This painting of Priory Row, Coventry, has been kindly donated to the Stoneleigh History Society by Mr Richard Skinner. The artist was William Roseblade (1882-1967) who was the subject of an exhibition by the Society in 2019, when several of his paintings of Stoneleigh were given to us by his grandson, Dr Jim Roseblade. William was a talented artist who was a founder member of the Coventry and Warwickshire Society of Artists. He painted Coventry scenes early in the morning before going to work as a carpenter, which "gave his paintings a misty quality", according to an exhibition at the Herbert Art Gallery in 2012. He continued to paint into his eighties; he died in Coventry in September 1967 and was buried in Stoneleigh, his favourite location of all those he painted. More about William Roseblade, together with a gallery of his Stoneleigh paintings, can be viewed under "Exhibitions".

Saturday 20 June Ladbroke Church and Village, 2 pm to 4.30 pm Wednesday 8 July Packington Hall, near Meriden, 2.30 pm Saturday 5 September Police Museum, Birmingham 1 pm Thursday 26 November Guided tour of Warwick Castle (interior) 2 pm