Little Dalby
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Little Dalby books (13 available)
Market Harborough Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Melton Mowbray Town and City Memories
Paperback
Uppingham Photographic Memories
Hardback
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Sunday school
I was put on the cradle roll at about 6 months and attended every sunday school anniversary from the age of 3 - 16 !!! Always had 2 new dresses fro the anniversary.. and a perm!!
I had forgotten about Mr Chapman - thank you for the reminder!
Mrs hall was the lady in charge of the infants sunday school
Got married in this chapel in 1975... I had forgotten how bare the place was....but it brings back memories of how big the building was and how much it was used in the 50/60's - the room upstairs was massive, and the stage.. never quite felt safe on that but there were afew good (using the work loosley)plays were put ...read more here
A memory of Melton Mowbray contributed by denise meadwell
I'm still owed ten shillings!
I remember the inside of the Baptist Chapel as I attended regularly from the age of 5 until my early teens. A Reverand Exall and a one-armed man called Mr. Chapman were in charge. On Anniversaries they used to put staging up either side of the organ and I used to like to sit right at the very top. I was promised if I passed the scripture exam they would pay me 10 shillings. I did pass but never got the money!
A memory of Melton Mowbray contributed by clive dixon
MY FATHER (CAPTURED IN TIME)
THE MAN ON THE RIGHT WITH THE RAINCOAT IS ALBERT TOMAS DIXON. HE LIVED IN MELTON ALL HIS LIFE . HE WAS BORN IN 1910 AND DIED IN 2001. HE WORKED FOR THE POST OFFICE AND STARTED AS AN ERRAND BOY RISING TO ASSISTANT POSTMASTER OF MELTON. HE NEVER HAD A CAR AND WALKED FROM HIS HOME AT 217 ASFORDBY RD IN THE MORNING THEN HOME FOR LUNCH THEN BACK TO WORK AND HOME AGAIN IN THE EVENING WALKING 4 MILES EVERY WORKING DAY. THIS IS MY FATHER AND THIS PHOTO MUST HAVE BEEN TAKEN WHEN I WAS 5 YEARS OLD. I CAN ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM TAKING ME INTO 'PACEY'S' SHOWN OPPPOSITE TO ...read more here
A memory of Melton Mowbray contributed by clive dixon
Castle hit by storm
Not 100% sure if it was 1966 or 67, but I do remember that the castle roof was covered with a tarp for quite some time after lightening hit the castle during a storm.
A memory of Oakham contributed by Janet Saw
Extracts From Little Dalby & Leicestershire books
The church sits in a well-treed landscape, close to the basically late 16th-century Hall of the Hartopp family, who financed
the building of the church in 1851. This rather ponderous Victorian Gothic building, designed by Raphael Brandon (1817-77),
is faced in ironstone, with a heavy spire and tower. The fixtures and fittings are all of 1852, including some stained glass by
Augustus Welby Pugin. Brandon was a versatile architect of some merit, equally at home designing St Mary’s Church,
Humberside (1857), or the tower and spire of Leicester Cathedral. In 1730 Mrs Orton ensured the village’s undying fame, for
although she sold it at Stilton in Huntingdonshire, it was here that she created Stilton cheese.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".
A fashionable place to be seen throughout the 19th century was the luxurious Harboro Hotel
(right), originally the Lord Harborough Arms and a coaching inn. It was carpeted throughout,
which was a huge extravagance for the time.
An extract from from"Melton Mowbray Town and City Memories".
This view looks from the junction of the High
Street and South Parade on market day. The sign
of the popular White Lion Hotel is just visible in
the centre of this photograph and Barclays Bank
(now Ladbrokes) is on the far left.
An extract from from"Melton Mowbray Town and City Memories".
This is the fine entrance to the chapel. The sculptures represent the common sacrifice and suffering of the nation. They
are the work of Mr F W Sargant, the sculptor brother of a former headmaster. The school sanatorium is on the left, with the
lovely gardens in front.
An extract from from"Oakham Photographic Memories".
We are looking eastwards
back down the street.
The centre house with
two-storeyed mullion
windows is 16th-century.
Note the excellent thatch.
However, the shop has a
Welsh slate roof, despite
being a stone building.
Perhaps it was originally
thatch, then replaced by
slates, and the dormer
window added.
An extract from from"Oakham Photographic Memories".