All Saints School, Eatoughs, Newbridge High, King Edward 7th Grammar...etc
My name is Ann ( Nee Barber) and I was born in Coalville 1956 - attended All Saints C of E primary and above schools. I bought my first record at the market, it was 'Here Comes My Baby' by the Tremeloes. I went to work at Eatoughs before marrying at 17 years old and moving to Manchester. The photos on this site have truly brought many happy memories flooding back.. and I would love to see any more that you as a reader might have. I loved the 'old' Coalville and the friendliness and warmth of its residents. I remember the yearly parade, the ice-cream van being pulled by a pony, the rag and bone man, "me duck", Ravenstone church garden fete. I lived on Ashby Road and loved the blossom trees near Hoo Ash and go-karting down the hill ... with no brakes!
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RE: RE: All Saints School, Eatoughs, Newbridge High, King Edward 7th Grammar...etc
Hi Ann
I too have lots of fond memories of the old Coalville in the 1960s. Ann, I was born on the Greenhill estate in 1953 and the schools I went to were Brommley's and then Castle Rock High. When I left school aged 15 I started to work at Joseph Burgess and Sons on Belvoir Toad, Coalville, they were narrow stretch elastic fabric makers i.e knicker elastic manufacturers, it was a great place to start my working carreer as the works was full of older married women and every one of them were like mothers to me, a real home from home type of a place. By about 1971 the factory was in decline and the company sold a large part of the premises to Eatoughs Shoe's. Eatough's moved into the front offices and weaving shed on Belvoir Road. Shortly after this I joined Eatough's, I started to work there as a injection moulder. Eatough's was so different to what I was used to at work, for a start it was full of young and single girls. I remember thinking at the time this place is a brill place to work (I was still in my teens), lol.
I never got used to the smell of melted plastics - yuk! - so I moved from there back into the weaving trade and started work at Clutsom & Kemp in 1972. It was in 1974 that my life took a major change in direction. I met a young Scottish lassie called Jean while I was on my hols in Spain ... to be continued.
Ian
Comment from IAN HEXTALL on Thursday, 27th August 2009.
RE: RE: All Saints School, Eatoughs, Newbridge High, King Edward 7th Grammar...etc
Hi Ann
In 1975 I left home to live closer to Jean in Scotland and by the end of that year we were married we went on to have three children, they are all now all grown and away from home. Jean and I still live in Scotland in a small town called Denny, Stirlingshire, it is a lovely area to live.
My memories of Coalville in the 1960s are that it was a great place to live, loads of shopping places for our mums, i.e there was two large markets at the top of the town twice a week. Do you remember the town was one of the first places to have a shopping precinct? I clearly remember the precinct's opening day. One of the best shops was Elmo's, what a shop that was, huge for a shop at that time. I was there with the rest of Coalville on the day it opened, there were amazing crowds. We were spoilt for choice with two pictures houses to go to and the grand ballrooms to dance at - did you ever go there? Yes, the 1960s was Coalville town at its best, all the mines were still open, everyone had a job to go to and the town had the best of shops. Happy days. Ann, I was away from the town when sadly the mines started to close and the area went into decline in the 1980s. My father worked at the Snibston bit all his life, 50 years. I recall coming back to visit my family from time to time and seeing what a sad state the town got into, but that is now in the past and once again I see the town is on the up and jobs are coming back.
Ian
Comment from IAN HEXTALL on Thursday, 27th August 2009.