Leamington Conservative Club Team. Winners of Shield, Season 1905-06
St. Pauls Sunday School Group – Girls section
The Toppers Outside the Jephson Gardens Entrance 16th June 1923
Miss Elsie Potter recieving Princess Alice at Leamington Spa.
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (Granddaughter of Queen Victoria): She was deeply involved with the scouting and guiding movements, serving for many years as the President of the Girl Guides Association (and closely tied to the movement alongside her aunt, Princess Helena, and later Princess Margaret).
Miss Elsie Potter head of the Girl Guides, Leamington Spa
Part of the Leamington Police Force on the Parade.
Parade of Soldiers marching outside the Pump Rooms July 1915
Peace Celebrations 1919
The postcard captures the Oddfellows’ Procession marching through Leamington Spa.This massive civic gathering took place in 1910, showing the crowd and accompanying brass band moving past the historic Royal Pump Rooms down the Lower Parade. The distinctive tower visible in the background is the landmark All Saints’ Parish Church
Talbot Inn Outings, 34 Rushmore Street (known as Hector’s House). The pub opened in 1880 but now a residential house.
Prince of Wales visits Leamington, Future Edward V111.
Indian Camp, Warneford Hospital Gymkhana
Scouts marching behind the floats, Warneford Hospital Gymkhana
Motor Cycles and Three Wheelers Rally 1929
In May 1911, E.T. Willows landed his famous non-rigid airship, Willows No. 3 (also known as the City of Cardiff), in Leamington Spa.
Black & White Minstrels, Leamington Spa
Trades Exhibition, Leamington 1904
Burgess & Colbourne trip to Malvern, July 1921
Archivists and local history collections (such as Our Warwickshire) date this specific troop of Scouts photograph to the 1910s, an era shortly after Robert Baden-Powell founded the Scout Movement in 1907.
Leamingtom Mobilization Detachment A.O.C. 1915
Wedding Group 1922, Rugby Road, Leamington Spa
Guslevaines Sinbad The Sailor Pantomine, Leamington Spa.
Funeral of William Wilgress Donald’s Funeral. He served as the Mayor of Royal Leamington Spa for three consecutive terms across the 1910s:
Coronation Procession 1911 Outside the Town Hall
Suffragette Meeting Leamington June 29th 1909
Leamington Spa Corporation Horse Parade, May 1907
Astorians Jazz Band March 1930, signed Ralph Watson
Mr M Salmet at Leamington Boy Scouts Guard
Leamington Athletic Club 1906
The Location: Though part of the broader local record collection, this camp was situated in a park setup in neighbouring warwick (such as the grounds of Warwick Castle Park), where cavalry trained and staged horse lines. The Date: 1910s (specifically around the outbreak of the First World War, circa 1914–1915).
The Kyl-Fyre demonstration in Leamington Spa was a public exhibition and test of an early 20th-century fire-extinguishing device.
Leamington Paupers V Albeeters, Febuary 21st 1903
Town Hall Gathering, Leamington Spa
This postcard captures the unveiling ceremony of theQueen Victoria Statue in Royal Leamington Spa, which took place on October 11, 1902
Skating on Welsh Meadow, Willes Road
This historic photograph captures a large group of women and girls participating in an outdoor display of dancing on the lawns of Jephson Gardens in Royal Leamington Spa. Approximate date 1935-39.
Motor Bus accident at Chesford Bridge crashing into a house House, 10 am Aug 3rd 1908
Yeomanry in Rollasons memorial Procession Sunday March 10th 1907.
John Francis Rollason was a highly successful English jockey.
He met a tragic end at the age of 20 on 21 February 1907 during the RMS Berlin disaster. John Francis was travelling from England to Holland for a season-long riding engagement alongside his father, Edwin Rollason. Both were drowned when during a severe storm, their ferry, the Great Eastern Railway steamship Berlin, crashed into the breakwater at the Hook of Holland and broke apart.
Opening of the New Band Stand in the Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa, May 27th, 1909
This Polo match is being played at the club’s historic home ground, located along Sydenham Manor Lane (just off Radford Road) in Royal Leamington Spa, Approximate Date 1905
During the early months of World War I, large numbers of newly mobilized territorial battalions, recruits, and artillery divisions arrived in Leamington Spa to be billeted in local homes, public buildings, and squares (such as nearby Clarendon Square) before being deployed abroad. The men are pictured marching in standard British uniform with service caps and webbing.
Mr. John Burgess was the co-founder and driving force behind Burgis & Colbourne (often historically spelled as Burgis, though frequently referred to by locals as Burgess)
The “Harrods of the Midlands”: What started out as a grocer and provision merchant grew into a sprawling, upscale department store. It was incredibly influential in Leamington’s Edwardian economy, boasting its own massive delivery vehicle fleet, extensive warehouses on Chandos Street, a cafe, and high-end window displays. It famously drew crowds for major national events, such as displaying a massive replica of a royal wedding cake.
Later Legacy: Long after Mr. Burgess’s death, the business continued to thrive as the town’s premier department store. In the late 20th century, the historic store was bought out and transformed into Army & Navy which later became a branch of House of Fraser.
National Cross County Championship March 10th 1928
J.E Webster – Birchfield H Winner of the National Cross County Championship
and C.E. Blerritt – Birchfield H. March 10th 1928
W.C. Robinson Leamington A.C. One Mile Open Handicap July 13th 1929
International Cross County Championships at Campion Hills March 22nd 1930. The Belgium Team and two of the English Team before the Race
International Cross County Championships at Campion Hills March 22nd 1930. The English Team before the Race
International Cross County Championships at Campion Hills March 22nd 1930. The Irish Team
International Cross County Championships at Campion Hills March 22nd 1930. The Welsh Team
International Cross County Championships at Campion Hills March 22nd 1930.
The Belgium Team
International Cross County Championships at Campion Hills March 22nd 1930.
The Start
Internation Cross County Championship at Campion Hills March 22nd 1930 W.B. Howard England Leading.
International Cross County Championship at Campion Hills March 22nd 1930 W.B. Howard No.13
