Black Pad

I lived on Greenbank Drive from January 1966 - August 1979. I was the Rosemary Drive end.
I've happy memories of going to Sandhurst infants, Langmoor, Gartree High and then Beauchamp.
I used to go to the 'flea pit' cinema near st.Peters church, up London Road onto the Parade where all the shops were, the library, the doctors, the post office.
I also worked in Simkins freezer centre opposite the working men's club on a Saturday before moving to WM.BALL sockwear manufactures as the office junior.
Such happy memories I have of living and working in Oadby.

Oh my god! I don't believe it we lived near kendrick Drive No 34. We moved in as soon as they were built and I was a little girl of five. I left school in 1966 but in 1967 I went to work at W.M.BALL with my twin sister. My middle sister ended up working there and so did my Mum. I worked there until 1972 when I left to have my baby. Sadly my Mum passed away. At a young age in 1976 and BALL'S closed up for thje funeral which I thought was very thoughtful. Gosh I went all round the places you did in Oadby and the good old 'flea pit' had some good times in there changing seats cheap ones for the dearer. It was there I fell in love with GONE WITH THE WIND. Happy memories.

So interested to read both these stories. I lived on Wigston Road Oadby and also went to Sandhurst St. Langmoor, Gartree and Kibworth Beauchamp schools. I remember so well Saturdays in the cinema (now Atkinsons funeral) with a machine outside selling milk and squash. I loved the library and learnt to swim in the baths below. I remember the 'dungeons' which we named the changing rooms unless you got the one's by the side of the baths. My mother May Read (nee Starkie) worked at WM Ball for 46 years. She retired as a director. My sister and I were never short of socks as we always seemed to be 'testing' the stock.

I had a friend who lived on Greenbank Drive, and another on Kendrick, c1961 we used to walk along the Black Pad to Langmoor. We got very attached to a young bullock, who always seemed to be standing by the fence when we passed. We named him Billy, then one day he was gone. We wept buckets!