John Phillpott

The way we were... the Advertiser offices in Albert Street, Rugby.

The Rolling Stones, Il Cadore coffee bar - and 20 pints in the London House: For... Home

The graveyard at Holy Trinity, Churchover... last resting place of ‘Uncle’ George, the cow pat king.

Former Advertiser reporter remembers the lost rural sports that enlivened many a... People

Avon calling! Former Advertiser reporter celebrates a certain waterway that runs... People

Former Advertiser reporter laments the passing of the 'Saturday job' People

Former Advertiser reporter tracks down local man who made rock 'n' roll history People

'There's an icy wind blowing down Chapel Street' - former Advertiser reporter re... People

Former Advertiser reporter recalls the glorious heydays of some of Rugby's best-... People

Former Advertiser reporter remembers the famous son of Warwickshire whose genius... People

Former Advertiser reporter finds cuttings from his time at the paper - and the m... People

Former Advertiser reporter remembers the heroes of Rugby, who gave everything so... People

Warwickshire's centuries-old association with the supernatural - here are a few ... Home

Rugby's centuries-old association with the supernatural - here are a few of our ... Home

How the shooting of Reg Calvert ended Rugby's spell in the 1960s rock and roll s... People

Former Advertiser reporter remembers Rugby's floods of yesteryear - and the skat... People

Former Advertiser reporter remembers Gert and Daisy, two proud Rugby porkers who... People

'We don’t really want that sort of thing at the Rugby Advertiser' - when beards ... People

Rugby rocker (and former Lawrence Sheriff pupil) is still rockin' People

Evenin' all... Former Advertiser reporter remembers Rugby's police in the 1960s People

Former Advertiser reporter remembers Ruby McBean and her Churchover palace of de... People

Former Advertiser reporter recalls of the magic of a Sunday in 1950s Rugby People

Former Advertiser reporter remembers finding a rifle on the banks of the River S... People

How former a former Advertiser reporter's namesake, and distant relative, was bu... People

Paradise lost? - How urban sprawl has destroyed much of Rugby's beautiful countr... People

Former Advertiser reporter remembers the days before 'helicopter parenting' - wh... People

Former Advertiser reporter remembers an old Rugby end of term tradition - and th... People

Former Advertiser reporter investigates the legend of the lost township on Rugby... People

Steam trains exhaling cotton wool and a huge spaceship - the vivid memories of t... People

Former Advertiser reporter visits a Rugby cemetery to find sister who died in 19... People

When Rugby's 'Dirty Duck' Black Swan pub was a haunt for dedicated followers of ... Home

Rugby's links to the Russian Revolution - including a BTH worker and Lenin's vi... People

Former Advertiser reporter pays tribute to Joe Towers, a true son of the soil People

Remembering Bill, the Lawrence Sheriff groundsman who fought in the trenches and... People

'The era of horses and carts would soon give way' - how aviation history was mad... People

The day a Rugbeian found a giant snake curled up in their home - and how it rela... People

Ale, cigarettes, a Triumph 650 and leaving school at 16 - life for Advertiser re... People

The eerily fascinating story behind 'One-armed Boughton', the ghost said to haun... People