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Warwick

 

In Smith Street there is a house with a lilac door

the walls are of white of its purpose I’m unsure

It never fails to catch my eye as I pass on my walk

just down from the castle this dwelling like chalk

 

I breathe in the Butts and glance at number three

I‘ve teased my mates about this old town boundary

They could surely not be warwickians' if born at the Cape

but descendants from vagabonds who’d pillage and rape

 

The old gas works at the saltisford is a building to see

you know five hundred worked opposite at a hat factory

Near the start of the cut that went all the way to Brum

my beautiful Warwick by gas light must have been fun

 

On the common the jockeys race horses regal and royal

around hillocks and greenery of the old navigation’s spoil

Though not strictly true its known as the Saltsford arm

with narrow boats of roses and castles it’s so full of charm

 

Tall and proud the blue-bricked Governor’s house greets me

the old gaol now gone its roots left in the small blue dairy

Across the locks that lead to heaven the Cape of Good Hope

and through blue bells in the wood and up devils rock slope

 

Though I know this old castle town is steeped in history

It’s Guy's Cliffe house view from the bridge that pleases me

Simply tossing a coin with a wish watching it spin and spill

and the sound of rushing and falling water at the Saxon mill

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Warwick Poet Anthony James Leahy

 

 

 

Poetry

Anthony Leahy

 

Paintings

Anthony Leahy

 

Art & Photography

Anthony Leahy

 

A Major Arcana

Kathleen Forrest

 

The Drumroom

Anthony Leahy

Rediscovering the Gelatine Factory

Introduction

 

The Gelatine Factory

A comprehensive account 1899

from Round About Warwick

 

George Nelson

 

 

Nelson's Emscote Mills 2009

 

 

T B Dale

 

Charles Nelson's

Cement Works at Stockton

 

The Nelson Brothers

 

William Nelson

 

George H Nelson

 

Sir E Montague Nelson

E M (Sam) Nelson

 

A Visit to

Messrs. G. Nelson, Dale & Co. 1880

 

 

Nelson Works

Tomoana New Zealand

 

Guy Montague Nelson

Nelson Village

Charles St, Warwick

 

The Lawn at Emscote

 

Nelson's Lozenges

 packaging & adds

Nelson's Club

Isinglass Wars

Swinborne v Nelson

 

Nelson's 1950's

Warwick Advertiser account 1953

 

 

Descendants of George Nelson

 

George Wyatt A city trade jubilee

 

 

Nelson's Heritage Walk

 

Gelatine and its uses

 

Davis Gelatine

         

Sir E Montague Nelson's Scrapbook Circa 1882

Nelson Gym

Nelson Patents

 

The Nelsons of Warwick Timeline

 

SMITH V NELSON 1904-5

 

 

Walter Nelson

 

   

 

Home Comforts

 

Mary Hooper

 

 

Mary Hooper Letters

 Mary Hooper Book Collection

 

Nelson's Home Comforts

Mary Hooper

 

Wives and Housewives

Mary Hooper

 

Little Dinners

Mary Hooper

 

Cookery for Invalids

Mary Hooper

 

Every Day Meals

Mary Hooper

 

Hints on Cookery

Mary Hooper

Good Plain Cookery

Mary Hooper

 

Handbook for the

Breakfast Table

Mary Hooper

 

Weekly Telegraph

Cookery Book

Mary Hooper

Our Dog Prin

Mary Hooper

Ways & Tricks of Animals

Mary Hooper

 

Lily's Letters from the Farm

Mary Hooper

Charles Wentworth Wass

Round About Warwick

Mary Hooper Books Wanted

Fleur De Lys

The Pie Factory at Emscote

Nelson Story

In Brief

 

Nelsons Story

DVD

Nelson's Home Comforts

From Beginning To End

 

Cookery & Home Comforts

Mrs Wigley

Rock's Royal Cabinet

Leamington & Warwick 1880

 

 

 

 

 

 A Walk in Warwick

 

 

 

 

James Francis Leahy

 

 

 

 

                     

PAT Testing Warwick and Leamington Spa - Amber Leahy Graphic Design

 

Sky Blue Heaven

 

Book Wanted Handbook For The Breakfast Table

Book Wanted Wives and Housewives A Story For The Times

 

 

3 The Butts