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Local
Timeline 1920's
Some
non local info is shown in brackets after date.
1920
Warmley
Park and War Memorial were opened. There was a dedication
service to remember the 37 Warmley men who died
in the Great War.
Webb's Cycles moves to current premises in High
Street Warmley. Premises vacated by Brizil's grocery
shop. Records and electrical items were sold powered
by large accumulators, no mains power yet. Shoe
repairs and the first sales of petrol in the area
were also undertaken.
Other shops in Warmley High Street at this time
were: Brain's, a Milliners and Chemist, Nash's Paper
Shop and Stores (now a hairdressers), Bowen's the
Butcher, Ma Exley's Hardware Emporium, Charley
Taylor the Saddler, Mrs Haggett, who made Iced Cakes,
Mrs Amos, who sold faggotts and Ben Fussell the
Blacksmith.
Warmley and District Allotments Ltd. was formed.
A kind of early co-operative set up to help local
farmers, supplying low cost seed and equipment etc.
1922 (Petrol
was around 7p per gallon.)
Demolition of the
first of two chimney stacks of Crown Colliery in
Warmley, the other was to be felled in 1981.
1925
Oldland
Hall at Longwell Green was converted into a "Home
for Girls" run by Admiral and Mrs Arden-Close.
(now private residences)
1926 (Television
first demonstrated by Baird.)
Bridgeyate becomes
part of Siston Parish. (prev. part of Wick)
Local unemployed march through Warmley and demonstrate
outside the District Council Office in Stanley Road.
(building also used to issue means tested benefit
to poor families)
Oldland Gospel Hall was built.
1928 (Women get
the vote @ 21)
Wakeford's Garage opened opposite
the Griffin pub at Bridgeyate crossroads. The site
remained a garage until 1998 when Bridgeyate Motors
moved to new premises at North Common. The site
has now been redeveloped for housing (2004)
1929
The original
wooden railway bridge at Warmley station was replaced
this year with one of steel girder and solid side
panel construction.
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