‘pilgrims’ to the New World ...
Southam High Street
Cardal's Corner - July 2020 - Linda Doyle
In July 2018, Southam Heritage Collection moved into its new town centre premises within Tithe Place on High Street. Our ‘High Street’ has already evolved a long way from its medieval ...
The Blacksmith and Farrier
Cardall's Corner - June 2020 - Linda Doyle
The name ‘Smith’ originates from the old English word ’smythe’ meaning ‘to strike’ and is a person who works with any metal - ‘blacksmith’ being one who ...
1918 Spanish Flu
Cardalls Corner - May 2020 - Linda Doyle
The 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic has been described as the deadliest in history. It infected about a third of the world’s population and an estimated 20 to 50 million people ...
VE Day Victory Bells
Cardall's Corner - April 2020 - Linda Doyle
On 8th May 2020 it will be 75 years since the guns fell silent at the end of WW2 and life began to return to normal ...
The Oldham Family – Southam Clock Makers
Cardall's Corner - Mar 2020 - Linda Doyle
When John Charles Oldham finished his 7 year apprenticeship to William Wilkes of Stratford-on-Avon, he settled in Southam to live and work as a clockmaker. Perhaps he was ...