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Leicestershire memories
My Grandad Jim
My name is kerry & my favourite memory of coalville when i was younger is my Grandad, his name was Jim Watts. he was a coalminer for quite a few years & he was also Mayor of coalville. i remember going to the dog track with my dad, Alan & having to wait around for my grandad to come out. if i remember right after there he would go to the halfway house & 'just wet his lips' before he went home. i would have been about 9 or 10 years old at the time, i'm 38 now. i never thought i would hear myself say ' i can remember when all this was fields', i definately can hear ...read more here
A memory of Coalville contributed by kerry tucker
In loving memory of my dad JIMMY aka james chambers.!!
I want my dad to be remembered by all you that knew him he was born in coalville and spent his days growing up in witwick.The memories i have of my dad are all good he was always smiling and doing benny hill impresions.Iremember he always had a smile for everyone and everybody who he met loved him he was a bit of a jack the lad,everyone knew him and the family and the family knew everyone.My grandad James Robert Chambers worked in the coal mine in coalville i also think my uncle frank did also. My dad was head game keeper for ages and i remember living in switherland hall in Keepers cottage.We moved around alot but my ...read more here
A memory of Whitwick contributed by julie chambers
My Great grandfather was born in Newtown Linford 1879
Daniel Gretton : Born: abt 1854
Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, England
Died: 1913
Resided in Village Street, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, England
Daniel was dis - owned by his family, and his very name expunged from the family records, for either or both sins. Of having no ambition or having married a Jewess.
Eliza Cook
Born: 1854
Leire, Leicestershire, England
Died: 1931
Having blotted the heretofore pristine family escutcheon, he sank lower and lower, and took most of his family with him.
His marriage certificate had his profession as a 'Highway worker', and his death certificate read 'Treefeller'.
His sole claim to immortality was that he felled the largest oak at ...read more here
A memory of Newtown Linford contributed by leigh gretton
School Days
I grew up in Woodhouse Eaves and my siblings and I went to the school in this picture. This is of St Paul's junior school and if my memory is correct it had four classrooms, and the headmaster's office was in the building closest in view. We had to go into his office to get our school supplies as he had them stored in a great big cupboard! The metal barrier outside each entrance was a favourite for doing somersaults over.
Every school day we would walk from school to our dinner room which is pictured down on Main St on the left. We had to cross the street at the bottom, and a lady called Mrs. Hardy would ...read more here
A memory of Woodhouse Eaves contributed by Josephine Linger
Extracts From Ibstock & Leicestershire books
Archbishop Laud was at some time rector of this rather fine church, which forms a pleasant group with the 18th-century vicarage at the southern end of this mining town. Although it is almost entirely of the 14th century, it has few interior features to detain the visitor.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Photographic Memories".
The setting appears to be perfect:
St Denys’ is situated at the western
end of a fine avenue of trees, close
to its attractive 18th-century rectory.
However, through the trees on the
extreme left is the disruptive A447
Hinckley Road, with all its
associated bustle and noise. The
church is mainly of the 14th
century, apart from the 15th-
century clerestory and late 19th-
century vestry. Extensive restoration
works were carried out by Goddard
and Paget (see St Andrews,
Countesthorpe) between 1884 and
1900. Archbishop William Laud,
Archbishop of Canterbury 1633-45,
and supporter of King Charles I, was
rector here for nine years.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".
The road rises up from the south, past the parish church, to enter Ibstock, gateway to
industrial north-west Leicestershire. The Crown Inn, a turn of the 20th century brick and tile
pub, shows a friendly face to the traveller, offering Double Diamond; along with Watney’s
Red Barrel, it must be among the most over-advertised and over-rated beers ever.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".
Some things never
change: in a rather
dull street of 19th- and
early 20th-century
buildings, on a
Midland Red bus
route, the Council is
digging up the
pavement! One oil
lamp is their
contribution to night
time pedestrian safety.
The village grew up in
the Leicestershire
coalfields, along with
its neighbours
Coalville, Ellistown
and Bagworth. The
discovery of a suitable
brick-making clay in
1830 led to the
opening of a second
industry, which
continues today.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".
The town’s growth came from the nearby coal mines - they are now closed. The most noted industry now is the well-known Ibstock brick company, which sells to customers world-wide. Restalls, on the right, extended in 1977 and took over Randalls next door. Similarly, the Ram Inn Hotel (the white building further down the street) also enlarged to include its neighbour.
An extract from from"Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories".