Market Harborough, Old Grammar School c.1960
Photo ref: M33035
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Wooden arches on stone pillars support the timbered walls and gables of this little gem. Note the ornamental barge boards. The school was founded in 1613 by Robert Smythe, a local man who made good in London. It is complimented by the parish church of St Dionysius next door.

A Selection of Memories from Market Harborough

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1964 and my parents announced to us kids that we were going to move to the countryside from Great Bar in Birmingham where we were all living at my grandmothers house My Father had died back when I was seven and mother had eventually remarried to a fantastic man who took on a single mother with two young children and a dream to do something better with his and therefore our lives, He was a test driver for Joseph Lucas and ...see more
There are enough clues to suggest that the fair-haired boy on the left of the photograph is me. My mother, brother and myself are walking home to School Lane which is at the top of the Talbot yard (the pub on the left hand side that they are nearing).