Southam Heritage Collection
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The Southam Heritage Collection contains artefacts, documents, and photographs relating to the history of the town of Southam, Warwickshire, England, including its people, and the surrounding villages.
Since its inception in 2006, the Collection was managed by a team of volunteers under the name of The Friends of the Cardall Collection. Members of the Friends are interested in the history of Southam and its surrounding villages. More recently the Collection has become a Registered Charity (No 1173033) in England and Wales and is now governed by a small committee of Trustees and a larger Management Committee under the new name of the Southam Heritage Collection.
The Collection is based in two of the Community Rooms located in Tithe Place, High Street, Southam. Access to the Exhibition Room is through the main entrance to Tithe Place, opposite the Southam Library in the Atrium. The second Community Room is used for storage of Collection items and for project related work. Access to the Exhibition Room is viable for people with disabilities since it is located on the ground floor with no steps and wide doors. In addition to the Southam Library, there is also a café open during normal daytime hours plus public toilets including one with baby changing facilities and disabled access.
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The collection was started by the late Jack Cardall, and his widow, Rene, continued this work until her death in 2007.
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