Stoneleigh and Ashow News
2014 | Read the Chairman's Report for 2014 | |
28th Jan | Stoneleigh Village Club | |
25th Feb | Shirley Ball: Illustrated talk on Recollections of Stoneleigh. | Minutes |
25th Mar | AGM, followed by Nat Alcock talking about the Weaver's House in Coventry, revealing the architectural and social background of the property and its inhabitants. | Minutes |
29th Apr | Sheila Woolf: "When Stoneleigh Went to War" describing the village in 1914 and examining the experiences of the villagers during the war years. | Minutes |
9th May | An evening of entertainment, literary readings, local history and music in commemoration of those who fought in the Great War of 1914-18. To be held in St Mary the Virgin Church, Stoneleigh. | Event |
27th May | Visit to the Weaver's House in Coventry | Outing |
24th Jun | Launch of the research carried out into the lives of all the men named on the village hall roll of honour as having served in the Great War. | Event |
25th Jun | Display in the Leigh Chapel, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Stoneleigh for 'Leamington Looks Back' festival 25 June - 6 July. This would include the results of extensive research undertaken by Lisa Reay and Sheila Woolf about the men from Stoneleigh who fought in the Great War and survived. The display will stay in situ until Remembrance Sunday. | Event |
19th Jul | Duck Race | Event |
27th Jul | The Leighs and the Great War talk at Stoneleigh Abbey | Event |
30th Sep | Margaret Wallis: - recalling the work of the Stoneleigh Stitchers who created the magnificent pew cushions. Some of the original Stitchers will be present to tell us of their experiences in contributing to the project. A legacy from founder Stitcher and former Society member Eileen Burman. To be held at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Stoneleigh. | Minutes |
28th Oct | Hazel Fryer: Humphrey Repton's designs at Stoneleigh Abbey | Minutes |
25th Nov | Sheila Woolf: The history of Sheila Rench's family, a Stoneleigh resident, whose ancestry has an unbroken line through her mother to the very earliest of Stoneleigh's parish registers in 1633. | Minutes |
16th Dec | Christmas Social - Stoneleigh Village Club at 7pm | Social |