The Square c1955, Kibworth
The Square c1955, Kibworth Ref: K119019
Memories of The Square c1955, Kibworth
School Uniform
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 all the railway stations. I remember the uniform cost my Mum a fortune and I only attended for one term as my Dad who was in the army was posted to Germany for 3 years. There I went to another school requiring yet another uniform.
Kibworth & local memories
Read and share memories of Kibworth and Leicestershire inspired by Frith photos.
EVACUATION
I was evacuated to Kibworth three times; in 1939 I came probably from my school, Newington Green in North London. i stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Dinkley. After a few months, a bomb fell in Kibworth, probably on the way to Coventry. My parents took me home, but each time I returned home a bomb fell in our road as it was near an ammunition factory. After each bomb, I was sent back to the county, the second time to Wales and then the third time I was sent to Kibworth to Family Gilbert, It must have been around 1942, I took part in a school play and the performance was noted in the local newspaper. I was not happy with this family as the man of the house thought that the Germans would surely occupy us and he warned me I would be amongst the first to be taken away (I am Jewish). I returned to Kibworth the third time when my brother was a baby, he was born... Read more
George Lynns Grocers
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.
