Articles

Now that the children are back in school, a semblance of normality has returned. Imagine,
however, that in just a few weeks’ time schools were to be closed again for a number of
weeks to allow children to help with the harvest?

Framework Knitting was a cottage industry where whole families produced items of clothing whilst working on machinery in their own homes. In Newbold Verdon it was an occupation that for many years was, along with agriculture, the financial mainstay of the community.

Recent social media conversations and donations to the Newbold Verdon Parish Archive have revived warm memories of Mac and Doreen (Bet) Statham, and the long-running Statham’s shoe business.

Neil Brearley’s memories of visiting 39 Dragon Lane as a young boy. Newbold Verdon resident who lived through two world wars passed down lessons in preparedness and self-sufficiency that feel newly relevant today.

Newbold Verdon Hall is one of fewer than 10,000 Grade I listed buildings in England. Researcher Roger King traces the remarkable families who owned the Hall across 144 years of English history

We look back to some memories and recollections of Gail Horsley, regarding the under 11’s football team and their eventful trip to Holland in 1989.

Tonia Sorrell recalls a blaze from her childhood at her 193 Main Street family home

Here at the Archive, we have from time to time had some amazing stories land on our desk, and this has  to be one of them.

After more than seventy years of trading, a village landmark closes its doors for good. The Archive looks back at the history of Statham’s Shoe Shop on Main Street.

Neil Brearley recalls the winter term at Newbold Verdon Primary School.