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1930-39
1930
The George Eliot
Fellowship founded.
The last meeting was held
of the old Nuneaton Poor Law Guardians.
Work started on
houses on the new Weddington estate in the grounds of the old castle.
29th April
-
Alderman E.F.Melly JP was given freedom of the Borough.
21st June
- The
first county cricket match played at the Griff & Coton cricket ground.
October
-
Nuneaton's first carnival held. This has become a firm part of the Nuneaton
calendar and is now held in June. Nuneaton's first
carnival queen was Ann Seale.
The old Palace Cinema
(next door to the new one) converted into a roller skating rink.
Weddington was
incorporated into the Borough of Nuneaton.
12th April
- the LMSR passenger train service between Nuneaton - Ashby & Loughborough
discontinued.
23rd July
- Mr.
James Knox of Haunchwood Brick & Tile fame who lived at the Chase, Higham
Lane died aged 82.
December
- Work
started on New Council House.
Stockingford
station signal box closed.
Nowells siding
signal box closed. Both the above were replaced by ground frames.
29th January - Attleborough Hall demolition started.
21st March
- The Kosy Kinema opened in Lister Street, Attleborough.
22nd May
- The
familiar and well known "Great Flood of Nuneaton" occurred, lifting
wooden block paving in the Market Place and causing much damage to the centre
of town. Floods took only an hour to rise and reached a depth of four to five
feet in the Market Place.
June
- Civic Mace
presented to the Borough Council by Henry Lester, the chemist.
5th
November - Stockingford loco shed closed. All locomotives were transferred to the main
Nuneaton shed on the Trent Valley line. Locomotive crews continued to sign on
at the Stockingford station.
Education office,
formerly at the Elms, Vicarage Street transferred to the new Council House.
January
- The
library in Coton Road was transferred to the old fire station and municipal
offices in Queens Road. Demolition of the former library commenced 12th January
1934.
The librarian was Mr.
B. Moreton.
26th April
- The
new Council House (now the Town Hall) in Nuneaton opened by Sir Francis Newdigate-Newdegate GCMG.
10th July
- Prince
Edward, the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) landed by aeroplane in
Nuneaton to visit Hall & Phillips factory in Meadow Street.
6th September
-
The Pheasant Inn in Abbey Street closed. Its licence was transferred to the
Grove at Weddington.
4th July
- The
Chase, home of the Knox family of Haunchwood Brick & & Tile fame sold
by auction.
28th November
-
The headmaster of Hartshill Schools. Mr. George P. Bowerman was tragically
killed when he fell off a chair whilst setting the school hall curtain for the
school concert.
Chilvers Coton
(Shepperton) old vicarage demolished.
New Catholic
Church built in Coton Road.
Work started on the new
Camp Hill housing estate for miners and other local families displaced by the
slums gradually being torn down in the town centre. 1400 houses would eventually
be built. By 1939 536 old properties had been demolished in the town.
9th January
- A
severe storm blew one of the five sails of the windmill on Tuttle Hill, it was
never replaced. Grinding of corn went over to electricity. It was the last
working windmill in the Borough and one of the last in Warwickshire.(There had
been a flour mill on this site since the 1720's.)
7th
March - Thomas
Wright the miller at Tuttle Hill died.
8th June - New
electric motor fitted to Tuttle Hill windmill to grind corn.
21st June - Lightning struck and partially destroyed the
spire on Attleborough church.
25th September
-
Men digging a trench in Queens Road for a new sewer overcome by fumes. One man,
Charles Smith, aged 60, of 18 Harold Street, Nuneaton died.
Nuneaton Borough Football
Club founded to take over the old club and ground.
Work started on Arbury Secondary School, Greenmoor Road.
Using the
licence transferred from the old Pheasant inn in Abbey Street the Grove House
in Weddington was converted into a public house.
January and March
- The great English comedian, Mr.
George Formby, appeared at the New Palace Theatre. He sang some of his best
loved comedy songs.
7th May
-
Celebrations in Nuneaton for coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
23rd July
- The
Ritz Cinema opened in Abbey Street.
August
- Alderman E.F.Melly retired from his post as Managing Director of Griff Collieries Ltd.
He was succeeded by Mr. Povey-Harper, a director of Measham Collieries Ltd. and
Nuneaton Timber Co. Ltd.
The original co-op store
in Queens Road demolished - built in 1917.
A special train
took the staff of Haunchwood Brick & Tile to Bellahouston Park, Glasgow for
the Empire Exhibition.
Higham Lane
School started to be built.
6th
October - No.2
Reservoir and water tower,
Tuttle Hill opened by Lt. Commander R.T.H. Fletcher R.N.M.P.
A new primary
school opened at Victoria Road, Hartshill.
The Co-Op Hall opened for
dances and band entertainments.
Sterling Metals
aluminium foundry was begun in Marston Lane. This was re-located from Coventry.
18th February
-
Rev. William Herbert Fifield took up his duties at Attleborough church. He was
to stay for 39 years until 30th November 1978. 2nd September - The day before the outbreak of World War II. armed troops took up station in the recreation ground in Pool Bank Street. Four guards were put on each entrance. |