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Humberstone maps
Historic maps of Humberstone and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Humberstone maps
Humberstone photos
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Humberstone area books
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Memories of Humberstone
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Grandmothers House
I loved the Humberstone village and living with my grandmother. I went to Humberstone School. Her name was Maggie Hunt. I would love to hear her and her friends singing all those pub songs at the P lough and The Windmill. She was so sweet and loved my brother and I. I came down Steins Lane to Hungerton Boulevard, she lived directly opposite the end of Steins Lane. I would love to visit her house once more. I live in Texas, USA but my heart will always be there.
Leicestershire memories
The Post Office
I remember the post office, butter, rank! Try complaining to Mrs Talbot, what a force. My brother in law bought some Oxo cubes there, there was a competion on the box, it was ten years too late. Wish they were all there now though.
School Dance Display
The Wyggeston Girls Grammar School put on a Dance display for Parents. I remember my mum & younger sister coming to watch and my friend and I took them to a local espresso bar afterwards.
I also recall a visit with my dad to see Swan Lake c1949.
And I've seen Ray Charles a couple of times in the 60s, also Oscar Peterson, Jacques Loussier, and Elton John at the start of his career.
I haven't lived in Leicester for many years. All ths events took place in the 50s/60s.
Though I did see the Russian Ballet c1990.
Lunch at The Pavilion
I was at Wyggy Boys School from 1961 to 68. Usually I went home for dinner (which we always had mid-day) as my father worked nearby and took me. But if he wasn't going home I used to meet my mother or grandmother and have lunch in the pavilion, Usually it was egg and chips for 1s.6d. and a Lyons fruit pie for 6d. No drink because it was too extravagent to buy drinks in a cafe! Sometimes I went round the Vicky Park greenhouses with my grandma before going back to school.
I also used to pass the pavilion on cross-country practice runs round Vicky Park.
New Years Eve
I think it was possibly 1957 when I was at the Clock Tower seeing the New Year in! Lots of fun and no trouble as I remember.
Memories of Life
I was born in 1942 and spent my childhood years living in the way road area of the city. My brother and I were lucky enough to have a family living directly behind us in Homefield Avenue (I think that is what it was called) there were three children. We used to spend many happy hours playing in the brook at the bottom of the garden getting very wet and kindly neighbours used to dry us out so we did not get into trouble. I think I can honestly say that we all had a happy childhood, most of the time was spent outside making our own fun. Our friends' family had a little wooden cabin out at Woodhouse Eves and we used to have weekends there visiting Bradgate Park, which I still do from time to time. When I visit now, we also go to Gibsons Grey Lady. Something else that I remember well was going into town with my mother and Aunt and visiting the shop that is... Read more
Thomas PritchardChief Constable Circa 1780s
My wife Merlyn's great, great, grand uncle, Thomas Pritchard, held the position of Chief Constable in Leicester during the 1770s to 1790s. He had seven sons, and the youngest, Thomas, migrated to Australia in the Horizon and settled in Bendigo, Victoria in 1857, as a result of the gold rush. He married a Mary Stevenson in Bendigo in 1862, who was born in Leicester. Thomas and Mary had seven children, the first one, died. Thomas was a carpenter and bought and built a home in Stewart Street In 1890 Thomas joined with a colleague Chamberlain to form Pritchard and Chamberlain, Bendigo United Brewery. He relocated to Lucan Street in 1880's. His son Thomas Pritchard joined the firm. He was a well known opera singer in Bendigo. He named his house Leicester after his wife's birthplace. The Pritchard family were highly respected as was demonstrated at the funeral cortege of Thomas when he died at the age of 71 and whose passing was widely reported in both local papers.... Read more
