A joyous story on Birmingham Live website as Nicholas Chamberlain Charities celebrates its founders day with the whole town!
More than 1,000 school children were given half a day off school – and treated to a special bun – to mark a day steeped in Bedworth’s history. Children from primary schools across the town gathered at the almshouses for the traditional ‘Founder’s Day’ celebrations.
It dates back to the 1700s when residents of the almshouses would have been joined by the school children for a dinner hosted by the Nicholas Chamberlaine Charities to commemorate Founder’s Day
But, following a population boom in the Victorian era, the dinner was replaced with a fruit bun. This tradition continued until it was stopped entirely during World War Two due to rationing and was then revived in 2000 – and continues until this day.
To read the full story and see all the photos, visit: Bedworth’s brilliant ‘Bun Day’ 2025 in pictures as thousands gather in town – Birmingham Live
posted 29 May 2025
Bedworth Founders Day images courtesy of Thom Udall