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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
Emma and John Hewerdine
I remember my grandma telling me that her mum, Frances Hewerdine, came from beautiful Scalford and she was a real lady, and somewhere along the line Frances's parents had a dress shop. Sadly I don't know where Emma and John were buried, or I would take flowers. Does anyone else have memories along these lines to share? I would love to share someone's memories of Scalford for about 1850 onwards.
A memory of Scalford contributed by vicky ashton
Extracts From Saxby & Leicestershire books
George Richardson’s early career was spent as a draughtsman in the office of Robert and James Adam, and indeed he was a
fine interior designer in the Adam style, providing a number of drawings for Kedleston Hall in the late 1760s. In the
photograph, clear glass illuminates not Richardson’s interior, but the soulless one created by Joseph Goddard (see St
Andrew’s, Countesthorpe) in 1874. He replaced the original ceiling, lowered the floor, and installed heavy, off-the-peg pews
- a thoroughly bad job by a talented architect.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".
St Peters was designed by architect George Richardson in 1789 (for Robert Sherrard, 4th Earl of Harborough) in the Classical
manner that Pevsner describes as ‘an attempt at combining the tradition of Hawksmoor churches of London with
Leicestershire usage’. The finest feature is its tower with angle volutes and vases crowned by a slim spire. Not only did the
4th Earl build at Saxby, he also commissioned St Mary Magdalen, Stapleford, and Holy Trinity, Teigh. The 4th Earl, known as
the building Earl, enlarged Stapleford Hall, the ancestral home, built a bridge at Melton Mowbray, and the Town Hall at
Market Harborough.
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".