Southam Zoo
Southam Zoo - Linda Doyle - Oct 2023
I moved to Southam in October 1975 and was interested to find the Zoo on the Daventry Road on the edge of town. It had been open to the public since 1966 ...
Southam Heritage Collection: How it all began
Southam's Heritage Collection: How it all began - Bernard Cadogan - Aug 2023
On Friday 18 August the volunteers of the Southam Heritage Collection invite you to one of their regular coffee mornings at St James’ Church. For anyone who has not previously attended ...
From Poverty to Vagrancy, Crime and Punishment
From Poverty to Vagrancy, Crime and Punishment - Roland Raffell - July 2023
In 1530 the government of Henry VIII passed into law an Act designed to deter vagrants from roaming from parish ...
Early Southam Medicine
Early Southam Medicine - Linda Doyle - June 2023
Of the many greatly acclaimed individuals in Southam’s history Dr Henry Lilley Smith, who developed the Eye and Ear Hospital in Warwick Road, was ...
The Coronation 70 Years Ago
The Coronation 70 Years Ago - May 2023 - Richard Clarke
Adapted by Richard Clarke from Rene Cardall’s article of June 2003. Following on from the Coronation of King Charles on 6 May, it is interesting to look back on the way the town celebrated the Coronation of the late Queen Elizabeth ...
Nuisances in Southam
Nuisances in Southam - April 2023 - Dr Roland Raffell
We have all doubtless suffered from ‘nuisances’ in our lives; however, we might like to spare a thought for our ancestors and neighbours living in Southam and the surrounding villages in the nineteenth ...
A Victorian Family Christmas
Cardall's Corner - Dec 2022 - Pam McConnell
The Robinsons did most of their Christmas shopping in Southam, getting their greeting cards from Chambers the printers and a lot of their groceries from Mr Bull’s shop on ...
When I went to the Coronation
When I went to the Coronation - June 2022 - The late Rene Cardall (abridged)
When King George VI died in 1952, there followed a year’s preparation for Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation on June 2nd 1953. I went into London ...
Southam Convent Memories
Southam Convent Memories - March 2022 - Mary Grant
I was born in 1931. My parents were Cyril and Mary Duckett and my father worked on the farm from the age of thirteen and ...
The Rotary Club of Southam
The Rotary Club of Southam - February 2022 - William Pease
A dinner and inaugural meeting of The Rotary Club of Southam took place at the Craven Arms Hotel, Market Hill, on 16th February 1971. It was attended ...
Southam’s Missing Canal & Railway
Cardall's Corner - January 2022 - Linda Doyle
When I moved to Southam some forty years ago, I didn’t know I was returning to my ancestor’s homeland. My great grandfather x 5 was Richard Hiorns ...
Christmas Plays and Pantomime
Cardall's Corner - December 2021 - Linda Doyle
Many Christmas traditions are relatively recent but one old favourite, the Pantomime, remains a delightful Christmas entertainment enjoyed by all the family. Pantomime has its ...