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Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories
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Leicestershire Photographic Memories
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Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories
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I was born at Kettering General Hospital in 1942. My father was the village policeman in Wilbarston since 1939 and we lived there until I was five years old in 1947 when my father was posted to the other end of the county. Wilbarston was perhaps the place I have always regarded as 'home' and I still feel a tingle of... [more]
Shared on 14 August 2009
I was born in Smeeton on April 23rd 1935. I remember staying with a Mr and Mrs Webb. As you approached Smeeton there were cottages on the left hand side, we stayed in the last one next to a lane. The cows came up this lane everyday for milking, quite often straying on to the garden, it was our job to... [more]
Shared on 05 June 2006
I sat on this wall so often when someone helped me up with 'a leggy'. It seemed so high then! I think it's fallen down now.
Shared on 14 June 2009
I went to the little village school opposite the pub in the village. We only had one classroom for children from 5 to 11 and a yard, so we had our sports in a field on the Shearsby road.
Shared on 14 June 2009
When I passed the 11 plus exam I was selected to attend Kibworth Grammar School. The only place that you could get the uniform was the little shop in the photo to the right of the monument in the Square. This meant a trip by train from Wigston to Kibworth. This was quite feasible in the days before Dr Beeching closed... [more]
Shared on 19 September 2007
My dad, Maurice Marsden, started work at the age of 14 in Lynns shop in 1937, after serving in the RAF and Fleet Air Arm during the war. He returned to the shop to work and finished up as manager. The shop closed in the 70s.
Shared on 04 May 2007
My uncle Alf and Auntie Mary lived in Main Street, Fleckney. Their son was Joe my cousin.
Shared on 23 May 2009
For those who have never been to our village called Kibworth, it is worth noting locals call it "Kibbuth". You live in either "Top Kibbuth"- Kibworth Harcourt or "Bottom Kibbuth"- Kibworth Beauchamp. I myself personally, have lived in both and almost on the boundary of both parishes. For almost the past 40 years (man & boy), I have spent many a... [more]
Shared on 14 May 2007
Extracts From Arthingworth & Leicestershire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Arthingworth, inspired by Frith photos.
Leicester Photographic Memories
Close to the road, the solid but impressive ashlar tower dominates the immediate street scene with its substantial angled buttresses and crocketted finials; these are not 15th-century, but were added in 1832, after the collapse of the original tower, by the local architect William Flint (1801-1862), whose specialism was Greek Revival. The body of the church is fairly run-of-the-mill with its four-bay... [more]
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Leicester Photographic Memories
Castle Yard c1965. The Great Hall, built by Robert, Earl of Leicester around 1150, cannot compare with that of Oakham Castle of c1180, some twenty miles east of the city, as an example of Norman architecture; but as part of the extensive remains of Leicester Castle and its town defences, it is quite remarkable. Although the building has been pared down from its original aisled form, and has been provided... [more]
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Leicester Photographic Memories
A picturesque view, whose general outlook has altered quite radically since 1955. St Paul's school to the left, dating from 1835 with its Tudoresque details and gable end bell-cote, has changed dramatically to become a residential property. The entrance door remains in situ, but the stone mullion and transom windows have gone in favour of unattractive modern replacements; strangely, the bell-cote now resides in... [more]
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