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 ...
John Brunt: National Service 1947-49
Cardall's Corner - November 2021 - Pam McConnell
My father John Brunt was born at Bubbenhall, the youngest of 10 children. He moved to Southam with his wife Alma and young family ...
The Harp Inn and Brickyard
Cardall's Corner - October 2021 - Linda Doyle
“The tone of The Harp is strong and clear. Likewise, so is this Harp’s beer.” That is what was written on the sign of The Harp Inn, ...
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 ...
Southam’s First Car
Cardall's Corner - July 2021 - Alan Griffin
I was born at No.4 Mountfield Gardens, which is a row of two-bedroomed terraced cottages set back between Daventry Street and Pendicke Street. I was told ...
National Service – After the War
Cardall's Corner - May 2021 - Bernard Cadogan, Rowan Parker
Being born in 1929 Rowan Parker was only 16 when WW2 ended in 1945. Rowan’s father, Samuel Parker, was the owner of Parker and Lines Butchers ...
Who Was Graham Adams?
Cardall's Corner - April 2021 - Helen Morris
The Graham Adams Centre* in St James Road Southam is a very popular and well-used community facility for Southam and surrounds - but who ...
Southam’s 16th Century Parish Records
Cardall's Corner - March 2021 - Bernard Cadogan
If you have ever done any family history research, you will undoubtedly have discovered one or two juicy facts about your ancestors. You may also ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...