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Just A Kibbuth Lad

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 happy hour living, playing and working here. Some of my earliest reminiscences are of taking a pair of shoes to be repaired at Old Joe Nourish's cobblers shop on the Leicester Road (just at the end of the Rose & Crown (now Raitha's) car park.

On arrival at his shop, you would press the thumb catch on his wooden door and enter. Inside you would be welcomed by a mixture of heat and the aroma of leather. He had a small coke stove in one corner and Mr Nourish would be  sitting at his bench near the window. He had a slight hearing impairment and he'd be gently tapping small nails into a heel of a shoe that was resting on a last.  Around the walls would be cards displaying "Segs", shoelaces and other footwear artefacts. Mr Nourish was about 90ish when he retired. At the end of each working day, you would see him walking back to his home (round the corner in Main Street), pushing his "sit up & beg", cloth flat cap on his head and a small leather bag (with bike pump inside) over the handlebars. Aah! sweet memories.     

Written by Wayne Coleman. To send Wayne Coleman a private message, click here.

A memory of Kibworth Harcourt in Leicestershire shared on Monday, 14th May 2007.

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RE: RE: Just A Kibbuth Lad

Hi Wayne, Jo was my grandfather and I too remember his little shop and the wonderful smell of leather when entering the shop. It was lovely to read about your memories of him. Kind regards, Val

Comment from Valerie Hall on Friday, 30th December 2011.

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