The Nuneaton Heritage Centre will be playing an active role in the celebrations of the weekend 7th to 9th September 2012. The borough will have many buildings open to the public that are not normally accessible. The Heritage Centre will have a series of displays relating to the Victorian heritage of Nuneaton as well as access to many of the Centre's documents and newspaper clippings from the turn of the 20th century. There will be displays of Nuneaton's sporting heritage and the Victorian Schoolroom will be open to visitors.

 

This old postcard shows Nuneaton town centre as it was in 1910. The clocktower is immediately recognisable but the lamposts and the horse trough have long gone. The Peacock Inn is just visable from behind the lampost.

Abbey Street in the early 1900's looking towards Stratford Street. The buildings haven't changed that much in the last 100 years, though this part of Abbey Street is now pedestrian priority and has been landscaped with street furniture and hanging baskets.

Nuneaton suffered some severe bombing during World War II with many killed and injured. The exhibition has many of the original maps showing the bombed areas as well as photos, newspaper clippings and documents relating to the bombings. The museum exhibits also include gas masks, air raid wardens' docket books and duty rotas and various ration cards, booklets and assorted memoribilia from Nuneaton's darkest hours.